‘Tippy tappy? Wheelchair hurling’s best thing I’ve done’

‘You really have to see it to believe it. There is no pulling back just because someone is in a wheelchair. I remember one lad got taken to hospital for concussion because he got bashed against a wall. Another went through a fire escape because of the pace he was going at when challenging for the sliotar.

“It is anything but tippy-tappy,” says All-Ireland-winning wheelchair hurler Caroline O’Halloran, determined to banish the most common misconception surrounding her beloved game.