Ian Maguire: 'I heard the boos, turned around and saw it was red, I was gutted'

It was Maguire’s first red in his 10 seasons with Cork.

'GUTTED': Cork GAA and Cork ARC Cancer Support House have announced a fundraising event at this Sunday’s Allianz National Football and Hurling League Games in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, in association with Sports Direct. Present at the annoucement were: Sean O'Donoghue (Cork Senior Hurling Captain) on left; Brian Herlihy (Former Cork Minor Manager and Cork Senior Football Liaison Officer), and Ian Maguire (Cork Senior Footballer). Pic: Brian Lougheed

Ian Maguire’s nature is such that you don’t expect the Cork midfielder to criticise or have a pop at referee Séamus Mulhare.

And true to form at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Tuesday afternoon, Maguire never once took aim at the Laois referee when fielding questions about his controversial sending off at the same venue 48 hours earlier.