Rory Gallagher - A dismissed case that was dealt with and brought to attention? Mod Note in OP

McEnaney the Corduff manager would probably have told them where to shove it.

Please show where I defended a wife beater

but that’s also part of the problem. Gallagher has no mechanism to clear his name, but burns has taken the view that this is “baggage” and effectively looked to have him blacklisted. Meanwhile a host of individuals who have actually been found guilty by a court are eulogised by the organisation Burns heads up.

if Burns had for example stepped up to the plate and said it was unacceptable for John kiely to be a character witness for kyle Hayes I’d have a degree of respect for his actions here. If he’d proposed clamping down on inter county teams playing people found guilty by the courts for a reasonable period post their sentence he’d appear somewhat consistent. Instead he’s given a message that some victims of violence are beneath the GAAs consideration while others are not ( presumably based on the degree of positive column inches it might generate)

yeah no problem, it’s on the same post where you said that I dismissed the KYLE HAYES assault. It’s annoying isn’t it when people try to twist your words into something you didn’t say.

I wouldn't want him anywhere near my club tbh.

good spot, my bad. Updated typo now

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our first interaction was you saying the following:

“So assaults on men are alright according to you then?”

And I’m the one twisting words. Pot Kettle 🤦‍♂️

except we’re not talking about at the bottom level, we’re talking about playing for the most prominent inter county teams in the country. Look you entitled to draw the line wherever you like, but from my perspective, notwithstanding the GAA claims that club is king, playing in an all Ireland level team in front of millions is a significantly bigger deal and privilege than managing a local club who most of the country don't even know exist.

It’s very difficult not to conclude Burns is doing this for the PR value rather than any concern about violence in society. And in doing so he’s creating a hierarchy of victims and of perpetrators-read the victim impact statements from either the two Limerick cases or the one with the Kerry lads. Their victims had their lives destroyed and no longer feel safe walking down the street. Yet Burns prefers to play to the crowd than actually do something meaningful. Sure Burns will get his plaudits but next time some fella gets an unprovoked hiding from another parish star he’ll once again be nowhere to be seen.

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And the point you are trying to make is?

I looked at it there via archive.is.

https://archive.is/ixmiH

I would agree with Sheahan. But on the other hand that is life. Male on Male violence or even alleged violence (of that type) does not have the same level of emotive optics for the masses that Male on Female violence or even alleged violence (of that type) emotes in many people.

That is just a fact of life. Vested interests jump on it to support their own interests. We saw it with the coverage of the murder of Ashling Murphy. According to former State Pathologist Marie Cassidy. A male murdering a female is very rare. Male on male violence is much more common place. Such as in the Kyle Hayes case.

Dare I say it male on male violence is more "accepted" and normalise A male who is murdered would never get that sort of emotive coverage Aisling Murphy received.. It is less like to have vigils and so on similar to the Murphy case. That is just the way the world is, whether we like it or not.

Jarath Burns is a GAA politician first and foremost, he understands the optics of even alleged violence in the case of Gallagher and his Wife. He is being very shrewd in a political sense as it would mean less criticism of the GAA by the more vocal vested interests. Burns then wins the "Optics" battle

you are right ,but i still believe that if the family of his ex wife has contacted burns to step in and intervene in some way well then i see no problem with that either ,

it dose open another can of worms for the president in his own county ,is he going to send a similar letter to the cullyhanna club in his own county with the recent allegations against one of its players on the armagh team holiday

like gallagher its innocent until proven guilty , if you think of the paddy jackson case a few years back he was acquitted , but himself and stuart olding were basically banned by the IRFU and had there contracts revoked ,

in the email sent to nass i believe it said , the association cant ban rory but we would advise against his appointment , i see that as a watered down version of what the IRFU done ,

Whether right or wrong, once a man is accused of violence against a woman he will be perceived as guilty, unless the woman clearly withdraws the accusation or has clearly been proven to be lying. A man simply not being convicted does nothing to the perception of guilt.