Economical Kilmacud get well deserved pay day

IT’S BEEN a tough few months for wasteful spenders, and the backlash against squandermania continued in Croke Park yesterday.

Crossmaglen may not have been as profligate as Anglo Irish Bank or Bear Stearns, but they were punished for kicking away enough chances to win two games, Kilmacud Crokes edging them out 1-9 to 0-7 in the All-Ireland club decider.

No such parsimony in the hurling decider, an old-fashioned blow-out with Portumna crushing De La Salle 2-24 to 1-8: a Celtic tiger scoreline if ever you saw one.