O’Neill: no repeat of Banner battle

CLARE GAA chairman Michael O’Neill has vowed to put measures in place to ensure that there is no repeat of the bitter dispute that led to Mike McNamara’s resignation as the county’s senior hurling team manager.

O’Neill believes that a drop in the levels of communication between players, management and officials in 2009 helped to create the saga which saw McNamara step down at a specially- convened county board meeting last Tuesday evening.

O’Neill said that regular meetings between all parties took place in 2008 to ensure than any problems were nipped in the bud before they escalated out of control.