COONEY NOT GETTING INVOLVED.

Byline: PAT NOLAN 

GAA president Christy Cooney yesterday refused to condemn the unsavoury incidents during Sunday's Ulster Championship clash between Derry and Monaghan.

Derry midfielder Fergal Doherty was the only player to be sent-off during a game that boiled with cynicism from start to finish but it appears certain that other players will be singled out for their actions with suspensions to follow.

The CCCC may meet as early as today to deliberate on the game though there is no immediate rush as Derry's next game isn't until June 21 while Monaghan will not be back in action until the first round of the qualifiers on July 4. "I just saw snippets of the highlights last night and the matter is now with the CCCC," Cooney said yesterday.

"They are dealing with it and they will do what is right. I am not going to tell the CCCC what to do. I have appointed people to do a job and I have the utmost confidence in them." The Ulster Council is also set to investigate claims that a Monaghan player was struck by a fan during the game.

Meanwhile Cooney said that the GAA has no plans to go down the road of implementing technology to help officials in big games. It comes after Offaly's Niall Darby had a point waved wide against Kildare despite camera angles indicating that it had gone between the posts.

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