Manager of thriving county announces his retirement

THE man who has presided over the biggest period of growth in the history of County Cork confirmed yesterday that he has decided to retire on December 18.

Maurice Moloney, who has been Cork’s county manager since 1998, said he could have sought a two-year extension to his contract but had decided to call it a day at the age of 63.

He said he was happy to have played a part in helping to ensure the county’s strong infrastructural growth in the past eight years and would still keep working flat out for the next two months.