So who's telling the truth?

That’s the fresh crux facing County Board chiefs and striking Cork GAA players after a day of claim and counter-claim regarding one specific alleged demand by representatives of the hurlers and footballers.

Only LRC chief Kieran Mulvey and GAA director general Paraic Duffy possibly know the seriousness or otherwise of the claim that the Cork football representatives agreed to work with Teddy Holland for 2008 on the proviso that he find four new selectors.

The County Board stressed in a statement yesterday that it was a demand they could not comply with.