Loughrey: I tried to keep transfer south a secret

James Loughrey admits he tried to keep his decision to live in Cork as quiet as possible so as to avoid a repeat of the controversy that surrounded Seanie Johnston’s transfer saga from Cavan to Kildare.

The former Antrim defender, named in the team to face Dublin tomorrow, upped sticks in March to live in Mallow in March where his girlfriend is from and then picked up a job outside Cork city before being invited into the Cork panel.

Although his circumstances were entirely different to Johnston’s, Loughrey was cautious about his move to Cork being made public and didn’t want the Antrim County Board doing anything to convince him to stay.