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Mike Quirke set to be confirmed as new Laois football manager

Former Kerry footballer Mike Quirke is set to be confirmed as the new Laois senior football manag...



Mike Quirke set to be confirme...
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Mike Quirke set to be confirmed as new Laois football manager

Former Kerry footballer Mike Quirke is set to be confirmed as the new Laois senior football manager.

The four-time All Ireland winner with the Kingdom is the preferred candidate of the county's selection committee. However, Off The Ball understands that the Laois County Board are still awaiting a meeting with the selection committee.

Should he be ratified next Monday, Quirke will take the reins from another Kerryman - John Sugrue.

Quirke has been Kerins O'Rahily's manager in his native Kerry in recent years, leading them to back-to-back Kerry SFC finals in 2017 and 2018.

Sugrue stepped down in July following their 4-20 to 1-15 loss to Cork in round 4 of the All Ireland football qualifiers. Speaking after that defeat, Sugrue bemoaned their lack of progress in the Championship.

Quirke will take over a Laois side who have been promoted from Division 4 to Division 2 of the Allianz Football League inside two years.

His appointment would follow a trend of Kerrymen making their first steps in inter-county management after Paul Galvin was handed a two-year term with Wexford.


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