Sean Chambers speaks with Anne Hayes. Photograph: Natasha Barton

SEAN CHAMBERS is set to continue in his role as Assistant Treasurer of Clare GAA.

At a very heated meeting of the County Board held on Tuesday last, Chambers was among two officers to walk out. He issued claims of “harassment” for some officers while carrying out their duties but following repeated requests from Chairman Kieran Keating for the Assistant Treasurer to back up these allegation, he was unable to refer to any examples.

In a subsequent statement to The Clare Echo, Keating stated, “Chairing the meeting, I asked Sean to detail what he was referring to; I said that I can’t allow an accusation like that unless he is willing to back it up with specific examples. He didn’t cite any example of harassment before walking out. I have asked Sean to either back up his allegations to his fellow officers, or to publicly withdraw what I believe to be a baseless allegation of harassment. Should Sean fail to do either, then regretfully I feel his position on the Management Committee will also be untenable”.

Chambers is understood to have issued an apology to the Chairman within the past week and the Cooraclare man carried out his duties while the second round of action took place in the TUS Clare senior and intermediate football championships.

It is expected that he will face opposition for his role when the County Convention is held later this year. Efforts by The Clare Echo to reach Mr Chambers for comment were unsuccessful.

There will be keen interest for the August meeting of the County Board with particular attention to the paid to the minutes of the meeting which detail the interaction involving Chambers and also Anne Hayes who stormed out of the meeting following a clash with Keating and Head of Operations, Deirdre Murphy.

Hayes has since left her role as Public Relations Officer. St Joseph’s Miltown were among the clubs to pay tribute to the Lissycasey woman following her exit. “Everyone in Miltown GAA would like to wish Anne Hayes the very best of luck on her retirement as Clare GAA PRO. With 40 years of service to Clare GAA Anne has always been a pleasure to deal with and a true Gael”.

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