The hits keep coming for under-fire boss McCarthy

Where the criticism centred on the Cork footballers and their perceived softness ahead of Meath’s visit, the spotlight shifted onto Ronan McCarthy and his backroom team this week, with the Cork management labelled not fit for purpose at Tuesday’s county board meeting.

It was a meeting dominated by the ongoing controversy surrounding the Páirc Uí Chaoimh overspend and Michael O’Flynn’s presentation as to how he and fellow stadium board member Tom Gray arrived at the estimated final cost of €95.8m. Once O’Flynn had departed, normal business resumed, with county board CEO Kevin O’Donovan proceeding to read out the various match reports sent in by Cork managers.