Fr O’Neills pair hope for final reprieve

Fr O’Neills faced an anxious wait late last night to find out if their bid to have Mark O’Keeffe and Billy Dunne available for the AIB All-Ireland Club IHC final would be successful.

The pair were sent off in the semi-final win over Tooreen and a hearing in Dublin was to determine whether they would be cleared to play against Kilkenny’s Tullaroan in Croke Park on Saturday (6pm).