Cork camogie boss: ‘We are by no means the finished article, but we’ve come a long way’

Greater equality for players — not just silverware — is what drives Cork camogie boss Paudie Murray, who tells Eoghan Cormican why things have got to change

Paudie Murray is unable to stand in the middle of the dressing room. It bothers him. A quarter of an hour out from Cork’s national league semi-final and Murray’s focus, along with that of his players, is distracted by the stream of water pouring through the centre of the dressing-room ceiling.

On a wet Sunday at Kilmallock in April 2013, the Cork senior camogie team edged past Clare to secure their place in the league decider. Not a single drop of hot water is to be got upon their return to the dressing room and so, aside from the handful of players brave enough to endure a cold shower, the majority slump onto the team bus cold, damp, and dreary.