Teary Daly hails Dubs’ character

CONSIDERING the past couple of days, never mind yesterday’s achievement, it was understandable Anthony Daly was a little emotional afterwards.

After Conal Keaney’s motorbike accident, after the disaster that was last year’s qualifier defeat by Antrim, here was the breakthrough.

Sure, the Division One final win over Kilkenny, a national title, was an accomplishment but qualification for an All-Ireland semi-final was real progress.