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Ireland Crime

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Case No. 5457Assault · Co. Waterford · 15 Jul 2024

Gardaí investigate mass brawl at Waterford U-15s GAA match

Gardaí are investigating a large-scale brawl that caused an under-15s hurling match between Ballygunner and Na Risigh to be abandoned at the Mount Sion club in Waterford city on Monday evening, 15 July 2024. The melee involved players, team management and spectators, and no arrests have been made.

  1. Reported17 Jul
  2. Arrested
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

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9 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatA brawl caused an underage hurling match in Waterford to be abandoned on Monday night (corkbeo.ie)
  • whatThe match was an under-15s game between Ballygunner and Na Risigh (corkbeo.ie)
  • whatA large-scale melee involving players, team management and spectators broke out (corkbeo.ie)
  • whatThe incident involved underage players and adults (corkbeo.ie)
  • whereThe game was staged in the Mount Sion club (corkbeo.ie)
  • investigationGardaí are investigating a reported assault at a sports ground in Waterford city on Monday evening, July 15 (corkbeo.ie)
  • investigationInvestigations are ongoing (corkbeo.ie)
  • otherFootage of the altercation was widely circulated on social media (corkbeo.ie)
  • otherThe referee has three days from the date of the match to submit his report (corkbeo.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 17 Jul2024
    Reportedcorkbeo.ie, first report
    Gardaí investigating mass brawl at Waterford U-15s GAA match

    First report of the incident; Gardaí investigating a reported assault; no arrests; Waterford GAA awaiting referee's report before commenting.