Cork have been handed a double boost ahead of Saturday’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final against Galway with the news that Tommy O’Connell and Tim O’Mahony have regained full fitness.

The midfield duo missed the Rebels’ quarter-final mauling of Offaly with a broken thumb and dead leg respectively, but have since returned to training. With Mark Coleman and Robert Downey also shaking off minor knocks, Cork manager Ben O’Connor has everyone available to him except for ACL victim Ciaran Joyce.

“Tim and Tommy both did a bit at the weekend,” he told The Echo.

“We have a game at training tonight [Monday] and if the two of them can play in that, they’re in contention for the weekend. They were involved in non-contact work on Friday, they did a bit of hurling, so it’s about seeing how they come through the training game."

O'Connor added: “Tommy hasn’t played since the Munster final, he came off late on in that, so that’s the only issue with him if he gets over tonight. Tim was able to do a bit of running and a bit of pucking last week, he hasn’t been out as long.

“Other than that – touch wood – we’ve everybody bar Joycey. We seem to be getting on top of the injuries and everybody has been working hard, so hopefully we’ll have close to a full squad.”

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