The Latest Breaking News from Kilkenny

Cody stepped down as a Kilkenny boss earlier this year but is back on the sidelines nearly straight away.

The Ballyhale Shamrocks man popped the question in the sunshine following gorgeous trips to Venice, Dubrovnik, Mykonos, Santorini and Split together

Former teammates Michael Rice and Peter Barry will be involved.

Kilkenny beat Cork in dramatic fashion and thousands flocked the city streets for their homecoming.

Retirements, injuries, withdrawals, rank bad luck and a couple of tragedies all affected the group at different stages this year but somehow they navigated all those obstacles

Lyng will take over from Brian Cody after the legendary Cats boss stepped down last month.

Reid was part of the Kilkenny panel for 16 of Cody's 24 seasons at the helm

TJ Reid visited McGregor's Dublin Pub the Black Forge Inn shortly after Kilkenny's All-Ireland final loss.

Several Ulster counties are on the hunt for new managers and there's increasing speculation that Dessie Farrell's role as Dublin boss is under threat

With it being two months now since Offaly made their exit from the McDonagh Cup, the decision could surely have been made at a much earlier stage though the timing of it has fuelled speculation locally that the board has a successor to the eight-time All-Ireland winner already lined up.

Cody announced his retirement as Kilkenny manager on Saturday after 24 seasons in charge