Taoiseach: 'Disturbing' eye-gouging incident spoiled great quarter-final

Taoiseach: 'Disturbing' eye-gouging incident spoiled great quarter-final

Armagh's Tiernan Kelly is in hot water with GAA headquarters after what appears to have been an eye-gouge on Galway star Damien Comer. Photo: INPHO/James Crombie

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has condemned the eye-gouging incident in the All-Ireland football quarter-final, saying a great match had been marred by "shocking scenes".

The quarter-final had descended into chaos when a melee broke out after the sides finished level in normal time. 

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