O’Donovan on the ball for Cork’s away itinerary

The Cork hurling and football sides will clock a combined 1,388km in travelling to league games in Antrim and Mayo this weekend.

Responsibility for making sure everything is properly arranged falls to county board administrator Diarmuid O’Donovan, who has been on the case from the time the fixtures were finalised late last year.

“The first problem with this weekend is that it’s a bank holiday weekend,” he said. “We knew it was very important to book early so basically as soon as the fixtures came out we booked the hotels for the Antrim and Mayo games.