Gary Keegan is one of the country’s most respected performance coaches but even he faced the court of public opinion after Cork's loss to Tipperary last July. You're always trying to incrementally evolve and that evolution has to be deliberate and managed, if that makes sense. “I think when you're in the trenches, right, you're going to learn how to survive and how to thrive. You've got to be experiencing, and you've got to earn the right, for people to feel your value, right? And because if you haven't earned the right, you're gone.

Source: Irish Examiner January 28, 2026 14:29 UTC