Doctors plea to GAA over players’ eye injuries

SCORES of young hurlers will be blinded permanently unless head gear with specific eye protection is made compulsory, specialists have warned.

Tue, 15 Jul, 2003 - 01:00

Neans McSweeney

Eye specialists from Waterford Regional Hospital (WRH) and Cork University Hospital (CUH) have teamed up to produce a report on eye injuries caused by hurling.

The report covers a period from December 1994 to 2000 and indicates that the two hospitals dealt with 308 eye injuries directly caused by hurling.

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