Cork manager Ronan McCarthy has lost his final appeal against a 12-week ban.
The Disputes Resolutions Authority (DRA) rejected the appeal against the ban handed out to McCarthy over a gathering of his players on Youghal beach in January.
McCarthy took his appeal to the DRA after it was rejected by the GAA's Central Hearings Committee and the Central Appeals committee.
A statement on the DRA website read: “An application to the DRA by Ronan McCarthy, challenging the decision of the Central Hearings Committee to impose a 12 week suspension for an infraction of Misconduct Considered to have Discredited the Association in breach of Rule 7.2 (e) T.O. 2020, which said decision had been upheld by the Central Appeals Committee, was heard remotely tonight by a DRA Tribunal comprised of Mr Rory Mulcahy SC, Mr Niall Cunningham and Ms Orlaith Mannion.
“Having considered detailed submissions from all parties, the Tribunal held that while the Central Hearings Committee had erred in failing to provide reasons for the imposition of a penalty in excess of the minimum set down in rule, the Claimant had failed to establish any misapplication of rule or breach of fair procedures by the Central Hearings Committee in their finding that the infraction had been proven. Therefore, the Tribunal dismissed the claim and the decision of the Central Hearings Committee stands.”
