Galway Bay fm newsroom – A study’s by NUI Galway has found that one in four young GAA players has continued playing while suffering from concussion.
The survey team spoke with young players aged between 13 and 25 in clubs around the country.
Over 40 per cent of male players wrongly believed that they could overcome the effects of concussion by playing on.
The study, published in the International Journal of Adolescent Mental Health, found more than 50 per cent weren’t aware of key symptoms of concussion.