Referees’ chief condemns attacks on match officials

THE chairman of the National Referees Committee Frank Burke has expressed his concern over the recent spate of attacks on GAA match officials.

Referees in Kerry, Carlow and Wexford have been assaulted over the past month in a series of violent confrontations.

Kerry official Gearoid O’Regan was assaulted at the end of the county SHC semi-final between Kilmoyley and Ballyduff while Laois referee John Conway was forced to abandon the Carlow MFC semi-final between Rathvilly and Tinryland following a mass brawl.