Search

06 Sept 2025

Gardaí not involved after racist abuse towards Finn Harps defender

An individual has been banned by Drogheda United following the incident last Friday at Head in the Game Park

Finn Harps condemn 'racist abuse' directed at Ethan Boyle

Ethan Boyle. Photo: Sportsfile

There has been no report made to Gardai following an incident of racial abuse towards Finn Harps defender Ethan Boyle last Friday night.

The player was subjected to racist abuse during a 3-1 SSE Airtricity League Premier Division defeat by Drogheda United at Head in the Game Park.

Drogheda United officials identified the perpetuator and ejected the person from the ground. The club say the individual in question will not be welcome to attend Drogheda United fixtures in future.

The individual in question was ejected from the ground at the break and will not be welcome to attend Drogheda fixtures in future.

Finn Harps commended Drogheda’s swift action and said: ‘Racism has no place in our game.’

Drogheda United condemned the incident, confirming that the person will be banned from attending the club’s matches.

No legal proceedings have been enacted in the matter.

A spokesperson from the Garda press office told Donegal Live: “No such complaint has been made to An Garda Síochána at this time.”

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.