Red Hands anxious to avoid anniversary distractions

OVER 60,000 tickets have been sold for Saturday’s gala occasion in Croke Park when the GAA will launch its 125th anniversary celebrations but Mickey Harte’s focus is on points and not parades.

The meeting of Dublin and Tyrone is in danger of becoming something of a sideshow to the fireworks displays and musical acts, but Tyrone need to hit the ground running in the NFL with Kerry and Galway their opponents in rounds two and three.

“There’s a lot of razzmatazz around Saturday night’s game and that is right,” said Harte.