Páidí stokes Mayo debate with riled O’Mahony

PÁIDÍ O SÉ says he’s sticking to his guns in a dispute with Mayo manager John O’Mahony over the “underachieving county.”

O’Mahony expressed annoyance at claims made by O Sé earlier he could lead Mayo to All-Ireland glory. The Fine Gael TD hit back at O Sé’s comments and claimed: “I’d like to think that if I managed Kerry for eight years I’d have won more than the two All-Irelands he did with them.”

But yesterday O Sé was sticking to his guns in his Sunday Independent column. He wrote: “Presumably, John O’Mahony is doing a good job in Mayo and he is quite entitled to his opinions. But, then, so am I. I would have thought, however, that John, having become a Fine Gael TD, would have acquired a thicker skin and become a more hardened street fighter.