Exiled Cathal Barrett back in action for club

Tipperary All-Star defender Cathal Barrett returned to action with his club Holycross-Ballycahill yesterday after being sidelined through injury since Tipperary’s defeat by Cork in the first round of the Munster championship.

Barrett picked up a second-half injury in the Cork game which forced him to go off.

He was subsequently omitted from the Tipperary squad for disciplinary reasons, and has not been involved in the Tipperary campaign in the All-Ireland qualifiers which has seen the All-Ireland champions record wins over Westmeath, Dublin and an impressive win over Clare in the newly opened Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday last.