Munster recruits are just the job, says O’Shea
And former Kerry boss and provincial games manager Pat O’Shea is confident they have recruited the “best people” from across the province for the roles as the council brings its annual coaching spend in the region to €1.7m.
In Clare (John Enright, Peter Casey and Ronan Keane), Kerry (Maurice Leahy, Vince Cooper, Jason Foley, Mike Quirke, Tadhg Kenneally — yes, that Mike Quirke and that Tadhg Kenneally), Cork (Martin Coleman, Paudie Kissane, Paudie O’Brien, Kevin O’Donovan and Brian Murphy), Limerick (Ollie Coffey, Seán Herbert and James Ryan), Waterford (Michelle Power, John Quinn and David Robinson) and Tipperary (Johnny Cummins, Kevin Halley, Andy Ryan and Tadhg O’Connor). With John Griffin (South Kerry hurling) and Pat Culhane (Limerick city hurling) also in the mix, that makes a total of 25 GDAs, which, in addition to the six recently appointed County Games Development Managers — to whom the new 23 will be directly answerable — and the seven full-time development officers at third-level institutes and the six part-time officers at post-primary school level, means there is now an annual spend of €1.7m on Munster coaching.
