Tierney knows what makes local boys tick

BENNY TIERNEY agrees. There might be something in the Mullaghbawn water. Kieran McGeeney a manager, Justin McNulty a manager, Margaret Byrne being named the chief executive of Sunderland AFC this week.

“Ah, but then look at me,” chuckles the gregarious former Armagh goalkeeper.

Tierney’s comedic tendencies couldn’t be more different to the austere fronts shown by his club-mates McGeeney and McNulty, who will do battle against one another in Portlaoise this evening.