The Nire manager Dick Guiry was critical of the performance of referee Padraig O'Sullivan after yesterday's Munster club SFC semi-final defeat to Miltown-Malbay.

The Clare champions caused a mild surprise by winning 2-11 to 0-9 in Dungarvan, but Guiry wasn't happy with the Kerry match official for mistakenly issuing wing back James McGrath with a second yellow card (he corrected the error after consulting with his linesman) and turning down a The Nire penalty claim with six minutes remaining. 

“I think most people would appreciate it wasn’t good day for the referee,” Guiry told the Irish Examiner.

“He gave that man there (McGrath) a red card when he hadn’t even been booked earlier in the game. At the end of the day, he’s human but referees have an earpiece, they should be talking to them.”

He continued:  “We didn’t have a good day ourselves, either. If we’d gotten a bit closer in the first half, if we’d gotten the goal . . . the Clare team came down on a mission, and they achieved their mission.

“We didn’t perform and we have to look at ourselves, work out why we didn’t perform, and move on.”

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