Cooney supports RTÉ in Carthy stand-off

GAA PRESIDENT Christy Cooney yesterday backed RTÉ in their row with eight inter-county managers who have decided to boycott the state broadcaster.

The managers - Tyrone’s Mickey Harte, Kildare’s Kieran McGeeney, Laois boss Justin McNulty, Kevin Walsh (Sligo), Mickey Moran (Leitrim), Brian Cody (Kilkenny), Glen Ryan of Longford and Cork boss Conor Counihan - are refusing to give interviews to RTÉ who they feel have mistreated reporter Brian Carthy in the wake of Micheal Ó Muircheartaigh’s retirement.

According to GAA President Cooney though, RTÉ are quite entitled to send Carthy to lower profile games rather than ask him to fill Ó Muircheartaigh’s shoes by commentating on the biggest match of the weekend.