Painful push as Diarmuid Connolly cops 12-week ban

Dublin footballer Connolly is facing the prospect of no football until August 26 after the GAA’s Central Competitions Control Committee proposed a 12-week suspension after an altercation with Branagan during Saturday’s Leinster SFC quarter-final win over Carlow.
Connolly put his hand on the shoulder of the linesman in protest at having been surrounded by three Carlow players as he retrieved the ball for a sideline signalled by Branagan in Dublin’s favour.