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Fri 07 Jul 2008GAA club meets over racial jibes at young footballer
CARLOW GAA club Éire Óg held a meeting of the club’s executive last night to consider the reported treatment of the club’s player Teboga Sebala by a section of the crowd at a recent juvenile football game.
Éire Óg club secretary Andrea Ellis confirmed reports that Teboga, who she said was originally from Nigeria, was the subject of what one parent described as “obscene racial abuse” during a county under-14 semi-final between Éire Óg and their neighbours from Carlow town, O’Hanrahan’s, which was played last week.
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