Dublin star Nevin ready to banish final heartbreak

SIX years ago there were signs that Mayo’s grip on Ladies Football was about to loosen and it looked as if Dublin, not Cork, were the side best positioned to assume their mantle.

Everything was going according to plan for the Leinster side in that 2003 final. Leading the Connacht outfit by a point on the cusp of injury-time, they were undone by a dramatic Diane O’Hora goal.

Twelve months later, they returned to Croke Park but finished seven points adrift of a Galway side that looked as if they would be the ones to embark on a period of dominance. Not so.