{"id":308563,"date":"2026-02-20T20:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T20:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/308563\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T20:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T20:09:11","slug":"cork-and-tipperary-hit-with-e5k-fines-following-pairc-ui-chaoimh-melee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/308563\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork and Tipperary hit with \u20ac5k fines following P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh melee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cork and Tipperary have each been hit with \u20ac5,000 fines arising from last Saturday week\u2019s melee in SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh.<\/p>\n<p>The fracas, which saw Shane Barrett and Jason Forde sent off and Alan Connolly and Willie Connors booked, occurred towards the end of the half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The fines were recommended by the Central Competitions Control Committee to the counties for \u201cdisruptive conduct by players\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Last year, Armagh and Donegal both received \u20ac7,500 fines following the ugly scenes at the end of May\u2019s Ulster SFC final in Clones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cork manager Ben O\u2019Connor was disappointed with Liam Gordon\u2019s decision to send off Barrett and Forde.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWe\u2019re after seeing it on the screen. Two of them are pulling jerseys. We\u2019ve two fellas that are training for the last six months, and that\u2019s the way they\u2019re treated. Two red cards, God help us.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Tipperary\u2019s Liam Cahill said the players were unlucky to be singled out. \u201cIt is disappointing when you see that developing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThere were a lot of bodies to be honest with you, I couldn\u2019t really see what instigated it or what happened. I think the two players in question were just misfortunate in a lot of ways to be the two to pay the price.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cTalking to the officials afterwards it was a case of bring control back into the game. I think it will be minimal enough in relation to suspensions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n             <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/sport\/gaa\/arid-41790269.html\">Barrett\u2019s two-match suspension<\/a> has been upheld by the GAA\u2019s Central Hearings Committee (CHC).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Barrett&#8217;s case was heard by the CHC on Thursday but they endorsed the decision taken by referee Liam Gordon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">As a result of the finding that the infraction had been proven, Barrett has been suspended for the upcoming games against Kilkenny in UPMC Nowlan Park on Sunday week and Limerick in TUS Gaelic Grounds the following Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">His one-match suspension was doubled as it was a repeat infraction within 48 weeks. Last April, Barrett was dismissed for another Category III offence when he reacted high against David Reidy and missed the following championship game with Tipperary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Blarney man was dismissed on both occasions by Gordon. He and the Cork County Board now have the option of taking his case to the Central Appeals Committee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Meanwhile, both  <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/sport\/gaa\/arid-41793833.html\">Kildare\u2019s Alex Beirne and Derry captain Conor Glass<\/a> were also unsuccessful in their attempts to persuade the CHC to quash their one-match bans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Both men were sent off in separate incidents in last Saturday\u2019s Division 2 game between the counties in Newbridge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Glass was sent off for \u201cstriking with hand, with minimal force\u201d while Beirne was deemed to have \u201cbehaving in any way which is dangerous to an opponent\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cork and Tipperary have each been hit with \u20ac5,000 fines arising from last Saturday week\u2019s melee in SuperValu&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2110,1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-308563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cork-sport","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}