True-blue vegan Mannion’s appetite for success undiminished
All Star forward says Dublin have no intention of fading away after five-in-a row feat
Paul Mannion: “Everyone’s talking about it; why should it be just five? Because it hadn’t been done before? What if it was six? We’d all be going with the same hunger and fervour.” Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
You don’t expect to come away from these gigs with a new recipe. But then you don’t generally come across players as interesting as Paul Mannion every day.
Having told The Irish Times last year about his change to a meat-free diet, he spent a hefty chunk of the Eir Sport launch on Wednesday being asked about exactly how that works for an elite athlete. And, most crucially, how it works for his poor, put-upon Ma on Christmas Day.