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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