It was the end of the world as we knew it. That’s what we were told, anyway. That the reprieve offered to Diarmuid Connolly by two of the three men sitting on the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) panel had taken a match to the GAA’s disciplinary system.

Last year, the GAA’s disciplinary system was again the source of controversy. 

Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) panel member Niall Dolan has defended the DRA's decision to take its time over cases, which he says have to be examined in minute detail before a ruling is made.

Cork players Sean Óg O hAilpmn, Diarmuid O'Sullivan and Donal Óg Cusack will play no part in today's Munster SHC semi-final against Waterford after failing to have their suspensions lifted by the GAA's Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA).