Dooley hung out to dry by Faithful

IT was only a couple of weeks ago that Offaly senior hurling manager Joe Dooley wrote a letter to the secretary of the county board, a letter copied to the secretary of every club in the county, complaining of the treatment of his players and management team at the county ground, O’Connor Park in Tullamore.

During the course of Joe’s tenure it appears there had been several incidents at the venue.

In reply to that letter (and only after its existence and contents had been revealed in this newspaper), the county board issued the following statement: “Offaly GAA Management Committee met tonight and have decided they will issue a full and frank response in relation to the issues currently in the public domain regarding Offaly Senior Hurlers when and only when we complete our current Liam McCarthy Cup Campaign.”