Erne chief slams online ref abuse

FERMANAGH’s top GAA official has slammed the ‘cowardly behaviour’ of those who abused referees on the social networking site Facebook.

Erne chief slams online ref abuse

Erne county chairman Peter Carty made his comments at the county convention after top Erne whistleblower Noel Davis revealed he was called “scum” on the site. Davis said there “was nothing more hateful than to get a telephone call from your daughter saying ‘Daddy you are not a scum’. And that is exactly what I was called.”

Carty said: “I am especially annoyed by a recent development of attacking referees via the media. I do hope there will be no repetition of such cowardly behaviour.

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