Having guided St Thomas to a Galway title and All-Ireland final last year, Lally, who has also coached Craughwell and Kilnadeema-Leitrim, has also been linked to the role. On Monday, the hurling board agreed to include the players in the selection process despite chairman Pat Kearney ruling out any input from them in August. Kearney is not part of the new selection committee charged with recommending Micheál Donoghue’s successor. The selection committee includes hurling board chairman Micheal Larkin, hurling board secretary John Fahy, Pearses delegate Paul Bellew, and Noel Lane. Frustration with the selection process has turned to exasperation and anger.

Source: Irish Examiner October 17, 2019 00:33 UTC