Dangerous substandard hurling helmets on sale, warns consumer body

Jim Bolger, chair of the GAA's Hurling and Camogie Helmet Safety Working Group, emphasised that a substandard helmet could leave a player vulnerable to injury.

 

There are hurling helmets on the market that pose an injury risk to players, the GAA and the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission have warned. 

Speaking at Croke Park this morning, Pat Kenny of the CCPC said that it had been made aware of poor quality helmets on sale.