‘Outsiders can form opinions — we know what’s going on’

It isn’t exactly Diarmuid O’Sullivan’s version of Father Ted’s Golden Cleric speech, but win a Munster title and what you’re given is a platform.

Cork, he had read, heard, and duly discarded, were at a low ebb.

“Who documented the lows, the people outside of Cork? People not working in the systems? It’s very easy for them to look in from the outside and say: ‘Cork hurling isn’t in a good position.’