'I didn’t want to be distracted' - Irish ref who officiated World Cup final stayed away from social media before game

Irish soccer referee Michelle O’Neill, who lined out as an assistant referee in the women’s world cup in France on Sunday has told of how she closed all her social media accounts in the run up to the final.

'I didn’t want to be distracted' - Irish ref who officiated World Cup final stayed away from social media before game

Irish soccer referee Michelle O’Neill, who lined out as an assistant referee in the women’s world cup in France on Sunday has told of how she closed all her social media accounts in the run up to the final.

“I knew they would probably blow up,” she told RTE radio’s Morning Ireland.

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