Vaughan controversy spreads to county level

Brendan O’Brien

Having been sent off against Portlaoise in the 2004 Leinster club championship, Vaughan was controversially cleared to play in Crokes' first round championship match against St Brigid's at the start of the summer.

Though Kilmacud won, Brigid's lodged an objection and the affair has bounced around between the Central Disciplinary Committee (CDC), Central Appeals Committee (CAC) and the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) which is supposed to be the supreme arbitrator ever since.