Hunt begins for O’Grady successor

CORK GAA chiefs will press ahead “as a matter of urgency” with the appointment of a new hurling coach, after yesterday’s resignation of All-Ireland- winning manager Donal O’Grady.

School principal O’Grady surprised GAA observers with his decision to step down after a two-year term, but his management and board colleagues in Cork had been fearful of the announcement for some time.

“I knew he wasn’t going to change his mind,” board chairman Jim Forbes admitted last night. “He had said that, come what may, he was getting out. He was good to his word.”