Justin offers olive branch

JUSTIN McCARTHY has extended the hand of friendship to his exiled Limerick hurlers.

The embattled Limerick boss has vowed to wipe the slate clean as he stressed that the door remained for the 12 members of the 2009 panel who withdrew their services to return.

“We wouldn’t bear an grudge and we would love to see them rethink individually or as a group and take the opportunity to return to the fold and work on getting Limerick hurling going forward,” McCarthy told the Limerick Leader newspaper.