Louth hopes not laid to rest just yet

IT’S 15 years, or more, since my colleagues in Ballybore GAA Club put Operation Noel’s Funeral into place.

“The way we look at it, Noel,” explained the then chairman, “they will come from all four corners of the earth, if not further, when you shuffle your mortal coil.

“There’s no point trying to make a plan the morning of the wake — particularly as we won’t have you to rely on, as so often before.”