Social media criticism of refs ‘unacceptable’
Ballinderry’s Aaron Devlin was banned for 48 weeks for an abusive post about a match official in the aftermath of October’s Derry football final, while Sean MacCumhaills’ player David White had a similar ban cut to 24 after appeal following his online comments about a match official in the Ardara-Naomh Conaill game.
In his annual report, Donegal secretary Aodh Máirtín Ó Fearraigh wrote there were other instances of unacceptable remarks on social media that were addressed by the county board. “Disciplinary action had to be initiated against several members and units for comments posted on social media this year. Warnings were issued to members and to some clubs as well, because of inappropriate comments posted on social media.
