O’Connor: Galvin is innocent

KERRY manager Jack O’Connor last night claimed Footballer of the Year, Paul Galvin, had been ‘wronged’ by GAA disciplinary chiefs and insisted the All Star did not strike Cork’s Eoin Cadogan in last month’s tempestuous NFL meeting of the counties.

On Monday, Galvin failed in his appeal against an eight-week ban incurred following the dismissal which rules him out of the Kingdom’s league campaign until their final Division One tie with Monaghan on April 11.

Cadogan was charged with a similar offence and hit with a four-week ban, but because it was Galvin’s second infraction in 48 weeks, his ban was doubled by the Central Competitions Control Committee.