Pat Nolan

"You can see that the demolition diggers are in at the minute and, for West Belfast to have a state-of-the-art stadium, it will be great for the area."

'It was amazing to be around someone of his calibre for such a young player but it ended very quickly too. We were on the road down to Wexford Park for our first training session back after Covid and a text come through to say training is called off and a few hours later text comes through to say he was stepping down. That was it.'

Galway fell off top spot last year following a defeat to Armagh and were out of the Championship a week later

'I can say Jim McGuinness is exactly the same the night before an All-Ireland final as he is the first night you meet in December or whenever it is. He's on it every single night and he doesn't let you or anybody else not be on it.'

McAleese is also hopeful that a return to a refurbished Casement Park, where he has never played at senior level, is finally on the horizon.

Donegal endured a disastrous 2023 season amid managerial upheaval, with McHugh withdrawing from the panel in April due to an ongoing groin problem

'It's something I always wanted to do but it's something probably everybody wants to do when they're small. But it does tie in with my studies as well.'

'I've a good relationship there with Mickey and if you're ever in Cavan during the summer then as well he'd be always knocking around to meet you for a pint or something.'

'They see GAAGO as becoming a huge revenue generator for the GAA and my gut feeling is that’s not right.'

In theory, Dublin could lose this evening and again in Galway next weekend and still slip into a preliminary quarter-final before dropping out of the Championship almost unnoticed once again. But their ambitions should be so much higher.