Corofin left stunned after fine upped €500 on appeal
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By JOHN FALLON
Galway champions Corofin have been hit with an extra €500 fine after an appeal to the Connacht Council backfired.
Corofin appealed a decision by the provincial body to fine them €5,100 following incidents at the Connacht SFC final in Kiltoom where St Brigid’s (Roscommon) retained their title.
Afterwards, referee Liam Devenney was escorted from the field after being accosted by angry Corofin members.
The club did not challenge the four week suspensions handed out to player Justin Burke and selector Michael Donnellan but made a case to the Connacht Council on Monday night appealing the fines.
Corofin were originally fined €4,000 in relation to the behaviour of their players, mentors or supporters; €700 for having more than 24 players togged out on the day and €400 for being late on to the pitch.
However, they were shocked to learn the fines had been increased by €500 by the Appeals Committee.
Club chairman Bernie Glynn admitted: “I don’t know what the problem is. We felt after the appeal that they might decrease the fine.
“We have to assess the situation, I don’t know what we will do next.
“We have a couple of days to appeal the decision, but we’ll have to meet and see what to do next.”
Connacht Council’s appeals committee chairman Andy Hannan said: “We viewed the footage of the game and there was some very serious incidents that took place.
“The Corofin team and supporters were there and no names were forthcoming when we looked for them.
“We have imposed a fine of €4,500 for the incidents involving the referee, while the other two fines are statutory fines and stay the same.
Chairman Hannan concluded: “This was a very serious incident and we had to meet it head on and deal with it and that is what we did.
