Kevin O’Donovan: ‘Cork needs a revolution’

Nothing but “revolution” will bring about the reform needed to reverse the decline of hurling and football in Cork, insists the county’s coaching officer Kevin O’Donovan.

O’Donovan has been blown away by the positive response he has received from clubs around the county since breaking ranks at the end of Tuesday night’s County Board meeting to distribute his 25-point, 16-page plan focused on tackling the myriad of problems he believes are blighting Cork GAA.

Having planned to introduce the document during the meeting, O’Donovan was forced to hold fire when standing orders were suspended, as a mark of respect to the late Jim Forbes. And while he accepts the manner in which he acted may have upset his top-table colleagues, he felt “backed into a corner” and “with no other option but to go public with these ideas”.