GAA president Nickey Brennan has stressed that the Cork county board is the only body that can make a decision on Gerald McCarthy’s future, while it is thought that may be done on Thursday night.
Representatives of virtually every club in Cork voted on Sunday night to have McCarthy removed as hurling manager, but Brennan has made it clear that such meetings haven't the power to make such decisions.
Brennan said: 'The point I want to make, and it's important, is that the authority of the county board in all of this can't be questioned.'
Brennan went on: 'The board appointed Gerald McCarthy and they are the only body that can do so. He is legitimately appointed as the manager of the Cork team. The board is the body which did that democratically and it's only the board that can undo that.'
The Cork board are meeting on Thursday night in what looks to be 'a decision making night in so far as whatever they may be asked to vote on if the chairman allows a vote to be taken,' said Brennan.
Brennan also stressed once more that himself and any leading GAA officials were not getting involved in the dispute.
