Caffrey appointed Dubs' boss

ONLY last weekend, it seemed you couldn't give the job of Dublin manager away. But last night in Parnell Park Paul Caffrey was officially rubber-stamped as the man to take over the capital's senior footballers.

Caffrey, a former selector under Tommy Lyons, will take the job on a three-year term after an in camera Dublin county board meeting in Donnycarney.

Afterwards, county chairman John Bailey, who was criticised for his role in the attempt to find Tommy Lyons' successor, delivered the news.