Kerry victory costs Council €500,000

HOW close were the Munster Council to a lucrative second football semi-final replay between provincial giants Cork and Kerry?

Very close, according to Cork legend, Niall Cahalane. “I’ll probably be accused of sour grapes, but there was enough in that last tussle involving Eoin Cadogan to award Cork a free.

“It was at least as much a free as the one involving Colm Cooper at the end of the drawn game last Sunday,” our columnist claimed.