Dublin no-show at Leinster football championship launch amidst Ger Brennan ban case

ROOM FOR ONE MORE: Dublin declined to send a representative to Tuesday’s Leinster senior football championship launch in Naas. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Citing the ongoing Ger Brennan disciplinary case, Dublin declined to send a representative to Tuesday’s Leinster senior football championship launch in Naas.

For the second year in a row, Dublin were the only one of the 11 participating counties who didn’t have a player at the promotional event for the competition.

Twelve months ago, the launch in Cedral St Conleth’s Park in Newbridge clashed with Dublin’s training camp in Portugal and therefore no player was deemed available.

On this occasion in The Killashee Hotel in Naas, organisers were informed by Dublin that they would not be sending a member of their panel because of the outstanding issue relating to manager Brennan.

Dublin are challenging the St Vincent's man's proposed 12-week suspension arising from a half-time altercation with Galway’s strength and conditioning coach Cian Breathnach McGinn in Salthill last Sunday week.

The penalty threatens to sideline Brennan for the entire provincial competition as well as the opening round of the Sam Maguire Cup. A Central Hearings Committee is due to take place in the coming days.

Dublin open their Leinster SFC campaign in a quarter-final against Carlow or Wicklow on April 19 at a venue yet to be determined. For their quarter-final last year, they travelled to Aughrim to face The Garden County.