Injury fears prompt Farrell to call it a day

DESSIE FARRELL last night called time on his inter-county career, 18 years after he first donned the Dublin shirt as a minor.

Farrell told Dublin manager Paul Caffrey on Sunday evening and publicly announced his decision at the launch of his autobiography Dessie: Tangled Up In Blue, at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin’s St James’ Gate.

“The fat lady had been clearing here throat for a long time. In fact, she’d been belting out the encore a long time ago. There was too much risk involved in going on. You get yourself right and then at a crucial period you get injured again. I’d had too many injuries but I enjoyed my innings,” he said.