The Kieran Shannon Interview: Niall Corcoran is the blow-in behind the Dublin machine

Niall Corcoran was cut by Galway manager Ger Loughnane after the most torturous time of his hurling life. He rebuilt his inter-county career with Dublin and tomorrow seeks a third county title alongside his old boss Anthony Daly. He’s also guiding the next generation of Dublin GAA players in his role as a GPO. And insists its volunteers not money driving capital gains. He speaks with Kieran Shannon.

Meet one of the statistics, one of the faces of the faceless, those supposed automatons employed to make Dublin hurling respectable and charged with helping make Dublin football unstoppable, a robot behind the machine.