Laois chiefs bid to quell U21 player row

LAOIS GAA chiefs were was meeting in emergency session late last night in a bid to resolve a tug-of-war battle between the senior and U21 football management that is threatening to spiral out of control.

Ahead of their All-Ireland semi-final against Cork on Sunday, the U21 management is fuming at Mick O’Dwyer and the seniors for bringing some of their players to Killarney for the league semi-final defeat by Kerry.

Sources say that, last October, agreement was reached between O’Dwyer and his U21 counterpart Sean Dempsey that the underage outfit would have first call on all their players as they bid for what would be the county’s first ever All-Ireland in the grade.