Kingdom star O’Mahony looking to the future

AIDAN O’MAHONY is looking forward to putting the past behind him in 10 days time when Kerry renew hostilities with Cork in the Munster SFC semi-final.

The Rathmore clubman last night claimed he was never in doubt that he would be exonerated after becoming the first GAA player to face the Association’s anti-doping tribunal due to usage of salbutamol for his asthma.

“It was a shock all right,” O’Mahony admitted to RTÉ last night. “I suppose the main thing was that at the back of my own mind was the fact that I was an asthmatic for 20 years. It wasn’t to enhance my performance. That was the one thing that kept my head clear the whole time. It wasn’t a thing that kept me up all night.