The big interview: Cork football’s tsar, Conor Counihan

To oversee their five-year football plan, Cork GAA opted for All-Ireland winner — as player (1989, 1990) and coach (2010) — Conor Counihan. His job spec? To pull together, across a sprawling county, the diverse strands of the 2024 project. A victory in today’s All-Ireland U20 final against Dublin wouldn’t be a bad start

The Cork County Board project co-ordinator for football sits down in Mallow GAA club and looks around.