Players guilty of race abuse may face ‘education’ programme

GAA president Liam O’Neill has revealed players and officials found guilty of making racist comments may be forced to undergo education courses as part of their punishment.

The Laois man intends tackling an issue — that raised its ugly head once again last Sunday — under a wider respect brief in a motion in time for March’s Congress.

Although Wexford footballer Lee Chin’s Sarsfields club are putting forward a motion to county convention later this month calling for racist abuse to be made a red card offence, O’Neill is keen to see something done at central level.