Cork Co board ‘will not budge’

‘No change’ was the message from Cork Co Board chairman Jerry O’Sullivan yesterday after Cork’s latest heavy NHL defeat by Galway at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Gerald McCarthy is the manager of the Cork hurling team now representing the county and he will remain in that position, according to the Cloyne man.

“These are the lads wearing the jersey now, we have had defeats before with Cork teams and as I said, these are the lads now with the jersey and we are fully behind them.”

Queried on the support for the 2008 panel as against the paltry attendance yesterday, O’Sullivan was not overly worried.

“Lack of support at this time of the year is nothing unusual and even if we had our 2008 panel you probably would not have had too many extra bodies here today.

“People are not inclined to go to these games for some unknown reason. It was disappointing for the young lads that there wasn’t more support, we’d all love that.”

On Gerald McCarthy’s position and on the next meeting of club representatives scheduled for next weekend, O’Sullivan reiterated the county board’s stance.

“As I said at the Cork County Board meeting last Tuesday, they have no standing, we have made our decision and the Cork County Board is the body with the authority to make those decisions and we are standing by it.”

Meanwhile, Dohenys club in Dunmanway have clarified they were in attendance at last week’s meeting between the 2008 Cork panel and club representatives and a host of clubs in Cork are set to hold EGMs on the current dispute, with Nemo Rangers’ club meeting scheduled for tonight and Passage West set to hold one next Thursday night.

The club representatives are set to meet again with the 2008 hurlers in the Maryborough Hotel again next Sunday.

The next Cork Co Board meeting takes place two days later, though Jerry O’Sullivan reiterated at the last board meeting he would no longer be taking motions on the impasse.

Article courtesy of the Evening Echo newspaper.