Galway final will go ahead

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• Morning Ireland: Martin Breheny of the Irish Independent speaks to Des Cahill about a possible referee strike in Galway ahead of the county hurling final, and Des plays an edited clip of the abuse hurled at referee Christy Helebert following a recent matc

The Galway County hurling final will go ahead on Sunday after the referees in the county agreed to allow one of their members officiate under protest.

The referees had threatened strike after one referee was verbally abused and forced to remain on the pitch for ten minutes for his own safety following one of the semi-finals.

Some of the abuse was captured on video.