Judge refuses to strike out GAA referee assault case

A JUDGE has refused to throw out the case of a man accused of attacking referee Martin Sludden after last year’s Leinster Senior Football final.

Mr Sludden had been confronted by Louth fans after he allowed a goal to Meath in the closing seconds of the match.

Joseph Conlon, aged 23, Paul Grimes, aged 50, and Dermot Rodgers, aged 44, all from Dundalk, Co Louth, were at Dublin District Court yesterday.