Offaly secretary hits back at county’s critics

A leading Offaly official has railed against the criticism dished out to the county’s senior hurling team from pundits “collecting fees on radio stations and papers”.

And Faithful County secretary Tommy Byrne insists that the abuse of players and managers has “gone way too far”.

Byrne was reacting to comments from Offaly hurling boss Eamonn Kelly over the weekend, who claimed that he was abused by anonymous phone callers following the shock Leinster SHC round-robin defeat to Westmeath nine days ago.