Livid Ryan brands Limerick board a ‘laughing stock’

FORMER county senior hurling team manager Tom Ryan has launched a fierce attack on Limerick’s county board following last week’s vote which retained the services of boss Justin McCarthy.

Ryan insisted that Limerick are now a “laughing stock” as the Shannonsiders prepare for the 2010 campaign without their big name stars. Ryan also warned that Limerick GAA is losing the battle for the hearts and minds of emerging young sportsmen to Munster rugby as the county board lurches “from one crisis to another.”

Ryan also insisted that McCarthy should have walked away from the job when last year’s panel members made it clear that they will not be hurling for the Cork native in 2010.