Clarecastle and kilmaley face fines of 3000 euro and 200 euro respectively after the Clare county board proposed suspensions varying from 4-8 weeks for mentors involved in the row at the county minor hurling A final in October which Kilmaley won by a point.
A Bord na Og spokesperson has confirmed to Clare FM that Clarecastle’s Tommy Howard,Stephen Sheehy and Anthony Daly as well as Kilmaley’s Niall Romer received notice yesterday of their bans and have until Thursday to lodge an appeal.
Romer and Howard were both sent off by referee Jim Hickey and were mentioned in his match report while it’s believed that Daly and Sheehy were not included.
The investigating commitee interviewd club mentors from both teams as well as examining photographs of the incident and analysing the referee’s report in determining the punishments.
It is unclear as to what date the suspension will begin from with the board spokspeperson refusing to be drawn on speculation that the bans begin from this week which could rule Howard out of early season involvement with Kerry.
