O’Neill hopeful Gilroy will continue Dubs role

FORMER Dublin boss Dr Pat O’Neill believes Pat Gilroy should continue at the helm of the All-Ireland champions.

Gilroy was the first manager since O’Neill to lead the Dubs to senior football championship glory, ending a 16-year famine last month. Gilroy has taken time out to consider his future, and to decide whether or not he can continue to juggle top-class management with the demands of his family and business life, but O’Neill has urged the St Vincent’s man to lead Dublin’s bid to win back-to-back titles.

O’Neill said: “I believe he should stay on, but whether he will be able to is a personal decision that he’ll have to make himself. He’s a young man, he has a busy lifestyle in terms of work and business, and running inter-county teams is a big job. So it’s a personal decision, and there’s no point going into it if you don’t have full commitment to it.