Cork players, from left, Aoife O’Neill, Saoirse McCarthy, Laura Hayes and Ciara O’Sullivan dejected after the All-Ireland final. Photo: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Cork players, from left, Aoife O’Neill, Saoirse McCarthy, Laura Hayes and Ciara O’Sullivan dejected after the All-Ireland final. Photo: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Cork camogie boss Ger Manley branded the performance of referee Justin Heffernan as “shocking” following their agonising one-point loss to Galway in yesterday’s All-Ireland final.

Their three-in-a-row dreams went up in smoke having played the second half with 14 players after the sending off of Hannah Looney on the stroke of half time, a decision Manley reckoned was “very harsh”.