In the clear: Ten times when GAA bans were lifted or had no effect

Diarmuid Connolly, Dublin, receives a red card from referee Joe McQuillan, near the end of the All-Ireland SFC semi-final. However, Connolly received no suspension as two of the DRA panel quashed it on the basis that fair procedures had not applied to the former Dublin star. Picture: Dáire Brennan

When are suspensions not suspensions? Unfortunately for the GAA, the Paddy Tally situation is not an isolated matter.

The likelihood Tally will now not miss a single game of Down’s 2021 season as a result of his reduced eight-week ban for last month’s training breach appears more and more likely given the delays to the start of the inter-county season.