Dr Con Murphy on the hardest thing in Irish sport: Letting players go

"You get on the bus with fellas and sit beside them for ten years, and then all of a sudden they’re gone"

Dr Con Murphy. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile

In almost half a century of involvement with Cork hurling and football teams Dr Con Murphy has seen sport change out of all recognition, but some challenges are eternal.

“Players who are let go, who feel left down and hurt when they finish - to me that’s the hardest thing in sport, particularly Gaelic games, which I’m most familiar with.