Connolly will not appeal against his 12-week ban

Dublin's Diarmuid Connolly speaks to linesman Ciaran Brannigan.
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Dublin will be without Diarmuid Connolly until a potential All-Ireland semi-final after the St Vincent's player decided not to appeal against his 12-week ban.

Connolly had the hefty suspension handed down to him on Tuesday after the Central Competitions Controls Committee (CCCC) found him guilty of 'minor physical interference' with linesman Ciaran Brannigan during the Dubs' 0-19 to 0-7 Leinster SFC quarter-final victory over Carlow last Saturday.

The four-time All-Ireland winner had three days to consider whether to take his case to the Central Hearings Committee (CHC) but he has instead opted to accept his ban which will rule him out until the end of August.