Cork hurlers step up RTÉ row

CORK hurlers last night refused to answer questions posed by RTÉ as the row between the broadcaster and the Gaelic Players Association over product placement escalated.

When the station’s southern editor, Paschal Sheehy, attempted to interview Sean Óg Ó hAilpín at a Munster SHC Final press briefing, the Cork skipper replied he and the panel would not co-operate with RTÉ due to the dispute over GPA members drinking Club Energise in post-match interviews.

Ó hAilpín said that the “players and members” of the Cork senior hurling team had taken a conscious decision “not to co-operate with RTÉ for the time being, until the issues with the GPA had been properly addressed.”