Daly’s ‘hurling wastelands’ claim rejected

Dublin vice-chairman and county coaching officer Sean Shanley has rejected Anthony Daly’s claims that "hurling wastelands" in the capital are being neglected.

In his new autobiography Dalo, available in shops this week, Daly calls on top-brass to revive the traditional hurling clubs which have slipped to the bottom of the pecking order in the capital.

The former Dublin boss points to Finglas and Tallaght as prime examples of “hurling wastelands”, lamenting how two areas with a combined population of 120,000 contributed just one player to this year’s senior panel — Dotsy O’Callaghan. “Everyone talks about the huge money which has been pumped into Dublin hurling. There is great coaching going on but, outside of certain clubs, where is it really developing,” he writes.