Connelly and Holmes ratified as Mayo joint managers

Noel Connelly and Pat Holmes were ratified as joint Mayo Senior Football Managers following a County Board meeting last night.
The vote was taken after the Chairman Paddy McNicholas addressed the meeting with a statement on the handling of the management appointment.
Although some disquiet was expressed over the process, which unsuccessful candidate Kevin McStay had described as ‘old nonsense’, no vote of confidence was taken in the chairman.
McNicholas said that certain elements of McStay’s “package” were “unnacceptable” to the interview panel and that a media release announcing the appointment of the new team had been incorrectly issued.
The duo, who have been given a three-year term, previously guided Mayo to an All-Ireland Under-21 title in 2006.