Ciaran O’Hanlon appeals ban

Armagh and QUB footballer Ciaran O’Hanlon will go before the Central Appeals Committee tonight in an attempt to have a 12-week suspension handed down by the GAA’s higher education committee overturned.

O’Hanlon was one of three Queens players cited as ineligible by Comhairle Ardoideachais (CA) following their first-round Sigerson Cup win over Maynooth on January 26.

The Armagh forward, along with Greg McCabe and Down’s Marty Clarke, were served with proposed 12-week suspensions by CA on the grounds they were students of Stranmillis, a teacher training branch of QUB, and therefore not eligible to line out for Queens.