Barry’s chance of playing rests on personal hearing

KILDARE have not given up hope that midfielder Alan Barry will be eligible to play in tomorrow evening’s All-Ireland football qualifier game against Roscommon in Portlaoise.

He has been granted a personal hearing by the Games Administration Committee in Croke Park tonight.

The player was controversially dismissed by Meath referee Seamus McCormack inside the first five minutes of last week-end’s Leinster decider against Laois after receiving a second yellow card. A two weeks suspension was imposed because he had been similarly disciplined earlier in the year in the controversial League game against Sligo.