It’s three days after Cork have been beaten by Tipperary in a Munster semi-final. Ben and Jerry O’Connor are at an Adidas launch in Portmarnock and both are stewing. Babs Keating had claimed the defeat marked “the end of the road for the team” a couple of days before. Losing a second successive Munster semi-final was as new to the O’Connors as being on the wrong side of a championship result against Tipperary. As a player, Ben O’Connor’s own championship record read five wins and four defeats.

Source: Irish Examiner February 04, 2026 08:23 UTC