Mulvihill allays fears of risk to players

Chairman of the Gaelic Games Doctors’ Association, Dr Danny Mulvihill, has queried the concerns about a rise in serious hip injuries and the danger of kidney failure among Gaelic players.

The former Kildare football medic has seen three of the county’s footballers — Eamonn Callaghan, Eoin Doyle and Niall Kelly — undergo operations for hip problems.

In Wexford, county chairman Diarmuid Devereux has stated four players in their twenties have had double hip replacements, while other county players such as Cork footballers Patrick Kelly and Damien Cahalane have also recently gone under the knife for hip ailments.