GAA referee attack - Thuggery must be rooted out

IT is absolutely outrageous that a plain-clothes detective was repeatedly kicked in the head as he lay unconscious after being battered by thugs when he tried to defend a referee from being attacked by so called Gaelic football fans.

There can be no excuse for the kind of disgraceful behaviour that went on after a match between two minor club teams in Co Sligo.

Right-thinking people will welcome the fact that the matter is being investigated by the gardaí and the GAA.