O’Rourke apologises to Dooher for remarks

RTÉ analyst and former Meath footballer Colm O’Rourke has apologised to Tyrone’s Allstar attacker Brian Dooher for remarks he made four months ago.

O’Rourke apologises to Dooher for remarks
Wed, 03 Dec, 2003 - 00:00
Michael Ellard

O'Rourke, who described Dooher as a "bad footballer," finally retracted the comment on a visit to Tyrone.

Speaking at the launch of Peter Canavan's book 'Every Step We Took' and Mickey Harte's 'Kicking Down Heaven's Door,' the former All-Ireland winner said: "I should have been bigger than that, but I wasn't, and I'm sorry for it."

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