Dublin manager Ger Brennan appeals 12-week ban ahead of Wicklow game

SIDELINED: Dublin manager Ger Brennan was handed a 12-week and two-match ban after being sent off against Galway. Picture David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Ger Brennan’s Disputes Resolution Authority hearing has been scheduled for Saturday morning, the day before their Leinster SFC opener against Wicklow in Aughrim’s Echelon Park.

The Dublin senior football manager is challenging his 12-week and two-match ban, which rules him out of all GAA team activities until May and prohibits him from assisting the county in their opening two Division 2 matches in 2027.

Brennan was handed the suspension for his half-time altercation with Galway strength and conditioning coach Cian Breathnach-McGinn in the counties’ Division 1, Round 7 game in Salthill last month.

Breathnach received an eight-week disruptive charge for his involvement, while Brennan was handed the stiffer punishment for a Category IVa infraction, "any type of physical interference with an opposing player or team official".

It is Dublin’s assertion that as Breathnach McGinn was not listed as an official member of the Galway backroom team for the game Brennan did not engage with an opposing team official per se.