Cork to contest Mulcahy sending off decision

CORK’S leading scorer Valerie Mulcahy is set to miss the TG4 All-Ireland senior Ladies Football final against Monaghan unless Board officials can successfully challenge her controversial dismissal at the end of Saturday’s semi-final victory.

A vital member of the team which will be bidding for four-in-a-row in Croke Park on September 28, she was red-carded just 30 seconds from the end of the game after questioning a decision of referee Liam McDonagh from Sligo.

Team and Board officials are set to mount a vigorous defence of the Rockbán star, who played a key role in each of the team’s three All-Ireland victories to date. It will be based on the conviction that she was sent off in the wrong — that the referee misinterpreted what she said. And, they hope to produce supporting evidence from one of the Tyrone defenders who reportedly endorsed Mulcahy’s version of the incident afterwards.