Wexford referees chairman welcomes sentencing of club mentor for assault

The referee blew the whistle at the end of the match, when he was struck from behind. File picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Sentencing of a GAA mentor to six months in prison for an assault on a referee at the end of a county junior football championship game in Wexford has been welcomed by the Chairman of the county's GAA Referees' committee, Seamus Whelan, who claims the "right signals have been sent out".

Following the imposition of the sentence on Glen McManus at Wexford Circuit Criminal Court, Mr Whelan said the decision "has prompted hopes that referees will be afforded greater safety into the future".