Annus horribilis over for O’Mahony

AIDAN O’MAHONY suspects many people believed last winter’s anti-doping debacle would end his Kerry football career.

The three-time All-Ireland winner infamously became the first GAA player ever to fail a drugs test after last September’s All-Ireland final defeat to Tyrone. He tested positive for the presence of salbutamol, a substance used to treat his asthma condition.

While he was always confident he did nothing wrong and was eventually cleared, he was effectively left under a cloud from November when the story first broke until January.