Cork basketball: Dommie Mullins is 50 years coaching the sport he loves

The Blarney Ladies Basketball team that won the ICS Building Society National Cup in 1987. Back: William Stokes, coach Dommie Mullins, captain Miriam Forde, Annette Forde, Mary Sullivan, Beryl Piper, club chairman Jim O'Keeffe; front, Mary McGuire, Jess Hurley, Maeve O'Brien, Caroline Forde, Tracey Nagle, Sandy Fitzgibbon and Elaine Hurley.
Dommie’s most successful spell in his coaching career started in 1983 when he joined Blarney Basketball Club. In a 10-year period, he guided Blarney to 10 national titles, and made history, winning 10 Cork Senior Leagues in a row.

One of Dommie’s great loves is coaching the St Vincent’s secondary and primary school teams. He joined the secondary school in 1993 and is there to this day.
