Cork secretary’s report steers clear of Semplegate and strikes

THE thorny issues of looming player strikes and ‘Semplegate’ are conspicuously absent from secretary Frank Murphy’s report to Saturday’s annual Cork GAA Convention.

Mr Murphy, who frequently uses his Convention report to comment on key Association issues, only refers to “a difficult year” in terms of disciplinary matters, which led to much “controversy and rancour.”

But with the festering conflict with Cork’s inter-county players at a delicate stage, the secretary makes no reference to the row over team management which has sparked the strike threat.