Darren Gleeson: Off-field issues won’t hinder Clare

Gleeson says he will not be using the perceived slight of pundit Dónal Óg Cusack as motivation for his Antrim side

Antrim manager Darren Gleeson. Picture: INPHO/Morgan Treacy

The internal politics of Clare may be lighting several fires in the county, but it will all be irrelevant to the county hurlers once they take to the Corrigan Park pitch to face Darren Gleeson’s Antrim side.

The Saffrons were newly-minted Joe McDonagh champions in December and face their first big tests in more rarefied air this Sunday, with Gleeson warning that Tony Kelly and company will have paid little heed to the rifts and disputes that engulfed the Banner County this winter.