Healy calls for Dublin hurling shake-up

HURLING in Dublin faces the threat of oblivion unless a radically different approach is adopted to the promotion of the game in the county.

That’s the stark choice facing administrators and players alike as the County Board and the clubs respond to the promptings of Dublin Director of Hurling, Diarmuid Healy.

Yesterday, the man who inspired Offaly’s breakthrough in 1981 and also coached successfully in his native Kilkenny argued that the problems they face are not insurmountable and that he is optimistic that the game can be regenerated.