Ger Brennan has revealed that he received an apology from Jarlath Burns after comments the GAA president made at the recent All-Ireland SFC launch.

The Dublin manager was back on the sideline for his side’s All-Ireland SFC Round 2B victory over Cavan at Kingspan Breffni after his controversial 12-week suspension expired on Saturday night. Burns said comparing Brennan’s punishment to Donegal boss Jim McGuinness escaping censure for his push on Kerry’s Diarmuid O’Connor, was ‘irrational.’

It prompted the St Vincent’s clubman to issue a statement through his solicitor Conor Sally in which he described the comparison as ‘insulting’.

"To be fair to Jarlath Burns, he did ring me last week, we had a very sincere, honest, friendly conversation. He apologised, I accepted it,” Brennan told RTÉ.

"We move on and concentrate on the football from here on in and then Congress 2027 is probably an opportunity to try and put [issues about the severity of the sanction] right.

"I just want to concentrate on football going forward. We're just focussing on the next game, the draw tomorrow and see who we get.

"I'm not aware of some of the results bar the games yesterday, so we'll see who we get in the draw tomorrow and we'll just take it one game at a time."

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