*Anthony Daly on commentary duty with Marty Morrissey. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography

ANTHONY Daly has addressed recent gossip following a minor health scare.

Clareโ€™s two-time All-Ireland winning senior hurling captain of 1995 and 1997 is recovering after a seizure in recent weeks.

Dalo has built up a loyal following of listeners to his regular hurling podcast for The Irish Examiner which features Limerickโ€™s TJ Ryan, 1999 All-Ireland winning Cork captain Mark Landers and ex Tipperary goalkeeper Ken Hogan.

His absence from the podcast over the past three weeks combined with plenty of whispers fuelled a rumour mill regarding the health of the Clarecastle native.

โ€œI got a bit of a knockout, as they say in Tipperary. But Iโ€™m back,โ€ Dalo announced to listeners of the podcast. โ€œJust to clear upโ€ฆ. I didnโ€™t get a triple bypass. I didnโ€™t get a brain tumour. I didnโ€™t die four times in the ambulance. I didnโ€™t even go in an ambulanceโ€.

He confirmed that he is on the mend and is not allowed to drive as a precautionary measure. โ€œI got a slight seizure of some sort. Theyโ€™ve a lot of tests done on me, but I think Iโ€™m good. Iโ€™m on a few tablets and I canโ€™t drive for a small while as a precautionโ€.

Rumours seemed to get more wild as time went on, the former Clare and Dublin senior hurling manager outlined. โ€œAs my brother Martin says, no one takes away from the story anyway. As he says, โ€œEvery time I meet someone, something new has gone wrong, worse again. You died twice in the ambulance, then you died four timesโ€™. But no, I didnโ€™t go in any ambulanceโ€.

Coupled with the inaccurate reports locally were plenty of well-wishes, he acknowledged. The amount of goodwill as well as gossip is unreal. And a word too for the staff in the University Hospital in Limerick. It gets a bad press at times. We know itโ€™s overcrowded, because itโ€™s covering Clare and Tipp as well as Limerick, a huge area. It can be hectic to get through A&E but the care in there was unbelievableโ€.

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