A member of the GAA’s Disputes Resolution Authority panel that cleared Dublin star Diarmuid Connolly to play in the All-Ireland semi-final replay has broken ranks and issued his own rebuttal of the decision.

Bernard Brogan insists Dublin have parked the controversial ‘Davey Byrne Affair’ which saw the panellist suffer a broken nose before a recent challenge match against Armagh at DCU.

Portaferry manager Sean Young says Thurles is "absolutely not" a neutral venue for their All-Ireland club SHC semi-final against Kilmallock next month — but insists it won’t matter much to his players.

Meath great Martin O’Connell said the county had no choice but to move on quickly from Mick O’Dowd’s allegation Mickey Burke was bitten by a Dublin player.

Dublin footballer Eoghan O’Gara is in the clear after disciplinary chiefs opted not to pursue allegations of biting during Sunday’s Leinster football final.

Dublin captain Johnny McCaffrey said his team are relishing the prospect of going to Thurles to face Tipperary for an All-Ireland semi-final berth on Sunday week.

Westmeath and Louth will face each other for the second time in six weeks in the first round of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers on June 30.

Seanie Johnston's appeal to join Kildare club St Kevins has been upheld meaning the ex-Cavan forward could play with the Lilywhites this summer.

Kildare boss Kieran McGeeney has questioned if GAA officials have investigated all transfer requests as forensically as that of Seanie Johnston.

WATERFORD GAA chiefs have vowed to do all in their power to ensure both the county senior and minor hurlers will be in action at Croke Park on the same day.

THE four All-Ireland SFC third round qualifiers will be all-provincial ties if Armagh beat Wicklow next weekend.

LIMERICK dual players Stephen Lucey and Mark O’Riordan are expected to commit to the hurlers next Saturday as the county board’s request to have the game played on a separate day to the footballers’ qualifier fell on deaf ears with the GAA’s Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC).

THE clash of Dublin and Armagh is the standout fixture from last night’s All-Ireland SFC qualifier third round draw.

AN appeal by Kerry star Paul Galvin against an eight-week ban will be heard tonight by the GAA’s Central Competitions Control Committee at Croke Park.

NO NEWS is good news, though not necessarily in the case of Cork hurler Tom Kenny, who is facing the possibility of suspension following the controversial incident near the end of last Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Kilkenny.