GAC clear Kilkenny, Tipp trio for final

THE GAA’s Games Administration Committee has taken no action against the Kilkenny pair Henry Shefflin and Philip Larkin, along with Tipperary’s Ger O’Grady, thus clearing the way for them to play in Monday’s Allianz NHL final in Croke Park.

All three appeared before last evening’s meeting of the Committee, arising from incidents late in the League match between the counties in Nowlan Park on April 13. After discussion of their cases, it’s reported that each of them was exonerated.

The position of Tipperary defender Eamonn Corcoran, red-carded near the end of the game with Galway a week later, has yet to be determined. After examination of his case, the GAC decided to defer a decision pending clarification with the match officials. It’s believed that the incident for which he was dismissed wasn’t seen by referee Pat Ahearn from Carlow.