Ger Brennan said he was delighted with the positive response of his Dublin players after calling them out in public a fortnight ago. Speaking after Saturday evening's win over Monaghan at Croke Park, Dublin's first League win under Brennan, the new manager said he probably shouldn't have criticised his players so publicly and described that as 'unlike me'. Asked if he was trying to 'rattle a few cages', as his former Dublin colleague James McCarthy suggested last week, Brennan shrugged. "Well, it was probably unlike me, I shouldn't have said it in public, possibly, but the lads were forewarned," said Brennan. It brings to 54 the number of players that Brennan has used competitively this year, across the O'Byrne Cup and League.

Source: Irish Examiner February 15, 2026 18:11 UTC