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Published 15:35 23 Nov 2018 GMT
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"The recent assault on CCFL match official Daniel Sweeney resulted in local, national and international headlines. The vicious, unprecedented level of violence directed at Daniel was unprovoked, unwarranted and unjustifiable." "The incidents that occurred at the end and in the aftermath of this football game are not representative of the magnificent work undertaken by the volunteers in the administration, playing and refereeing of association football in our league or across any of the great leagues under the jurisdiction of the FAI."https://twitter.com/willocallaghan/status/1065910353601679360 https://twitter.com/VirginMediaNews/status/1065968213144608768 A Facebook page has also been set up by Mullingar Town to raise funds to support Sweeney on his recovery. The CCFL claim that Sweeney is currently out of work whilst receiving further treatment and that a GoFundMe page has been established to aide his recovery. O'Brien spoke to Sean O'Rourke on Morning Ireland after the initial assault earlier this month and advocated for a lifetime suspension for those responsible.
"I’m refereeing 24 years and that’s the most serious assault I’ve seen," O'Brien told RTE. "This kind of vicious assault is not the norm. But in cases like that, we have to be looking at life (suspension) for people that assaulted Daniel the way they did."
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