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Tue 10 Oct 2000GAA player compensated for football injuryA GAA player has received a total of £46,000 following injuries he received during a football match in 1998, a court in Galway heard yesterday. The GAA has paid £27,800 in two payments (of £25,000 and £2,800) in compensation to the player, who suffered brain damage as a result of an assault. The payment of £25,000 was made last Saturday to Mr Michael Dunleavy under the organisation's disability scheme and is the maximum which can be paid to a player disabled during a GAA match.The assault took place near the end of a junior football tie between neighbouring north Galway clubs, Caherlistrane and Kilkerrin/Clonberne on June 6th, 1998.