Mayo St Patrick falls foul of law

A WELL-KNOWN Mayo GAA supporter who dresses up as St Patrick had his banner confiscated by a Garda sergeant at Sunday’s Allianz Football League clash with Dublin.

Westport man John Durcan had prepared the banner specially for the trip to Croke Park, and still doesn’t know why it fell foul of the law.

Durcan said: “He (the Garda sergeant) said it was incitement. I’m not a fella to look for the headlines... but what happened was very, very wrong. I pride myself on banners, but I always run them by two or three very intelligent people. And this one was a winner.”