The Limerick County Board's appeal of the result of their minor hurlers' All-Ireland semi-final loss to Galway is at an end following the Disputes Resolution Authority's decision to turn down their appeal last night.
Limerick GAA officials got confirmation of the DRA's judgement just before midnight on Monday. The hearing in Tullamore last night went on for a number of hours with Limerick's appeal team producing over 70 pages of documentation on the matter.
They were appealing the result of the Limerick v Galway minor game at Croke Park on Sunday, August 11 when a legitimate point from Barry Nash was ruled a 'miss' by the Hawk-Eye score detection system.
The sides finished level at the end of normal time and Galway went on to win by 0-23 to 0-20, however Limerick then launched an appeal after it was proven that a human error with Hawk-Eye - football values were used instead of hurling ones at the end where Nash shot over - had caused the malfunction.
Limerick's bid to have the match replayed failed as both the Central Competitions Control Committee and Central Appeals Committee turned them down - dismissing their appeal under Rule 7.10 (n) which states, 'No objection or counter-objection may be submitted on grounds that a referee had incorrectly allowed or failed to allow a score'.
With last night's DRA judgement the case is now closed and the Limerick board will not be taking their objection any further.
A statement from Limerick GAA confirmed: "On Monday evening in Tullamore, the DRA went against the Limerick County Board appeal for the minor hurling case for the right to be still involved in the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship.
"After a five hour meeting Limerick were unsuccessful which means the board have now reached the end of the case."
The Limerick minors had returned to training in recent weeks in the hope that they would have the semi-final replayed. But this Sunday's All-Ireland minor final between Galway and Waterford can now go ahead as scheduled at Croke Park.