Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-finals to proceed
February 24, 2015
DIT's Aaron Nugent with Paul Flaherty of LIT during the Fitzgibbon Cup game at Parnells
Today's two Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-finals will go ahead after Mary Immaculate lost their appeal to the DRA.
With the appeal process now put to bed for once and for all, Limerick IT will play IT Carlow at Moylish at 2pm, with the winner going on to face UL in Friday's semi-final, while Waterford IT entertain Dublin IT at 7pm, with the winner of that one meeting Cork IT for a place in the decider.
Mary Immaculate College presented their case - challenging the continued participation of Carlow IT in the competition - this morning at a hearing in Trim Castle Hotel in Meath. The Limerick-based third level college included local barrister Emmett O'Brien and solicitor Shane O'Neill among their team at the meeting, which lasted for two hours.
Mary Immaculate were seeking an interlocutory injunction to postpone today's quarter-finals so that they could get a full DRA hearing on Wednesday, which they hoped might lead to their reinstatement. But their case was dismissed, bringing an end to the long saga of appeals and counter-appeals.
TweetToday's @Independent_ie #FitzgibbonCup fixtures will proceed as scheduled. MICL's request for interim relief has been refused by the DRA.
- HE GAA (@HigherEdGAA) February 24, 2015
