Blow for Kearns as Lucey sidelined for League

LIMERICK football manager Liam Kearns has been dealt another blow in the build-up to their 2005 campaign with confirmation yesterday that star defender Stephen Lucey is set to miss all their League matches.

Lucey underwent an operation on a shoulder injury at a Dublin hospital on Tuesday.

Limerick Football Board PRO John Ryan said: “We have been told it will be at least four months before Stephen is available. Even then there are no guarantees. His loss is a big blow as we are already without John Galvin and Jason Stokes, both of whom are due to go into hospital for leg operations.”