The story behind our sports picture of 2017

The moment when Galway manager Micheál Donoghue met his father Miko for the first time after their All-Ireland hurling final victory over Waterford, as captured by Morgan Treacy of Inpho, has been selected as the Irish Examiner sports desk's picture of the year.

Here's Morgan's story behind the shot, as told to Colm O'Connor...

Given the teams contesting the All-Ireland hurling final we decided in advance to staff the homecoming of the new champions. Once we knew it was Galway the planning began immediately by working out the route and deciding where we should position ourselves. Our experience of covering homecomings has taught us one crucial lesson - the first place the team arrives is the best place to be in terms of meeting deadlines for newspapers.