Following 'a robust inquiry and full investigation' into some unsavoury incidents at a Tyrone ladies football match, two men have been given lifetime bans.

THE president of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) has expressed his confidence that the ugly scenes which marred the recent Tyrone county final were isolated and not part of a trend carried over from the men’s games.

AN investigation into the violent scenes that marred the end of last Friday’s Tyrone ladies senior football final is officially underway.

GAA president Christy Cooney has refuted suggestions that violence towards match officials is on the increase after a weekend that was blighted by a pair of unsavoury incidents in both the male and female codes.

A FOUR-PERSON committee has been set up to investigate the serious violence which marred the end of last Friday night’s Tyrone Ladies senior football final.

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Barry Coughlan