DUBLIN MIDFIELDER BRIAN Fenton has had a one-match ban imposed by the Central Hearings Committee and is set to miss next Sunday’s Leinster quarter-final against Meath.

Fenton sought a hearing after his red card offence during the National League Division 1 final defeat against Derry.

The Raheny player can still appeal his case to the Central Appeals Committee (CAC) or the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA), but should he not take that option, he will be ruled out of the start of their upcoming Leinster senior football championship defence in Croke Park this Sunday.

With the league final coming to the climax, Fenton reacted to a tackle by Derry substitute Eunan Mulholland and made contact off the ball soon after.

Referee Conor Lane took a dim view and dismissed him for a Category 3 offence in the Official Guide, which is, ‘Behaving in any way which is dangerous to an opponent.’

Fenton requested a hearing which took place on Tuesday night.

The Hearings Committee upheld the decision and imposed the following sanction; ‘One Match Suspension in the same Code and at the same Level, applicable to the next game in the combination of National League/Inter-County Senior Championship, even if that game occurs in the following year.’