The Cork Co Board meets tonight to discuss how to proceed with the appointment of a new senior hurling manager.

GAA President Nickey Brennan has expressed his concern at Ger McCarthy's claims that death threats led him to resign as Cork hurling manager.

Gerald McCarthy has revealed that he has received death threats and made formal complaints to gardaí about them.

Gerald McCarthy has resigned as the manager of the Cork senior hurling team tonight.

Members of around 200 clubs in Cork have voted for Gerald McCarthy to be replaced as the county's senior hurling manager.

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GAA president Nickey Brennan has thrown a spanner in the works of the Cork clubs who are currently assembling to discuss and vote on the crisis which has the association in turmoil throughout the county.

Cork hurler Tom Kenny today urged all clubs to return to the Maryborough Hotel this Sunday to further discuss the current Cork crisis.

‘No change’ was the message from Cork Co Board chairman Jerry O’Sullivan yesterday after Cork’s latest heavy NHL defeat by Galway at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

GAA president Nickey Brennan has called on all parties in the Cork hurling dispute to take a more concerted view of the issues involved in light of other problems in Irish society at the moment, such as the economic crisis.

Cork GAA clubs’ meetings on the controversial appointment of Gerald McCarthy as county hurling manager will have no bearing on the board’s decision, Co chairman Jerry O’Sullivan said at last night’s board meeting at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

The striking Cork hurling panel of 2008 today expressed their delight at last night’s meeting with club representatives from the city and county.

Cork GAA club delegates expressed their disgust and frustration at last night's county board meeting at Páirc Uí Chaoimh over what some see as a small stumbling block in the bid to resolve the Cork hurling dispute.

Last night's special Cork County Board meeting ended with little progress in the hurling dispute in the Rebel County.

Seán Óg Ó hAilpín has admitted that there is a strong chance he will never play for Cork again.

Gerald McCarthy will not be replaced as Cork senior hurling manager this season, according to Cork Co chairman Jerry O'Sullivan.

Last year's Cork hurling panel is to hold a news conference this evening following the County Board's decision to end negotiations aimed at resolving the latest dispute in the county.

Cork hurling manager Gerald McCarthy has ended any slim hopes of a resolution to the county's GAA crisis after declaring that the time for talking with striking players is at an end.

Cork hurling manager Gerald McCarthy has ended any slim hopes of a resolution to the county's GAA crisis after declaring that the time for talking with striking players is at an end.

The Cork hurlers will explain the motives behind their refusal to play for coach Gerald McCarthy tonight.

In the wake of comments by some of their senior intercounty hurlers in recent days, Cork officials have called for calm on Leeside and for players to show restraint for the greater good of Cork hurling.

It has emerged that the Cork senior hurling panel gave their unanimous backing to under-fire manager Gerald McCarthy earlier this year, and believed that they could win an All-Ireland under his stewardship.

Cork hurling manager Gerald McCarthy has signalled that he has no intention of resigning despite not having the backing of the players.

Cork hurlers will intensify their preparations for the year’s opening competitive game against Dublin on March 9 with another challenge match on Wednesday against Limerick in Newtownshandrum at 8pm.

The stand-off in Cork GAA looks set to come to a final conclusion tonight.

The executive of the Cork County Board is to meet with football manager Teddy Holland later today to discuss his future position, as the long-running players’ dispute stumbles towards a close.

Labour Relations Commission Chief Executitve Kieran Mulvey has recommended that Teddy Holland and his selectors step down from their positions at the helm of Cork Senior football.

The Cork GAA County Board agreed last night to accept binding arbitration in an effort to resolve the long-running row with Rebels' hurlers and footballers.

Labour Relations Commission chief executive Kieran Mulvey today suggested to the warring Cork County Board and the players that they should commit to binding arbitration.

Cork's inter-county GAA players have rejected new proposals aimed at settling their dispute with the County Board.

Relations in the ongoing dispute between the Cork GAA players and the Cork County Board have worsened after the Senior hurlers and footballers tonight rejected the latest document put forward, in a bid to find a resolution to the deadlock.

Former Cork senior hurler and current Waterford manager Justin McCarthy is hoping there will finally be a breakthrough this evening to the ongoing players strike in Cork.

Substantial progress was made last night during the marathon talks between the six-man Cork County Board representatives and the six representatives from the football and hurling panels, according to County Board PRO Bob Ryan.