Jamie O’Sullivan free to play as Cork face Clare

Cork footballer Jamie O’Sullivan has been cleared to play against Clare in the Munster SFC semi-final on June 14 after GAA authorities deemed he had no case to answer arising from an incident in last month’s Division 1 final.

After Padraig Hughes had taken no action, it had been expected the Bishopstown man would be served with at least a proposed retrospective one-match ban for his challenge on Diarmuid Connolly in the first half of the league decider in Croke Park. However, the Cork County Board have confirmed they received no such correspondence from the Central Competitions Control Committee.

The news is likely to anger Dublin who felt O’Sullivan should have been sent off after his elbow seemingly made contact with Connolly’s face. Last week, former Dublin footballer Ciarán Whelan lashed out at the silence following the incident: “I wonder what has come of the Jamie O’Sullivan incident in the league final when he took out Diarmuid Connolly with a dangerous challenge?