Refs on same wavelength with radio equipment

NATIONAL Referees Committee chairman Mick Curley has predicted that all top GAA match officials will be fitted out with high tech devices over the coming seasons in order to aid them keep in contact with their fellow officials.

The country’s leading football referee Pat McEnaney used a radio system, which enabled instant communication between referees, linesmen and umpires, in Monday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final between Kerry and Dublin in Croke Park.

“It is a big help,” said McEnaney, in keeping in contact with two linesmen and four umpires.