Duggan takes heart from ‘constructive’ Ryan meeting

Former Cork footballer Diarmuid Duggan has expressed his satisfaction with a meeting held with county board chairman Bob Ryan on Wednesday night where discussions took place on the case that has left him almost €7,000 out of pocket.

Duggan revealed details to the Irish Examiner last Monday about the medical bills of nearly €10,000 he had racked up in an effort to solve a hip injury that ended his inter-county football career.

He received a €3,000 payment from the GPA Benevolent Fund but has still been left with a €7,000 shortfall despite repeated efforts to contact the Cork county board with a view to being reimbursed.