New referees’ body fails to register with ‘official’ top brass

The GAA’s official refereeing authorities are indifferent to news that an unofficial match officials body is being established.

Clonmel man Alan Nash is formulating the constitution of the Gaelic Match Officials Association (GMOA) in response to a number of outstanding issues raised by whistleblowers at club level. Nash tweeted last week that the organisation is “going from strength to strength as more and more referees and umpires are getting in touch”.

However, national match officials’ manager Pat Doherty is unmoved by the establishment of the body.