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GAA star's drink-driving charge is withdrawn

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    #32
    awec
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    Maybe Mickey Harte wrote him a letter?


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    #33
    Frynge
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    WileyCoyote wrote: »
    How in gods name (if she exists) can the actions of the DPP be reasonably described as a "Stain on the Guards". It is akin to saying that the actions of Larry Murphy are a stain on the GAA ffs!

    Ah here, he wasn't that bad of a hurler.

    Larry Murphy


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    #34
    Dempsey
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    The judge should have demanded the procedural issues to be explained


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    #35
    spank_inferno
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    Dempsey wrote: »
    The judge should have demanded the procedural issues to be explained


    was just about to type that!

    Old "rent a reference" Harte was probably spaming the DPP with daily character references


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    #36
    SB2013
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    Dempsey wrote: »
    The judge should have demanded the procedural issues to be explained

    The DPP wasn't there to explain it


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    #37
    Grand Moff Tarkin
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    Why is anyone shocked with this as it happens all the time.


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    #38
    SEPT 23 1989
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    You are either inside or outside the tent in this rotten Republic


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    #39
    Ash.J.Williams
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    there is a problem here...the judge had no idea why the DPP dropped the charges. We can also gather the judge wasn't happy with the charges being dropped.


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    #40
    darced
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    This post has been deleted.


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    #41
    RayM
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    suicide_circus wrote: »
    Not anti GAA, anti gombeenism

    From what I've noticed over the years, the two seem inextricably linked.


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    #42
    castletownman
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    darced wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    Yeah because it's limited JUST to GAA players. It's not like a few politicians have never had the book thrown at them for similar offences, and walked without charge.

    Now while I'm not condoning drink driving, it seems to be in the Irish psyche to get a "garda friend" to sort it out whenever a minor offence lands at their door.


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    #43
    JRant
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    Is it not highly unusual for a chief superintendant to appear in such a case?

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



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    #44
    michael999999
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    Darragh o se is being primed for years now to be the next Fianna Fail runner come the next general elections. There was no way they were going to let him be convicted of anything.

    The corruption in this country is fu##ing disgraceful!


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    #45
    Steve O
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    michael999999 wrote: »
    Darragh o se is being primed for years now to be the next Fianna Fail runner come the next general elections. There was no way they were going to let him be convicted of anything.

    The corruption in this country is fu##ing disgraceful!


    Yup, especially because of the amount of idiots prepared to vote FF in the next election. "Shure twill beh grand".


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    #46
    Kinzig
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    Grand Moff Tarkin wrote: »
    Why is anyone shocked with this as it happens all the time.

    I agree, its always been that way here. I know of lots of cases where businessmen and folks with some pull were caught DUI and had the charges dropped..nothing strange about it..the system here is worse than any bannana republic..


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    #47
    Ash.J.Williams
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    Any more updates on this? I really want to know why these charges were dropped.


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    #48
    wicklowstevo
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    realies wrote: »
    The garda can also contact the dpp to say the matter is resolved and its not worth the courts time in going ahead with the prosecution.

    that's not true , the dpp can not be contacted directly by garda , only state solicitors can contact dpps office directly


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    #49
    lukin
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    A case of justice delayed; https://extra.ie/2023/05/11/news/irish-news/darragh-o-se-banned-from-driving



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    #50
    Feisar
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/83875932#Comment_83875932

    The days of "squaring" at Garda level are gone.

    First they came for the socialists...



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    #51
    BrianD3
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    Jesus Christ, what a monumental arsehole. Gets away with drink driving, dangerous driving and driving without insurance in 2013 (as per the date of OP in this thread) but did he learn his lesson and quit while he was ahead? Obviously not given that he was then caught six times over the legal limit in 2020. I wonder how many other times he did this between 2013 and 2020 and wasn't caught.

    Imagine if this GAA "hero" wipe out someone while six times over the legal limit having already gotten away with it previously, how would the cute hoor GAA gombeens cover that up.



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    #52
    QueensGael
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120603258#Comment_120603258

    Probably in the same way that a rugby ligind got off after killing a young boy

    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/mothers-sentence-as-death-driver-is-set-free/26536649.html



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    #53
    lukin
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120603258#Comment_120603258

    From what I have heard about Dara this is no surprise really; he is an unbelievably arrogant individual that thinks having six All-Ireland medals gives him some sense of entitlement.



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    #54
    Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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    He then fought tooth and nail to get the charges dropped on a technicality. Arrogant in the extreme



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    #55
    Large bottle small glass
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    Drew a judge who probably had no idea who he was, had the ball hopped the other way could have got one who watched him play



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    #56
    cj maxx
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2056913318/gaa-stars-drink-driving-charge-is-withdrawn

    I doubt if a custodial was in order. If similar cases i read of in local papers , especially if you’re from Europe a light fine is usual

    Post edited by cj maxx on


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    #57
    Strumms
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    There is a certain growing distasteful arrogance amongst some of the GAA set… that you simply don’t see and is certainly not as prevalent among other sports people or in any other sectors of society..this is yet another example…

    6 times over the legal limit ? That’s not a bit of bad judgment that’s seriously prickish behavior…. Anyone who has taken 6 pints is actually drunk and impaired.

    he got off seriously fûckin lightly. I’d have no problem with someone that much over the limit receiving a small custodial sentence…

    also the driving ban not coming into force until over 5 months after the ban is issued, so he can get his professional life in order ?

    hmmmm that a pretty nice favour… not many countries will negotiate with convicted criminals as to when their punishment might suit them to start !

    he’s got SFA to worry about…. 6 times over the limit and all the law has done is inconvenience him for 3 months really. Pathetic by him and the judiciary, that is certainly no service to the public….no deterrent and no enabler of road safety..

    if you don’t jail the guy, you’d want to be banning him for 12 - 14 months plus a substantial fine in my view.

    the ghoulish prevalence of influence the Catholic Church had over certain machinations of Irish life might be a thing of the past but the GAA still has its ghoulish death grip on the decision makers….



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    #58
    crusd
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120606270#Comment_120606270

    6 times the limit is far more than 6 pints. He was not just impaired he was polluted. If he had 6 pints over 3 hours for example his blood alcohol would probably have been just over twice the legal limit.

    The drink driving limits are actually easier to pass than people imagine., if you drink moderately and over an extended time. If you were to have 3 pints over the course of a couple of hours and then wait an hour, it’s quite likely you would pass a breath test. Depending on factors such as body mass and metabolism

    Post edited by crusd on


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    #59
    freshpopcorn
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    Not that it's an excuse but in experience people who get caught drink driving especially in situations like this generally have issues around alcohol.



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    #60
    BaywatchHQ
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    I think the police men in my country are mostly Protestants but apparently they aren't as bad as the police in the 1980s and 1990s. By the looks of it they spend half their time at pedophile stings organised by thugs from Belfast.



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    #61
    Wanderer2010
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/83872787#Comment_83872787

    Are you a GAA man yourself?



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