Loughrea vindicated: coach

LOUGHREA senior hurling manager Pat O’Connor last night expressed his satisfaction at the outcome of the Galway County Board investigation into incidents of alleged foul play in the recent county final, in which they dethroned reigning Galway and All-Ireland club champions Portumna.

The day after a torrid encounter, accusations emerged of alleged deliberate foul play on a number of Portumna players, but specifically on teenage star Joe Canning.

O’Connor then made a statement to this newspaper angrily refuting those allegations.