A few clouds remain on horizon

THE beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?

Tonight’s meeting of the Cork County Board comes hot on the heels of the resignation of the county’s senior hurling manager and follows months of turmoil involving both senior panels.

In the last week alone there have been three well-attended meetings at which club officials have vented their frustration — at varying temperatures — with how the GAA is administered in Cork, while several thousand people marched in support of the 2008 hurlers on Sunday.