Kingdom boost as McCarthy set to come out of retirement

FORMER All-Ireland winning defender Mike McCarthy is set end his inter-county retirement and rejoin the Kerry squad.

McCarthy quit the panel after the 2006 All-Ireland triumph, and though he continues to play for his club Kilcummin, he has ignored a number of requests to return to the county fold.

However he is understood to have had a change of heart and is set to return to training ahead of next month’s qualifiers. Meanwhile centre-back Aidan O’Mahony is a major injury concern for Jack O’Connor after sustaining a shoulder injury in Saturday’s Munster SFC semi-final defeat to Cork.