John Sullivan

That's the standard you're going for every season, isn't it?

Yeah.

Last season had a very tight title race and plenty of good teams around the top of the league.

I'm sure you and Shells will be probably battling it out again.

We'll see how Pima and Shape up and a few other teams that have been here at the launch today as well.

I presume you're looking at, again, a very, very tight title race and you're probably going to have to put a hell of a run together to win this league again this year.

So we're going to be broadcasting the Women's FA Cup and off the ball later this year.

How special was Tallaght last season for you in completing the double?

Because I think as well, John Hanna's come into it when women's football has got way more of a profile within the country.

But even here at the launch today, the kind of exposure that's getting, the fact that Premier Division games are on TG Carr every weekend as well.

This is almost unheritable territory, isn't it?

Yeah, but it's brilliant.

Do you share Hannah's belief that a near-perfect season would be needed to win that cup over there?

I suppose you have to keep improving as well.

I think the Shamrock Rovers, the internationals they've brought through, I saw a couple of them downstairs earlier and you just kind of think if that's the level of player that's moving into the top four right now to stay at the very top you have to keep bringing the very best in.

How is pre-season going?

I know you've got a bit to go but you have a President's Cup to kick off the season first.

How are you now a few weeks out from the campaign getting underway properly?

What's your pre-season been like?

Did you get home for a while or did you stay here?