Updated / Friday, 7 May 2021 10:28 Dowling: If injuries are at a minimum, and the standard remains high in this new league format, then I think it could be the end of the hard winter slog As the saying goes, 'you wait all day for a bus, and then they all come together'. For over four months now, we have been waiting for this weekend. And just like that, there is an avalanche, a feast of hurling upon us. You can see it around the streets of Limerick. The colours are back on, the chat is going again, people are excited, and there is a sense of normality around. I have no doubt it’s the same across all parts of the country. And even with that sense of normality around, there are still so many things different.