Gardai are probing shock claims that an adult walked onto a pitch during a game of hurling — and assaulted a nine-year-old boy.
This paper has established that the man is alleged to have grabbed the defenceless kid by the throat during a hurling blitz in Co Tipperary on Saturday afternoon.
“The allegation is that the man walked onto the pitch during a game, confronted a nine-year-old and grabbed him by the throat,” one source confirmed last night.
