Call for release of goalpost report

FINE GAEL called on the Government last night to make a 15-month-old report and guidelines on goal post safety available to the public.

Jimmy Deenihan, FG’s Arts, Sports and Tourism spokesman, made the call after it emerged the Government is considering making the guidelines available to all schools following the death of a young boy in Limerick last week.

Andrew Fitzgerald from Grange, Limerick, aged 10, was killed last Thursday when a goalpost fell on him. He suffered fatal head and upper body injuries when a gust of wind caused a crossbar to fall on top of him as he attended a soccer camp at Holycross in Limerick. He was buried yesterday.