Cody: People talk about stress, I don’t feel stress

Brian Cody is holding court in fitting surrounds, writes Brendan O’Brien.

The imposing portrait of another famed leader, Michael Collins, looks down on the gathering as he talks, the canons on the McKee Barracks parade ground beyond the window symbolic of the enviable weaponry he has brought to battle in times past.

It is 45 years now since he stepped up in rank as a player to the senior game and this is his 20th season as commander-in-chief. A remarkable achievement, it isn’t one he has dwelled on as he plans operations for the summer to come.