Limerick IT withstand spirited second-half revival by Carlow

Limerick IT 1-15 Carlow IT 0-14: This fixture lay in doubt up until two hours before throw-in, but IT Carlow and Limerick IT finally locked horns at the third time of asking — the Limerick college holding off a spirited second-half revival from the visitors to advance to the Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final.

Mary Immaculate College were summoned before the GAA’s Disputes Resolution Authority at 9.30am yesterday morning in their bid for reinstatement and by the time their unsuccessful verdict came through at noon, the IT Carlow team bus had just parked at Moylish.

The home outfit, aided by a strong gale in the opening half, returned to the dressing room 1-9 to 0-5 ahead, by no means an insurmountable target for IT Carlow. Both sides had been reduced to 14 men in a heated first half, LIT’s Alan Dempsey receiving a straight red card for a reckless pull on Jack Fagan after 28 minutes.