Former Kilkenny Mayor calls for public showing of All-Ireland Final in city

Anticipation ahead of the All-Ireland Hurling Final is at fever pitch across the city and county as Kilkenny take on Limerick for the second year running this Sunday.

For those lucky enough to get their hands on a ticket, the sat navs are being booted up, sandwiches buttered and cars fueled. But, what about people who couldn’t get their hands on hurling’s most desired ticket?

Earlier this week it was announced that Limerick would show the match on O’Connell Street in the city.

Former Mayor of Kilkenny, Cllr. David Fitzgerald, has called for a similar event to take place in UPMC Nowlan Park for hurling supporters not fortunate enough to make it to Croke Park.

 ‘'The Big screens will be  used  to show replays of matches as well as live entertainment at the homecoming on Monday evening, I don’t see why we cannot use the same set up Sunday evening to show the match to the public. There has been some  commentary and calls online for a public showing of the match and I think if we are going to have a significant set up for the homecoming we could also use it to show the All Ireland hurling final on Sunday’’, he said.