John O'Mahony is in favour of inter-county managers being paid.

The former Mayo, Leitrim and Galway manager, who led the Tribesmen to Sam Maguire Cup glory in 1998 and 2001, and is now a TD, supports the third option proposed by GAA director-general Paraic Duffy in his discussion document, namely that managers receive regulated payment.

"The motivation of nearly all managers is the desire to win and be successful - not to make money," O'Mahony told the Irish Times.

"Why not legitimise payments to managers and bring transparency to it? I would be in favour of that. There's not too many millionaires from managing inter-county teams. I've heard it said about particular managers that they're very mercenary but I haven't met one who'd swap an All-Ireland for hundreds of thousands." Tweet

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