Silver screen and TV feel the impact of hurling

Readers with several hours to spare have probably already discovered Making A Murderer, the documentary series on streaming service Netflix which details the (literal) trials and tribulations of Wisconsin man Steven Avery as he battles for justice, and his own freedom, in the US legal system.

What caught the eye of a lot of Irish viewers was a statuette in the office of one of his lawyers, Dean Strang.

At first glance it looked like two hurlers; at second glance it might have been lacrosse players; but a third glance seemed definitive, that it was indeed the clash of the ash.