Laois club plea to reduce capital gains

MOUNTMELLICK won’t stand in the way of Laois U21 footballer Sean George moving to Dublin’s Ballymun Kickhams but have expressed their disappointment at losing yet another player to the capital.

Club chairman Michael Gormley believes the county board must take measures to curb the haemorrhaging of players to Dublin after George’s request to follow the example of Mountmellick born John O’Loughlin and switch to a club in the city.

O’Loughlin lines out for St Brigid’s in Sunday’s Leinster club SFC final and although George is Ballymun-born it’s another body blow to the club.