Wicklow football manager Oisín McConville has been handed a four-week suspension for verbal abuse of Tyrone referee Kieran Eanetta at last weekend’s Division 3 league match against Sligo.
The two-point defeat leaves Wicklow pointless after two matches in the campaign to date.
McConville exercised his right to a hearing after the Central Competitions Control Committee had decided he had a case to answer for “abusive language towards a referee”.
At Wednesday’s meeting of the Central Hearings Committee, it was found that the infraction had been proven and the suspension was imposed.
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The Wicklow manager can appeal the penalty to the Central Appeals Committee but if it is not successfully challenged, he will miss the upcoming matches against Westmeath and Clare.
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