Pádraic Joyce and Galway determined to 'block out the noise'

As Joyce and his backroom ticket charted a course for 2023, they knew the potholes to avoid. No negativity could be allowed to seep in

Sat, 22 Apr, 2023 - 07:20

Maurice Brosnan

The day after they lost the All-Ireland final, Galway’s Pádraic Joyce stood on a stage in Tuam Stadium and addressed the significant crowd who turned out to welcome them home. A message was to be delivered loud and clear. He wanted to say sorry.

“We were driving from Ballinasloe through Mountbellew Moylough and we were kind of wondering, did we win or did we lose? There was that many people around the place,” he said, his voice still hoarse from the excursions in Croke Park.