Play stopped when spectator became ill at Gaelic football match in Tipperary

Play was halted for more than a half an hour during the FBD Insurance county U19 A football championship final between Clonmel Commercials and Ballina at The Ragg this afternoon, when a spectator was taken ill.  

The incident occurred ten minutes from the end of normal time, with Ballina leading by 0-6 to 0-5. 
Thankfully, to the relief of all present, the man was sitting upright and conscious when he was eventually helped into a car and driven to hospital.

When play resumed, Ballina went on to cause an upset by beating Commercials by 0-7 to 0-6 to lift the title.

It was the second football championship they had won in the space of a week, after they beat Knockavilla Donaskeigh Kickhams in the county junior A final last Saturday.

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