Board executive refuses to accept no-confidence motion

THE Cork County Board executive last night refused to accept a motion of no-confidence in the executive over their handling of the recent hurling dispute that had been proposed by the Ballyhea GAA Club.

The motion received no support from other delegates at a county board meeting in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, with several delegates speaking out against it. Chairman Jerry O’Sullivan expressed his disappointment that the motion had been brought forward and referenced Rule 50 of Treoir Oifigiúil, which states that executive officers are elected at county convention and remain in office until the next convention. O’Sullivan again defended the board’s conduct throughout the bitter five-month impasse.

O’Sullivan said: “We are not accepting this motion. Under Rule 50, we are elected to office. This is unprecedented, I have never heard of it in any other county. I can’t for the life of me understand the difficulty with our handling. We’ve done everything correctly since day one. We’ve had meeting after meeting, given pages of information. As far as the board is concerned, I fail to see what more we could have done. It doesn’t make sense. I can’t really see the purpose behind this motion.”