’Cheddar’ Plunkett reinstated as Laois manager

Laois chairman Gerry Kavanagh has expressed delight at Seamus ‘Cheddar’ Plunkett’s return as senior hurling manager.

Kavanagh revealed Plunkett’s reinstatement was not rubber-stamped until yesterday afternoon — less than a week after he tendered his resignation in dramatic fashion, and just days out from Laois’s Leinster SHC quarter-final meeting with neighbours Offaly at O’Moore Park.

Plunkett quit the post last Wednesday after squad members Matthew Whelan and Jim Fitzpatrick lined out for Borris-Kilcotton in a challenge game against the manager’s wishes.