Westmeath seek probe on Larkin’s broken jaw

THE Westmeath County Board has requested the Games Administration Committee to investigate the incident in which one of their players received a broken jaw in an off-the-ball incident last week-end in a challenge with Down.

The victim was 19-year-old Kenny Larkin, a trainee garda, who is full-back on the county under-21 team and a senior panellist.

Team manager Luke Dempsey is furious over the incident, which he described as a very unnecessary act of violence: “It’s a matter I will talk about later on. I’ll have to do a lot of thinking about it.’’