Cork City strike just a ‘nasty rumour’

Cork City have branded claims on Twitter that the club’s players were on strike as “nasty rumours”.

Former player George O’Callaghan, who has been a critic of manager Tommy Dunne and club owners FORAS in the past, tweeted: “Does anyone know who will replace cork city in setanta cup if players go on strike for it [sic].”

Within minutes, City left-back Danny Murphy responded by rubbishing the claims: “don’t be writing things that you don’t know the full truth about what’s going on it ain’t helping anyone.”

The club had been in talks with players regarding Setanta Cup payments but the issue was far from a crisis, according to Cork City chief executive Timmy Murphy.

“I know nothing of anyone going on strike and to my knowledge it’s just a malicious rumour on Twitter. There are no issues at all. The club is working hard at the moment and if there were issues people would have known about them. This is just a nasty Twitter rumour.”

Club administrator Éanna Buckley added: “There are discussions over money surrounding the Setanta Cup game but the word strike or anything even close to that hasn’t been mentioned once.”