That rare day when a newspaper reveals the future

TODAY, they’ll be honoured at a glittering awards ceremony at the Mansion House in Dublin. Thereafter, who knows where their special talent can take them?

The 24th group of Irish Examiner National Junior sports stars awards are unveiled today — and if you eliminate taxation and death, the only thing we can be relatively certain of is that some of the 18 recipients will progress and bring sporting glory on themselves and their country.

The calibre of previous award-winners speak for themselves — Roy Keane, Robbie Keane, Sonia O’Sullivan, Ruby Walsh, Damien Duff, Sean Óg Ó hAilpín, Seamus Moynihan, Owen Mulligan, Gordon D’Arcy, Denis Leamy, Donncha O’Callaghan. Shall we go on?