It’s official… Dublin will be without Diarmuid Connolly until August

Diarmuid Connolly has accepted his 12-week ban.

The talismanic Dublin forward will not appeal the punishment proposed by the Central Controls and Competition Committee (CCCC) earlier this week. It means that the reigning All-Ireland champions will be without the St Vincent's man until the All-Ireland semi-finals at the earliest - if Dublin progress as Leinster champions. https://twitter.com/eirSport/status/871091238480609280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportsjoe.ie%2Fgaa%2Fdiarmuid-connolly-maximum-punishment-125968 Connolly has accepted the charge of a “minor interference” with an official, which carries a minimum 12-week suspension. Tipperary goalkeeper Evan Comerford and Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney are currently serving bans for the same offence. Connolly lightly pushed linesman Ciarán Branagan during Dublin's feisty Leinster quarter-final win over Carlow last Saturday in Portlaoise. The All-Star's ban will expire at midnight, before the second All-Ireland football semi-final on 27 August.