O’Neill pain at Sherlock’s revelation

GAA president Liam O’Neill said he was appalled to learn that former Dublin star Jason Sherlock was unable to report racist abuse during his career.

Sherlock joined Wexford’s Lee Chin on Friday’s Late Late Show to discuss the problem of racism in sport and described the abuse he received both on and off the field during his Dublin playing career.

“It would be a source of great displeasure for me if anybody playing our sport was insulted in any way or treated discourteously in any way. It grieves me hugely that Jason Sherlock felt 20 years ago when he was treated in an insulting way that he couldn’t say it,” said the GAA president, who was speaking at the launch of Connacht GAA’s €8m centre of excellence in Co Mayo at the weekend.