LIMERICK’S new hurling manager is set to be ratified in time for next Tuesday’s county board meeting.

DONAL O’GRADY’S appointment as Limerick senior hurling boss was last night unanimously ratified by club delegates at a specially arranged board meeting with county chairman Liam Lenihan urging everyone in the county ‘to give unconditional support’ to the new manager and also claiming that ‘the day for agendas was gone’.

DONAL O’GRADY, former All-Ireland-winning manager with Cork and Irish Examiner columnist, has ruled himself out of the running for the Limerick hurling manager position.

LIMERICK GAA chiefs are prepared to wait until the October meeting of the county board before ratifying their new hurling boss, insisting they won’t rush the Independent Appointments Committee into making a decision.

LIMERICK legend Richie Bennis has launched a stinging attack on county board chiefs on Shannonside.

UTGOING Limerick boss Justin McCarthy has secured a nomination for the position of the county’s senior hurling manager despite a controversial two-year reign in charge on Shannonside.

LIMERICK GAA chiefs last night had received four nominations for the position of county senior hurling boss ahead of today’s deadline for submissions by clubs across the county with former playing legend Gary Kirby the only confirmed candidate after being nominated by his club Patrickswell to succeed Justin McCarthy.

Justin McCarthy's future as Limerick Senior Hurling manager is in doubt, after last night's appointment of a three-man committee to pick the Shannonsiders' next boss.

JUSTIN McCARTHY’S position as Limerick hurling boss is in fresh doubt after county board chiefs appointed a high-powered three-man committee to pick the next senior team manager.

THE two Irish women killed in Rome by a drunk driver early yesterday were named as Elizabeth Gubbins, from Mount Shannon Road, Lisnagry, Co Limerick, and her friend, Mary Collins, from Co Kildare.

After a season of resignations, sackings and splits, the intercounty management landscape is dramatically reshaped. Brendan Larkin, Brendan Mooney and Mark Gallagher report.

Paudie Fitzmaurice will be asked to reconsider his position to quit as Sligo hurling manager after just five months in charge.

Sligo hurling boss Paudie Fitzmaurice has resigned following a questioning of his team selection.