Leeside officials hit back at players

CORK GAA officials last night moved to rebut claims made by the 2008 senior hurling panel with a hard-hitting statement which sought to address “serious misrepresentation” in the ongoing dispute in the county.

The statement reiterated the board’s belief that “it adhered fully to the terms of the Mulvey arbitration of last year including two players being on the 2008 appointments committees and the managers appointed having the right to pick their own selectors” adding that the process leading to the appointment of Gerald McCarthy was “similar to that which led to the appointment of the Cork senior football manager, Conor Counihan”.

The statement details the five meetings of the appointment committee: at the first it was decided unanimously that McCarthy would be asked if he was interested in being re-appointed, with three officers of the County Committee meeting him, when he indicated his interest.