Fogarty to tackle Tipp football stand-off

GAA PRESIDENT Sean Kelly has asked Munster Council chairman Sean Fogarty to help resolve the stand-off which has caused havoc in Tipperary football.

Tipperary football manager Andy Shortall and selectors Noel Byrne and Jim Cahill resigned their positions over the scheduling of a senior hurling championship match days before Tipperary were to play Fermanagh in the All-Ireland football qualifiers.

The football squad subsequently declared themselves unavailable for selection and the Tipperary county board withdrew the team from the All-Ireland series. There were harsh words, angry recriminations, a €5,000 fine from Croke Park and wild rumours about Declan Browne decamping to another county.