Gardai are investigating an alleged attack on a soccer referee which has left him hospitalised with a broken rib.
The referee, who is a member of the Louth branch of the Irish Soccer Referees Society was hospitalised after the incident in a North Eastern Counties Football League game in Dundalk last night.
The incident that took place five minutes from the finish of the game at the Muirheavnamor Sports Ground in Dundalk between Bay Celtic and visitors BJD United from Ballyjamesduff in county Cavan.
