TODAY’S FITZGIBBON CUP quarter-final ties featuring Limerick IT v IT Carlow and Waterford IT v Dublin IT – will proceed after Mary Immaculate College’s request for an interlocutory injunction was refused by the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA).
After news broke yesterday that the Limerick college were taking their case to the DRA, it was feared that today’s games would be postponed and doubts were even raised over whether this weekend’s semi-finals and final would take place in Limerick.
Last Monday it was announced that IT Carlow had been thrown out of the third-level hurling competition after Mary I lodged an objection to the eligibility of defender James Gannon.
However, on Thursday morning at 2am, it was revealed that the Central Appeals Committee had upheld IT Carlow’s appeal and the decision to award the fixture to Mary I by Comhairle Ardoideachais was overturned.
With today’s decision meaning the fixtures can proceed as scheduled — with LIT v ITC throwing-in as planned at 2pm — it appears the dispute is at an end.
Way to go Troy. And sond plonker on here a while ago said the Dutch league is the worst it’s been in generations…. on the contrary it seems at its best in a while
@robert kelly: it’s more a case of the other leagues regressing rather the Dutch league on the up. Psv is decent. Feynoord had a good result against the worst AC Milan team I can ever remember. Ajax are pale shadow of the club they used to be. Indeed, they were very to go through having lost at home to Royal Union. Twente was knocked out by the mighty Bodo. Dutch league itself is a goal fest every week. Entertaining perhaps but not a great standard overall.
@Ray Ridge: yea it’s probably a bit of both Ray. The last i seen it looked like Twente were going thru I didn’t realise they collapsed until after I posted so my bad and yea Ajax are a shadow of themselves but PSV and Feyenoord progressing in the champions and AZ in the europa, but it was actually more in relation to someone saying Parrot was at best a championship level player but I think the Dutch legue deserves more respect and Troy is showing his talent on arguably a much bigger stage and fair play to him. Hope Alkmaar go deep in it and they’re doing well in the league as well