"We apologise unreservedly to Parents & Player in question"

March 03, 2018

Netwatch Cullen Park, the home of Carlow GAA.
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Carlow GAA has apologised for tweeting about how players are being forced to decide between GAA and soccer.

On Thursday evening, the official Carlow GAA twitter account (@Carlow_GAA) shared a text message that one of their underage coaches had received from a parent of a player warning that he would be dropped from the Carlow/Kilkenny FC U15s if he continued to play any form of GAA.

The tweet - which has since been deleted - generated plenty of discussion on social media but the Barrowsiders issued an apology last night…


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