FED-UP MARY'S FINAL WARNING

A MEATH pub's barmaid from Louth has launched the first salvo in the build-up to this year's throwback Leinster Final.

- BY SEAN MURPHY

GAA fan Mary Lynch, 36, is so fired up that she has already banned talk of hero Meath footballer Joe Sheridan because of his controversial winner against Louth 15 years ago.

Mary, from Stabannon, near Dundalk, is so sick of hearing about Sheridan's “dodgy” goal in the 2010 Leinster Final that she is hitting punters with a €2 fine for uttering his name.

She has vowed in the run-up to this year's clash that the Joe tax will be added to the price of a pint for anyone who dares to mention him in popular Lynch's pub on Main Street in Slane.

Mary gave the thumbs up beside a red and white Louth flag in her Stabannon Parnells GFC jersey and said: “It’s a my local team Stabannon’s top, it's not Meath, obviously.”

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She said: “Now that Louth and Meath are playing in the final, I have heard nothing else but Joe.

“I am a Louth woman and proud. I have decided that any customer who mentions Joe Sheridan in this pub, it's €5 more for the craic.

“I know that all I will hear is Joe. Sure, the banter will be good.”