Limerick reeling as O’Shaughnessy calls it a day

THE news yesterday that star forward Andrew O’Shaughnessy, not yet 27, has quit inter-county hurling has come as a blow in Limerick, catching his inter-county team-mates — current and former — completely by surprise.

“I’ve only just heard it,” said the retired Ollie Moran, alongside whom Andrew won an All-Star in 2007, reward for Limerick’s run to the All-Ireland final.

“All I can say is that he owes Limerick nothing. He was the ultimate professional, both in his personal life — how he conducted himself off the field, a non-drinker, non-smoker — and in his playing career. You never had to worry about Shaughs, he always did the right thing in terms of preparation.