The gods make their own importance

PATRICK KAVANAGH could have offered the right description of the Cork hurling crisis, the kind of local row which sparked the Illiad in Homer’s mind.

That undersells the newsprint and airtime generated this time round, of course — this instalment of the row has sparked enough chat and observation to fill the Odyssey as well, and you’d have a fair chance of completing the word count for the Aeneid while you’re at it.

Everybody has an opinion on the matter they’re willing to share, and it’s unfortunate that some of those offerings aren’t entirely helpful.