Corona launch stout defence of boot deal

THE public relations company which put together the controversial Corona “boot deal” with two Cork hurlers has launched a stout defence of their tactics.

Hopkins PR, a Cork-based company employed by Barry/Fitzwilliams Maxxium, the Irish distributors of Corona, paid Niall McCarthy and Kieran Murphy an undisclosed sum to display the Mexican beer's logo on their boots in Sunday's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final win over Waterford.

Mark Hopkins, of Hopkins PR said last night that the deal was meant to aid and assist players.