Sheedy secures Tipperary post

Liam Sheedy of the Portroe club was last night ratified as the new Tipperary senior hurling manager on a two-year deal.

Liam Sheedy of the Portroe club was last night ratified as the new Tipperary senior hurling manager on a two-year deal.

Sheedy succeeds Babs Keating and his selectors will be Eamon O'Shea of Kilruane MacDonaghs and Michael Ryan of Upperchurch-Drombane.

The new manager steered Tipperary's minors to All-Ireland glory last year.

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