Laois boss Dempsey defends Algarve training camp

LAOIS senior football manager Sean Dempsey has slammed claims his squad’s warm weather training camp in the Algarve is a ‘holiday’ for the players.

Dempsey’s panel head to Portugal on Saturday week for four days of intense training however some in the county have expressed concerns about the trip following a number of controversial off field incidents last year which led to county chairman Brian Allen claiming that “things went too far”.

Last August, Dempsey expressed disappointment at a number of players who went drinking following defeats and insisted all had to sign up to a new code of conduct if they wanted to represent the O’Moore County in 2010.