Meath chairman Barney Allen says the identity of Seamus McEnaney’s successor is unlikely to be known until October.

Seamus McEnaney last night confirmed he’s stepping down as Meath senior football team manager — and refused to rule out a return to his native Monaghan.

Seamus McEnaney is wanted by a number of Monaghan players to return as manager.

By the time Meath take to the field tomorrow afternoon, it’ll be 95 days since the county executive failed in their attempt to oust Seamus McEnaney as manager.

Embattled Meath manager Seamus McEnaney insists he was never distracted from getting his team ready for their Leinster SFC opener against Wicklow on Sunday.

Joe Sheridan is expected to arrive back in Ireland from Boston on Friday to resume his Meath football career.

Meath player/selector Graham Geraghty has slammed the county board for embroiling Seán Boylan in the managerial controversy.

Meath GAA chairman Barney Allen has said that there is no animosity between himself and Seamus McEnaney, despite the Allen-led County Committee tabling a motion of no confidence in the Meath senior football manager last night.

Seamus McEnaney last night survived a “no confidence” motion and will remain in charge for Meath’s Leinster SFC first-round game against Wicklow on May 27.

Seamus McEnaney is set to stay in charge of the Meath senior footballers following a specially convened County Board meeting at Pairc Tailteann tonight.

Several Meath clubs have decided to back Seamus McEnaney at tonight’s county board meeting — however it still remains unclear whether he will survive the vote.

Former Meath selector, Paul Grimley, fully expects Seamus McEnaney to be axed as manager tomorrow night but insists he would act just as defiantly as Banty.

As a Meath U21 selector in 2009 and 2010 one of my briefs was to look at as many club championship matches as possible.

Seamus McEnaney’s position as Meath football manager looks fatally weakened following an emergency county board management committee meeting on his future.

Seamus McEnaney’s position as Meath football manager looks fatally weakened following an emergency county board management committee meeting on his future.

Meath chairman Barney Allen has refused to confirm that Seamus McEnaney will be in charge for the county’s Leinster SFC first round game against Wicklow on May 27.

Joe Sheridan has dramatically decided to leave the Meath panel after securing employment in the US.

FORMER Meath boss Eamonn Barry has hit out at county chairman Barney Allen for what he describes as “laughable” pettiness.

FORMER Meath senior football team manager Eamonn Barry was barred from standing for the position of coaching officer — a post he held for the last 12 months — at last night’s adjourned county convention in Navan.

FORMER Meath senior football boss Eamonn Barry was prevented from running for the position of coaching officer at the annual convention in Navan on Saturday.

SEAMUS McENANEY will continue as Meath manager despite serious consternation about his new management team and the release of statements from his former selectors Barry Callaghan and Liam Harnan.

THE new standing playing rules committee will come on stream in the next couple of weeks with the square ball rule expected to be high on their agenda.

TOM KEAGUE of St Paul’s (Clonee) was ratified as a new Meath senior football selector at last night’s county board meeting in Navan.

SEAMUS McENANEY is expected to have just one selector, Armagh’s Paul Grimley, for Sunday week’s Leinster SFC quarter-final against Kildare.

THE tables turned in Navan yesterday. After Martin Penrose restored parity with a free that proved the last kick of the game, both teams remained on the sun-soaked Páirc Tailteann pitch to hear their fate.

MEATH county board chairman Barney Allen gave a strong endorsement to manager Seamus McEnaney despite the looming possibility of relegation to Allianz FL Division 3.

GAA chiefs remain in the dark about Director General Paraic Duffy’s plans for his much anticipated paper on illegal payments to club and county managers.

Seamus McEnaney was finally given the green light to become the fifth manager of the Meath senior football team in seven seasons at the county board meeting in Navan last night.

SEAMUS McENANEY was finally given the green light to become the fifth manager of the Meath senior football team in seven seasons at the county board meeting in Navan last night.

SEAMUS McEnaney’s high profile management team comes with a price tag of between €60,000 and €80,000.

MEATH legend Liam Harnan has urged county officials to make history by appointing Seamus McEnaney as their first ever non native manager.

NEW Galway football manager Tomás O Flatharta hopes to have his backroom team in place in the coming weeks. The Kerryman, who has taken over from Joe Kernan for the next three years said he was really looking forward to the job and would have no problem combining it with his daytime profession as a business manager with AIB in Dublin.

TALK about much ado about nothing.

Meath GAA officials baffled club delegates at tonight's County Board meeting outside Navan by failing to make any decision on whether or not to offer a replay to Louth.

Eamonn O'Brien has been given a one-year extension as Meath senior football manager after the Royals reached the recent All-Ireland SFC semi-finals.

HARD-LINE Meath GAA chiefs rejected a request by All-Ireland qualifier opponents Limerick to video last weekend’s Round 3 win over Roscommon.

PAT GILROY’S attempts at building a new-look Dublin team took a serious step backwards yesterday with confirmation that full-forward Mark Davoren tore a cruciate ligament during Sunday’s win over Meath.

Meath County Board officials today expressed their regret at the departure of Colm Coyle as the Royals senior football manager and the retirements of veteran players Graham Geraghty and Darren Fay.

THE five Meath players who have had eight week suspensions confirmed by the GAA’s Central Hearings Committee are all to pursue appeals.

MEATH Secretary Barney Allen describes the GAA’s landmark decision to change Rule 42 at Congress in April as “being in tune with the onward march of a nation.”

A MEATH County Board management committee meeting will tonight decide the fate of Royals’ boss Eamonn Barry.