Cork row takes a turn for the worse

A WAR OF words erupted in Cork GAA circles last night, with the Cork County Board and its striking players blaming each other for the breakdown in negotiations to resolve the ongoing row in the county.

The board placed the blame for the breakdown squarely at the players’ door last night, saying that they had been led to believe “the lack of movement” from the players was responsible for Labour Relations Committee chief executive Kieran Mulvey’s withdrawal from the negotiations.

“I want to emphasise that we made ourselves available to meet Mr Mulvey and the players’ representatives yesterday, today, tomorrow, whenever they wished to meet in order to bring a productive conclusion to these negotiations,” said Cork County Board PRO Bob Ryan.