Happy the man whose hobby is his career

HAPPY the man whose hobby is his career, Liam Mackey told yesterday’s Irish Examiner Sportswriting.

Conference at the Clarion Hotel, Cork. The Irish Examiner football correspondent gave the opening address: ‘Football correspondent: a glamorous life?’

Although people perceived the life of a football writer as glamorous, Mackey outlined some of the more difficult aspects of the job.