Management consumes whole life, says Déise boss Derek McGrath

Derek McGrath remembers almost scoffing at Liam Sheedy’s revelation he was putting in 60 hours a week into his role as Tipp manager.

That was until he took the helm of Waterford and realised Sheedy was right.

“He’s a big job in Bank of Ireland finance, I think, and I just remember saying to myself, ‘I’m not sure there would be that amount of time involved’.