A deepening crisis on Leeside

When the playwright Tom Murphy wrote A Crucial Week In The Life Of A Grocer’s Assistant, he might have been a bit previous in choosing his subject.

Last night, members of the executive of the Cork County Board held an unscheduled meeting.

An outsider might be impressed with the urgency being shown a few days after the departure of one of the county’s senior team managers, but far more significant for the gathering was the crisis on the administrative side on Leeside this week.