GAA referee who attempted suicide endured 'horrendous' abuse
A GAA referee who attempted suicide over abuse he suffered online has described it as horrendous.
Tyrone-man Patrick Nelis refereed the last year's Meath Senior Football County Final and received a torrent of abuse in the aftermath.
Mr Nelis says he had been pleased with how he handled the match, but later attempted to take his own life, such was the level of abuse he endured.
He said that he had suffered depression previously and the vicious comments on Twitter exacerbated the situation.
"I was depressed in late 2012, and in 2013 I wasn't too well," he said.
"There was a period before than when I put on an awful lot of weight, because of the medication and everything else.
"I got abuse before that, but after the county final, the abuse that was directed at me was horrendous."
