Upping the Ante: Two finals, two very different levels of interest

While All-Ireland hurling final tickets are as rare as hen’s teeth, the Dublin-Tyrone football clash will be interesting mainly to bettors

The scramble for tickets for today’s All-Ireland hurling final began before any were printed, and many of you reading the paper today will still be hoping against hope to procure one.

Not every hurling decider follows such a tortuous hunt for access – Kilkenny got accustomed to finals and the county has a relatively small population – but Limerick versus Galway was always going to be box office. It is a tricky one ...