12-week suspension for Dublin manager Ger Brennan upheld

The county are now expected to apply to the Central Appeals Committee to quash the three-month punishment.

WIRED FOR SOUND: Dublin’s manager Ger Brennan watches on from the stands after being red carded. Pic: INPHO/James Crombie

Ger Brennan’s 12-week suspension has been upheld by the Central Hearings Committee.

The Dublin manager’s meeting took place on Thursday night but the committee’s decision, that the infraction was proven, was not confirmed until Friday. 

Brennan was served with the suspension for physically interfering with Galway strength and conditioning coach Cian Breathnach McGinn at half-time of the counties’ Division 1 final round game in Salthill last Sunday week. Breathnach McGinn was issued an eight-week ban for disruptive behaviour.

Dublin are now expected to apply to the Central Appeals Committee to quash the three-month punishment with sources indicating they are prepared to go as far as the Disputes Resolution Authority as they oppose the severity of the sanction.

As things stand, Brennan is set to miss the entirety of Dublin’s Leinster campaign and the first round of the Sam Maguire Cup.

Dublin recently staged a training camp in Johnstown House in Enfield but as Brennan was suspended he was not involved.