Harte was ratified following recommendations by a five-man selection committee who preferred the Errigal Ciaran boss ahead fancied duo Brian McIver and McKenna.

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Kate McIver, of the Pain Research Institute at Liverpool University, said work done there on helping amputees create mental images of pain-free limbs - which operated on the same basic principle as the US research - had also proved effective.

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