Keating: Limerick football in decline

LIMERICK football is in decline. That’s the view of newly appointed Tipperary hurling manager Babs Keating, expressed with typical bluntness yesterday, at the formal launch of the Allianz National League competitions in Dublin attended by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and GAA leaders.

Keating made the comment in a short debate on the issue of dual players, when he agreed with Cork manager John Allen that, outside of the main contenders, Limerick could be one of the teams to watch in hurling this season.

"JP (McManus) doesn't throw his money ... I think there'll be no stone left unturned this year, I promise you,'' said Keating.