Cork football boss Ronan McCarthy has failed in his fresh appeal against a 12-week ban for ‘discrediting the Association’.
McCarthy was proposed for the suspension by the GAA’s high-powered Management Committee following a gathering of his Cork players on Youghal beach in January – during the winter training shutdown.
The Rebels manager has argued that it was a "team building” exercise that didn’t breach the GAA’s ban on collective training due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
And having failed in his appeal to the Central Hearings Committee last month, McCarthy's case was heard by the GAA’s Central Appeals committee on Monday night.
But the CAC, chaired by Donegal’s Julie Galbraith, ruled again to uphold the ban on McCarthy.
With his suspension having begun on February 18, the Cork manager can have no active involvement with the squad until May 13.
Although the uncertainty around the timeline for a return to games this year could possibly make McCarthy's ban quite inconsequential.
Cork are scheduled to play in Division Two of the League this season after securing promotion last year.
