McManus backs embattled Limerick GAA chiefs

MILLIONAIRE sponsor JP McManus has broken his silence on the Limerick hurling crisis – and offered some succour to the embattled County Board executive and team coach, Justin McCarthy.

The GAA-mad businessman – who revealed how he crawled through a window in Croke Park to get into the victorious Limerick dressing room after the 1973 All-Ireland success – said yesterday that he backed the “democratically-elected” Board and the votes taken by delegates to back the management team led by McCarthy.

“My position has always been that I support whoever is in the Limerick jersey,” he declared yesterday. “The County Board runs GAA affairs in Limerick, and the clubs decided with a vote to support the current manager. I respect what the clubs do, because they’re given a mandate by their members.”