Talking Sport: Clonaslee, Covid, Emo and the end of an era for Portlaoise?

<p>Where to start? </p> <p>On another busy weekend of club championship action, the week has started with the GAA announcing that all club games have been cancelled until further notice. </p> <p>We talk about the GAA's decision to pull all club fixtures - but will proceed with county games later this month. </p> <p>But we also chat about all of the weekend games. </p> <p>We have Clonaslee captain John Rigney and manager Conor Gorman on the line to talk about their record sixth intermediate football championship success. </p> <p>They beat Crettyard in the final on Saturday with Rigney following in his father Patsy's footsteps, who captained the club to intermediate glory in 1981. </p> <p>We also chat about the biggest result of the senior football championship - Emo's win over champions Portlaoise on Sunday night. It was Portlaoise's earliest championship exit since 2006. </p> <p>The three other quarter-finals are also on the agenda - Portarlington v O'Dempsey's, Graiguecullen v Ballylinan and Ballyfin v The Heath. </p> <p>Plus we look back on the relegation game between Courtwood and Arles-Kilcruise as well as the games in the Junior 'A', 'B' and 'C'' championships. </p> <p>Portlaoise ladies continued their winning ways with a Leinster club semi-final success over Offaly champions Naomh Chiaran while Alan reflects on the minor hurling final where Abbeyleix got the better of The Harps after extra time, a result that sees many of the Abbeyleix players complete a minor hurling and football double.</p> <p>And in a nod to Emo and Clonaslee, we finish out with a rendition of An Old Man's Wish, by Tom Conroy, AKA Piano Man Tom. </p> <p> </p>