Michael Moynihan: Limerick’s past shows way for hurling’s future

It’s not quite true to say that the hurling season is upon us again, because the hurling season has never truly left us, not even for a weekend or a few days off over Christmas.

It’s a 24-hour-a-day-non-stop-cabaret, though the keen-eyed among you will note I abandoned the ‘erotic’ from the old Soft Cell album title. There have been some enthralling sideline cuts taken in recent years, but even the best of them don’t confer a warm romantic glow.