Man held GAA grudge for 25 years

A grudge which festered for 25 years in a hurler who was denied a place in a North Cork final for Kildorrery boiled over on the sideline of a recent match when he punched the man he blamed and shouldered his wife.

William Higgins, 53, was convicted yesterday of assaulting publican and former Kildorrery selector Tom Walsh and his wife Noreen after a drawn Junior Hurling Final on Oct 21 last year at Páirc Uí Rinn.

Judge Olann Kelleher said to Higgins of Farrahy, Kildorrery, Co Cork, that he was shocked he had kept a grudge for 25 years.