Loughnane taken to task over comments

THE fundraising committee which organised a trip for the Clare hurlers on the 10th anniversary of their 1995 All-Ireland victory has taken former manager Ger Loughnane to task over critical comments he made in a newspaper column.

Loughnane referred to what he described as “the scandalous abuse” of the team’s reputation, saying a “free holiday was given to a few chosen players and a few others,” without either the panel or himself being called to a meeting to plan the trip.

The committee (independent of the County Board) is the same one Loughnane himself set up following the 1995 success, consisting of former star John Callinan (chairman), Clare Champion journalist Seamus Hayes (secretary) and publican Jerry Kelly (treasurer).