Wexford GAA mentor jailed for assault on referee

Judge James McCourt handed down an 18-month prison sentence with the final 12 months suspended

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

A GAA mentor has been jailed for assaulting a referee following a junior football match in Wexford town last September.

Glen McManus, aged 34, of Cluain Dara, Clonard, Wexford town, punched referee Michael Lannigan in the immediate aftermath of the game involving his own club St Joseph's and Our Lady's Island.