Barry Coffey: Radical action required to restore Cork GAA to glory

Former Cork and Bishopstown footballer Barry Coffey has expressed grave concern at the county’s steep decline in both codes and believes there are serious issues blighting Cork GAA not being addressed.

Both Cork minor teams, along with the county’s U21 hurlers and junior footballers, suffered championship defeats, the senior hurlers’ win over Dublin at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday evening the sole positive in an otherwise septimana horribilis.

Coffey, who lined out on the 1989 and ’90 All-Ireland winning Cork football teams, has called for “radical” action at all age-groups so as to return the county to its once high standing in both codes.