Paudie Hughes raises Fermanagh’s ire with penalty call

After taking some heat for the penalty decision which changed the course of the Munster final in Killarney a few weeks ago, Padraig Hughes erred on the side of caution in Cavan on Saturday night.

Whether he was mindful or not of the criticism he took for awarding James O’Donoghue a penalty after an innocuous challenge by Mark Collins, Hughes’ decision not to give Ruairi Corrigan a penalty after he was clearly pushed in the square, was the major talking point after Fermanagh’s Round 4A qualifier win over Westmeath.

The Crossmaglen whistler was subjected to a lot of verbal abuse from Fermanagh fans at half time for issuing two black cards to Marty O’Brien and Ryan McCluskey, even though both were technically correct.