Stars miss out on Gaeltacht tournament

CORK footballers Anthony Lynch and Mícheál Ó Croinín have been prevented from playing in Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta which is being hosted by their club Naomh Abán this weekend.

Both players sought permission from the county team management which wasn’t forthcoming and, as a consequence, last year’s defeated finalists will find it extremely difficult to progress in this year’s competition without their two star players.

This is the 35th year of the competition and the sixth occasion that the Naomh Abán club will play hosts. 1996 was the last year the event was held in Cork.