O’Flatharta to replace Ó Sé in Westmeath

TOMAS Ó FLATHARTA has told Westmeath football board he will take the vacant senior football manager’s position - and he believes the Lakes county can repeat their heroics of 2004.

Ó Flatharta’s appointment will be formally ratified at the next meeting of the football board, but all parties are proceeding on the understanding that he will be the man at the helm next season.

“It is a big challenge. It is my first time managing at inter-county level, but I know the players will work hard and I think we can repeat our achievements of 2004,” said the Kerry native who shot to prominence as Páidí Ó Sé’s right-hand man in the county.