O'Dwyer back on line for Laois
Laois' legendary manager Mick O'Dwyer is free to patrol the Croke Park sideline on Sunday after his one-match sideline ban was rescinded by the GAA's Central Disciplinary Committee.
The 70-year-old was reported for making two pitch incursions during his side's qualifier win over Offaly last month, but the use of video evidence at last night's CDC meeting saw the Kerryman exonerated of the charge.
O'Dwyer's men face Connacht champions Mayo in the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals this weekend.
The Laois boss boasts an excellent disciplinary record over his 55 years in football - he has never been booked or suspended - and it was also likely to be a factor in the ban being lifted.
Meanwhile, O'Dwyer's opposite number, Mayo supremo Mickey Moran, has been quick to dispell doubts about his side and their chances this weekend after they failed to hit the high notes in the Connacht championship, notably in their dour final win over Galway.
"Going by everyone else there is no point in us even turning up," Moran told the Mayo News. "The experts say there is no sense in us even turning up but I can tell you now that myself and John (Morrison) wouldn’t be just outside Bundoran on a Bank Holiday Monday morning halfway through a 308-mile round trip just to go through the motions at Croke Park, to put up a good show and to get the sympathy of everyone.
"We’re going there to win. We didn’t take the job in November for any other reason."
