No Royal pardon yet for Louth

TALK about much ado about nothing.

After a day packed with conjecture and a night pockmarked by meetings — open and private — in and around the town of Navan, Monday finally ended without a decision emanating from Meath as to whether Louth would be offered a replay of the Leinster SFC final.

The Meath senior football panel did meet and it is believed they voted in favour of offering a re-fixture after Sunday’s incredible end game in Croke Park but it is understood that manager Eamonn O’Brien and chairman Barney Allen were opposed to that idea.