John Fogarty: Banner paranoia or do Clare have a right to feel hard done by?

Are the proposed one-match bans for Peter Duggan and Rory Hayes unfair on Clare?

Munster GAA Senior Hurling Championship Final, FBD Semple Stadium, Tipperary 5/6/2022

PETER DUGGAN and Rory Hayes didn’t need to receive retrospective suspensions for many Clare followers to believe the authorities had it in for their senior hurlers.

Weeks before the proposed bans, a message circulating on forums and social media platforms read like the theses Martin Luther pinned to the Wittenburg church door in the 16th century. For clarity and legal reasons, we paraphrase it here: “Clare were the first and only team to have a player suspended with video evidence when there wasn’t video evidence. Colin Lynch.