Former Dublin footballer Conor McHugh set for  debut with county hurlers

"Over the next 48 hours, we'll be making a couple of calls around refining a panel down. There have been lads who have been with us over the last two or three months and who have put a huge amount of work in who unfortunately won't be part of things moving forward."

TRIMMING PANEL: Dublin's David Purcell in action against Eoghan Campbell of Antrim. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

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Former Dublin footballer Conor McHugh is poised for a dramatic debut with the county's hurling team just months shy of his 31st birthday.