Kerry to fight O Sé suspension

The Kerry County Board are set to do their utmost in an attempt to have the straight red card which Kerry defender Marc O Se picked up in Sunday's Munster final rescinded.

Kingdom chiefs are hopeful that video evidence will clear O Sé of any wrong-doing and make him available for the reigning All-Ireland champions' third round qualifier on either August 2 or 3.

O Sé's dismissal on a straight red card - he was sent-off in the 51st-minute by Longford referee Derek Fahy for a shoulder challenge on Cork's Sean O'Brien - earns him an automatic four-week ban.

The GAA's Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) will confirm the ban later today.

That means the An Ghaeltacht clubman will be suspended until midnight on Saturday, August 2.

Should the Kingdom be given a Sunday qualifier in the third round, O Sé would actually be available for the August 3 tie.

Television replays showed there was no intent on O Sé's part when he clashed with O'Brien and Kerry County Board officials will be keen to highlight as much.

The Kerry County Board have been busy on the disciplinary front recently, taking Paul Galvin's case to the Central Hearings Committee (CHC) and Central Appeals Committee (CAC).

Galvin, this year's Kerry captain, is fighting a 24-week ban arising from his controversial sending-off against Clare.

He has his ban upheld by the CHC and failed in his appeal to the CAC but it has been confirmed that he will take his case before the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA).

Monaghan forward Paul Finlay will also have a hearing with the DRA in the coming days, as he tries to overturn the eight-week ban he gained for remarks made to a match official during his side's Ulster championship clash with Fermanagh.