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FORMER Clare County Board vice- chairman Michael Lee has called for no more comments to be made on the crises that have dragged Clare hurling through the mire in recent peeved etse
In an impassioned plea to delegates at Thursday’s board meeting, Lee
said, “all this opening of wounds does not help the situation’.
And, in making his call the Tubber delegate said “the time has come to stand up and be counted as a County Board. Everyone knows very well that county hurling is bigger than club. There should be no more in- nuendo. No more media stuff. It’s killing Clare hurling. We should not
be going back to where we were 15 years ago. When we’re finished this year, that’s when to debate and find out what’s going wrong. Stop it now, for once and for all. It’s only making things worse,” he added.
However, Lee was a lone voice in calling for a line to be drawn under the controversy. “We’re the laughing stock of the whole county,” said TJ
O’Loughlin of Kilmurry Ibrickane. “IT want to know is Tony Considine answerable to the county board? Is there a liaison officer? When Tony Considine came in here last Novem- ber he said nothing about a trainer coming in for six weeks,” he added. “I think it’s a disgrace what has gone on,’ said Doonbeg delegate Michael ore