Griffin departure a blow for Dublin

Dublin football manager Paul Caffrey will have to plan without the services of defender Paul Griffin for the early part of next season, with the Kilmacud Crokes player deciding to embark on an extended holiday at the end of this year.

Griffin's decision to go on a tour of Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia means that Caffrey and his selectors will have to plan without him for Dublin's National Football League Division 2 programme and also possibly the Metropolitans' defence of their Leinster title.