Carlow is the only senior inter-county team without a manager following Turlough O’Brien’s decision to quit after five-and-a-half seasons.

"The situation reminds me of A Few Good Men, the film where Tom Cruise is looking for the truth but Jack Nicholson says, ‘You can’t handle the truth’."

Strength and conditioning coach with the Laois hurlers, Dave Moriarty, is concerned a gung-ho approach from club managers during the 11-day window where contact training is permitted ahead of games recommencing will lead to a spike in injuries.

FOR what could be their last throw of the dice against raging hot-favourites Kilkenny in Sunday’s Guinness All-Ireland SHC quarter-final at Croke Park, Limerick have made sweeping changes from the side that lost to Galway in the qualifiers.