Footage of ref attack appears on internet

SHOCKING footage of the weekend assault on Tipperary referee Willie Barrett has appeared on the internet.

Wed, 21 Apr, 2010 - 01:00

Colm O’Connor

Mobile phone footage showing the attack on Barrett by a hurley-wielding Carrick Davin ‘supporter’ was posted on YouTube late on Monday.

By yesterday afternoon, the video had been viewed 1,170 times within an 18-hour period as word spread that the Kilsheelan incident was available to view online.

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Courts Gaa Place: Tipperary Place: Croke Park Place: Model County Place: Pearse Stadium Place: New York Person: Willie Barrett Person: Barrett Person: Carrick Davin Person: Carrick Davins Person: Keith O’Brien Person: Toomevara Person: Lorrha-Dorrha Person: Jimmy Cahill Person: Toome Person: Conor Mullane Person: Padraig Browne Person: Shane Gallagher Person: Darren Stamp Person: Paul Roche Person: Aidan Carr Person: Damien Rafferty Person: Danny Coulter Person: Brendan McArdle Person: Carry Person: Coulter Person: Rafferty Person: McArdle Person: Kevin Dyas Person: Vincent Martin Person: Ronan Clarke Person: Richard Stakelum Person: Ciaran Barr Person: Barr Person: Stakelum Person: Anthony Daly Person: Gerry Harrington Person: Limerick Person: B. Scanlon Person: O’Riordan Person: Mullane Person: Long Person: Carroll Person: P. Relihan Person: J. O’Donovan Person: Joyce Power Person: S. Buckley Person: G. Collins Event: Kilsheelan incident Event: U21 championship Event: Allianz National Football League Event: National Hurling League Division 2 Event: NFL Division Two Event: 1989 All-Ireland Final Event: MFC Organisation: Limerick Organisation: Waterford Organisation: Wexford Organisation: Clare Organisation: Armagh Organisation: Allianz Organisation: Antrim Organisation: Dublin U21 hurling team Organisation: Tipperary Organisation: Dublin Organisation: St Vincent Organisation: Sky Blues’Organisation: Leinster U21 Organisation: Kildare Organisation: Belfast Organisation: Kilkenny Organisation: Dublin County Board Organisation: Connacht GAA Organisation: YouTube Organisation: SF

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