Martin McElhinney not in favour of move to Croke Park

Martin McElhinney is among the select band of players who knows what it is to have played in an Ulster final at Croke Park, but he doesn’t believe the time is right now to bring the provincial decider back to HQ in a fortnight’s time.

The Dublin stadium hosted Ulster football’s big day for three seasons between 2004 and 2006 and the 27-year-old was a member of the Donegal minor side that accounted for Armagh in the last year of that temporary tenancy.

It was the presence of Armagh, Tyrone and Donegal in the previous year’s All-Ireland semi-finals that prompted the switch a dozen years ago and, with Donegal and Tyrone living up to respective pre-championship billings by making this year’s final, interest is high again.