Injury Time . . . with Jerome O'Connell

COUNTY Board officials were left red faced and with questions to answer after last Thursday night’s County Junior A Hurling League Final.
Doon and Dromcollogher-Broadford took to the field in Fitzgerald Park Kilmallock, but no referee turned up for the county final.


Efforts were made to summon a referee to the venue, but to no avail.
So all togged off and headed home - some of the players had travelled from Dublin and other places of work outside of the county.
Hardly a satisfactory situation for a final.
And, that was after the fixture had been incorrectly advertised as a semi-final in the County Board fixtures circulated to local and national media.

Just four Limerick players nominated
JUST four Limerick players have been included among the 45 nominees for the Munster hurling team of the last 25 years.
Earlier in the year it was announced that as part of the GAA 125 celebrations, the Munster Council were to select the hurling and football team of the province from the last 25 years.
That process is now to be conducted through the pages of the Irish Examiner newspaper.
This week, the nominees were released for the hurling team.
The judging panel has short listed 45 players, three for each position.
The only Limerick men included are Bruree’s Stephen McDonogh, Patrickwell’s Ciaran Carey, Adare’s Mark Foley and Patrickswell’s Gary Kirby.
McDonogh faces opposition from Tipperary’s Paul Delaney and Cork’s Wayne Sherlock for the right corner back spot.
Carey is vying for the centre-back role with Clare’s Sean McMahon and Cork’s Brian Corcoran.
Foley is listed for the left half back jersey with Anthony Daly of Clare and Sean Og O hAilpin of Cork.
Kirby is Limerick’s only attacker short-listed along with Ken McGrath of Waterford and Declan Ryan of Tipperary.
In the football equilivant, announced the previous week, Croom’s John Galvin was the sole Limerick nominee in a selection dominated by Kerry and Cork.

Flood lights
A reader has made contact to question the location of the masts for the eagerly-awaited flood lights in the Gaelic Grounds.
Yes, both masts at the open stand side of the field are to be placed within the City and Caherdavin end terraces.
“It’s pretty obvious that these masts are going to provide a fairly large obstacle for spectators viewing a match from the corners of each terrace.
“Bear in mind that many people in the terrace prefer to watch the match from the corners because of the superior views of the pitch.
“The view from the Mackey stand is poor enough without them ruining some of the better vantage points in the stadium,” writes the disgruntled reader.
I can’t fully agree - I’m afraid it’s all too seldom that the Gaelic Grounds is full to capacity so it will be rare both terraces will be full.
And, in my many days at the venue this season, I can’t recall anyone perched at those particular vantage points, so I think the arrival of the flood lights is to be heralded rather than bemoaning the “latest Limerick GAA cock-up”.
I did make contact with Limerick County Board on the subject and the masts had to be positioned within the terraces to limit the level of light spillage into the nearby residences as requested in the planning permission granted by Limerick City Council.