Wallace shock at Croker pitch probe

WEXFORD YOUTHS owner Mick Wallace has reacted with astonishment to Croke Park’s decision to investigate claims local GAA club Faythe Harriers let out their facilities to a soccer team, branding the decision “unbelievable”.

The well-known soccer and construction businessman also revealed yesterday he has rented his all-weather pitches at Ferrycarrig Park to GAA clubs and permitted the county senior footballers to use them until the Wexford board stepped in.

Wallace was shocked to learn the GAA ordered the Wexford County Board to compile a report on Harriers’ activities and report it to the Leinster Council. “It’s unbelievable, really,” said Wallace. “What are we coming to when we can’t do some honest business? The cost of running any club these days is so much. Why shouldn’t they [Faythe Harriers] be allowed to make as much bread as they can?