Limerick GAA has issued a statement responding to criticism levelled by senior football manager Billy Lee.

Lee slammed the county board in the wake of the Treaty County's Munster SFC quarter-final defeat to Clare on Saturday evening. He claimed his players weren't fed after training last week and that county officials had sent the wrong team list to Croke Park last week, which led to him almost forfeiting the game.

"It's just unbelievable that that's what it's come to and that's what you have to deal with. You have people paid to do a job and they can't do it," he said.

The county board refuted his comments in a statement which reads as follows:

"The Management Committee of Limerick GAA would like to clarify the following in relation to comments made by the senior football team manager yesterday evening:

"1. The County Board tenders for and approves caterers at the beginning of each year. Each individual team management and their support team is then responsible for arranging the team meals after training as required.

"2.  The team lists for this weekend's fixtures week ending May 20th were received by the County Secretary on Wednesday evening and were subsequently forwarded in good faith to Croke Park in accordance to compliance with regulation. A subsequent email was received by the County Secretary late Wednesday night which the County Secretary did not have access to until after the 9.00am deadline on Thursday morning.

"3. Any request made by the Senior football team management during 2018 was agreed and acceded to by Limerick Co Board.

"Limerick Co Board would like to acknowledge the contribution of the Senior Football players and management for 2018.

"Limerick GAA will make no further comment on this matter."

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