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Laois and Cork minors live to play another day

Minor Football : The Laois and Cork minor footballers have escaped the ultimate punishment for the fracas at the end of the …

Mon Aug 16 2004 - 01:00

Minor Football: The Laois and Cork minor footballers have escaped the ultimate punishment for the fracas at the end of the drawn All-Ireland quarter-final.

Although the GAC have not yet announced the outcome of their deliberations, it has been learned that the counties have not been expelled from the championship, but a number of players will be suspended.

A replay date has been set for next Sunday in Thurles, allowing the winners proceed to an All-Ireland semi-final with Kerry at the end of the month.

Junior Football: Intercounty referee Eugene Murtagh has been suspended for six months following his recent sending off for verbally abusing referee Mick Doherty in game in which he (Murtagh) was playing for his club, Séamus Connollys, against Mostrim.

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Murtagh's son Eugene jnr, also sent off in the match, was given a one-month suspension.

Séamus Murtagh, a brother of Eugene snr, was suspended for 12 months over a post-match incident at the game.

Séamus Connollys have been thrown out of the Longford junior championship and ordered to pay a €500 bond, to be forfeit if they are involved in any further acts of indiscipline in the next two years.

Another club - St Mary's of Granard - have been thrown out of the Longford intermediate football championship, and also ordered to pay a €500 bond, after one of their members struck a linesman at the end of a game against Legan Sarsfields.

The decisions were taken by the Games Administration Committee of the county board.

Senior Hurling: Clare's Gerry Quinn will face no further action in respect of the incident in which Kilkenny's Henry Shefflin sustained an eye injury. The weekend meeting of the GAA's Games Administration Committee decided to adopt the report of referee Pat Horan.

Clarification of that report had been sought and it was disclosed that the referee believed no foul has been committed.

Senior Football: Donegal's Brendan Devenney has been suspended for 24 weeks after pushing the referee in last month's qualifier match against Fermanagh.

Junior Hurling: Five points without reply in the final 10 minutes helped Meath wrap up victory by 1-10 to 1-6 in a low-key All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship final in Clones on Saturday.

Down got off to a good start and led 1-4 to 1-3 at half-time but Meath upped the tempo to pull away in the final quarter.