Forbes stays mum on possibility of appeal of Cork minors suspensions

CORK County Board Chairman Jim Forbes remained tight-lipped last night about the possibility of an appeal against the suspensions handed down against three of the Leesiders minor footballers.

He did confirm, however, that he would be meeting with the executive and the players concerned to consider the outcome of the GAC’s decision to suspend them.

Arising from incidents which occurred at the end of the recent All-Ireland quarter-final tie with Laois at Semple Stadium, Cork team captain Andrew O’Sullivan was hit with a 12-week ban, while playing colleague Michael Shields and Ray Carey both received eight-week suspension terms and will miss Sunday’s re-scheduled game in Thurles.