Finnegan keeps positive outlook

It’s appropriate that an unique sporting occasion should be the vehicle to raise awareness of a rare terminal condition which only affects around two in every 100,000 people.

When former Antrim GAA football captain Anto Finnegan was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in 2012, he and his family took some time to come to terms with the shattering news before embarking on a fundraising initiative, the focal point of which will be the first GAA match to be staged at Kingspan Stadium, the home of Ulster Rugby, tonight.

It’s an event which has captured the public’s imagination – an Ulster All Stars select facing Jim Gavin’s Dublin team in a charity gaelic football match in the tight confines of the rugby pitch at Ravenhill.