Defiant Dublin defend Blue Wave

DUBLIN secretary John Costello has slammed the critics of the county’s ‘Blue Wave’ strategic review plan.

In a defiant convention report, Costello said the county board remain “unflinchingly committed” to the targets set out in the document. Two of those goals are winning a Sam Maguire Cup every three years — an aim already dismissed as unpractical by manager Pat Gilroy — and a Liam MacCarthy Cup every five years.

Leinster secretary Michael Delaney has also rubbished the idea of Dublin attaining provincial status funding-wise and on the GAA’s management committee.