Down could face sanctions from the GAA after a number of their senior footballers gathered on Tuesday night. The Irish News reported that the Police Service of Northern Ireland were called to Abbey CBS in Newry, following a complaint about people playing on the pitches at the school.
The PSNI left after being satisfied that no Covid-19 restrictions had been broken "as it was an elite team". However, on Tuesday this week, the GAA instructed counties that collective training was forbidden until February and warned that breaches would be dealt with under Rule 7.2 (e).
That rule refers to misconduct considered to have discredited the association and carries a minimum eight-week suspension for the team or unit in question, with fines,