Kieran Shannon: How there still will be Munster finals and All-Ireland finals this summer

"This is a concerning time for sport everywhere. It is a social outlet for people: to support, watch, vent, relate, mix, be it going to see your own club or county or merely looking at a screen in your front room or pub and urging on a Mo Salah who may not know you but you feel you know them.

We really are playing the long game now, writes Kieran Shannon.

Two weeks ago the Cork hurling manager Kieran Kingston made the point that his players couldn’t remain in amber indefinitely, waiting for a light that could turn green within a month.