Back in early part of summer 2007, I was suffering with a persistent head cold that I just couldn’t shake. 

“He is a good fella and he just made an unintentional mistake and he has paid a big price, unfortunately."

Malachy O’Rourke has called on the GAA to provide better education for players in the wake of the two-year ban handed down to Monaghan’s Thomas Connolly for failing a drugs test.

A GAA player from Monaghan has been provisionally banned from Gaelic games for two years after testing positive for a banned substance.