Concussions rare in GAA, claims Pat O’Neill

Former All-Ireland winning Dublin manager Dr Pat O’Neill has assured the GAA community that incidences of concussion are still relatively rare and shouldn’t be ‘over hyped’.

One of the GAA’s most high-profile concussion episodes occurred during the 2013 All-Ireland football final between Dublin and Mayo when Rory O’Carroll remained on the field for several minutes with the injury.

Dublin were criticised for their handling of the situation with the Acquired Brain Injury Ireland group claiming the decision to remove O’Carroll ‘should have been taken out of his hands’.