Naughton new boss as Dubs’ crisis ends

THE crisis threatening Dublin’s involvement in the All-Ireland hurling qualifiers came to an end last night with the appointment of Tommy Naughton as senior manager.

At an emergency meeting of the county board in Parnell Park, it was also agreed that Naughton and his management team of Andy Cunningham and Tommy Ryan would not be prevented from selecting any player. Last week, Naughton was offered the post in the wake of Humphrey Kelleher’s dismissal, but that changed when Naughton made it known that he wanted to bring last year’s captain Kevin Flynn back into the fold.

Flynn had left for America days before the All-Ireland qualifier against Kilkenny last year and has not played for the county since.