Nervy defending, as Dublin attempted to settle into the alien environment that is this vast Croke Park pitch, presented Cork with a goal opportunity for Nollaig Cleary on five minutes. She belted ...

The time had come to put the new lines down ... Stuart Wilson, the head groundsman in Croke Park, has been conducting provincial pitch maintenance roadshows around the country over the winter ...

No doubt he’ll think of that teenager climbing the steps of the Hogan Stand to lift the Sam Maguire when he takes to the Croke Park pitch on Sunday. To be back there, 15 years on, after all the ...