GAA hierarchy has given Curragh the two fingers over Irish Derby clash

Roll the clock back seven years to Sunday, July 1, 2012.

That afternoon, Spain thumped Italy in the final of the European championships in Kiev, and both Kildare and Dublin were involved in Leinster football championship games.

It was a busy afternoon of sport that went a long way to justifying a curve ball that had been announced nearly a year earlier when the fixture list used to be published during the Galway races.