GAA members who abuse officials could be sent on referees courses

PUNISHMENT: The GAA’s communications manager Cian Murphy has suggested those members who abuse match officials be instructed to complete referees courses as part of their punishment. File pic: INPHO/James Crombie

The GAA’s communications manager Cian Murphy has suggested those members who abuse match officials be instructed to complete referees courses as part of their punishment.

Writing in his capacity as a Templeogue-Synge Street club member in the monthly GAA club newsletter which he edits, Murphy makes the proposal in a hard-hitting piece in the wake of a spat of alleged attacks on referees at club games in recent weeks.