:rolleyes:
[quote=âmyboyblue, post: 747427, member: 180â]Because Brennnan comes across as a cunt on the field, just like Connolly. However he is a gent off it, unlike Connolly.
Anything else mate?[/quote]
yes
why are you stating here that Diarmuid Connolly is not a gent off the field?
Is he a sound man to have a pint with? Or did you only get an autograph?
FFS. Anyone whoâs attended one of Ger Brennanâs religious addresses / retreats would know heâs a teetotaler.
[quote=âmickee321, post: 747433, member: 367â]yes
why are you stating here that Diarmuid Connolly is not a gent off the field?[/quote]
Because heâs not. By the way I agree with you as regards the roid thing, he was a bit of a prick a long time before he made a Dublin panel so not sure the roids thing is relevant or even true, just a simple statement from a simpleton.
Of course its his entitlement to be a prick, many county players are. Doesnt make a lad who smashes someoneâs eye soles in in an unprovoked attack a âSound chapâ as another idiot poster has suggested.
[quote=âmickee321, post: 747429, member: 367â]You have stated that Diarmuid Connolly is using 'roids" as you have put it and is therefore a cheat.
thatâs a disgusting allegation, i hope his family are not reading this.
what else is it making you âwonderâ? i think you have performed a big enough character asassination of the man already without 'wondering" about furthur means to destroy his name in public, next youâll be saying the Clare team in 1995 were juiced up or something[/quote]
FOAD.
The maximum sentence is a year - surely heâll avoid a stint inside if he has no prior convictions, pleaded gulity straight away, out of character argument put forward by his defence team etc?
He wonât do time. At least not until the subsequent incident in a Harcourt Street hotspot comes to light.
excuse me?
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[SIZE=16px]Dublin football star Diarmuid Connolly is to be sentenced next month for breaking a manâs eye socket during an unprovoked attack in a pub last August.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16px]The 25-year-old, who is on bail, had pleaded guilty earlier to assault causing harm to Anthony Kelly at McGowanâs public house in Phibsboro, in Dublin, in the early hours of August 6th, 2012.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16px]At Dublin District Court today, Judge Ann Ryan deferred sentencing him to allow the case to be listed before Judge Patrick Clyne who had heard the prosecutionâs evidence in the case last month.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16px]Mr Connolly, who was was wearing a black coat, scarf and a grey suit, did not address the court during the brief hearing this morning and was ordered to appear again on May 31st next.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16px]The attack happened less than two days after Dublin defeated Laois in a quarter-final of the All Ireland Senior Football Championship.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16px]Connolly had once been tipped as a frontrunner to take over as Dublin team captain for the 2013 season. The footballer, who also plays for north Dublin club St Vincentâs, has no prior criminal convictions, and his offence carries a possible sentence of up to one year in jail and/or a fine.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16px]The Director of Public Prosecutions had decided that the case should be dealt with summarily, in the district court, on a guilty plea only. Otherwise it would have to be referred to the Circuit Court, which has tougher sentencing powers.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16px]Last month, the Dublin playerâs solicitor Michael Hanahoe had told Judge Patrick Clyne that on his clientâs behalf, âI am entering a guilty pleaâ.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16px]In an outline of the prosecutionâs evidence, the court had been told that the attack happened at 3.40am in McGowanâs pub. âIt is alleged that the injured party was socialising with a friend, it would be alleged that the accused assaulted him in an unprovoked attack,â the court heard.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16px]Connolly, who has an address at Collins Park, Beaumont, north Dublin, âpunched him in the faceâ. Mr Kelly, who is in his 30s, was knocked down and Connolly then âcontinued to punch him on the groundâ.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16px]Mr Kelly suffered facial injuries including a fractured eye socket during the attack, but has recovered, the court heard.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=6]Dublin footballer Diarmuid Connolly offers âŹ5,000 to charity over assault[/SIZE]
Updated: 12:31, Friday, 31 May 2013
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http://img.rasset.ie/0004326a-642.jpgThe 25-year-old had pleaded guilty earlier to assault causing harm
Dublin footballer Diarmuid Connolly has apologised unreservedly and offered to pay âŹ5,000 to charity for assaulting a man in an unprovoked attack in a pub last August.
The 25-year-old had pleaded guilty earlier to assault causing harm to Anthony Kelly at McGowanâs public house in Phibsboro, in Dublin, in the early hours of 6 August 2012.
At Dublin District Court today his solicitor said the footballer was anxious to apologise unreservedly.
He had admitted his guilt and was offering âŹ5,000 in compensation.
The victim Anthony Kelly chose to nominate two charities to accept the donation rather than take the compensation himself. The court was told civil proceedings are also being contemplated.
Both men shook hands outside the court and the case was adjourned to December for finalisation.
Judge Patrick Clyne said a second medical report submitted to court today indicated the assault was not the cause of a broken nose suffered by the victim.
If it had, he would have had a much larger sum in mind, he said.
At a previous hearing the court heard Mr Kelly had suffered a broken eye socket.
The judge said a lot of what was perceived to relevant to the incident had âgone down a bitâ because of the content of the second medical report.
The attack happened less than two days after Dublin defeated Laois in a quarter-final of the All Ireland Senior Football Championship.
Connolly had once been tipped as a frontrunner to take over as Dublin team captain for the 2013 season.
The footballer, who also plays for north Dublin club St Vincentâs, has no prior criminal convictions, and his offence carries a possible sentence of up to one year in jail and/or a fine.
The Director of Public Prosecutions had decided that the case should be dealt with summarily, in the district court, on a guilty plea only.
Otherwise it would have to be referred to the Circuit Court, which has tougher sentencing powers.
The court heard the attack happened at 3.40am in McGowanâs pub. âIt is alleged that the injured party was socialising with a friend, it would be alleged that the accused assaulted him in an unprovoked attack,â the court heard.
Connolly, who has an address at Collins Park, Beaumont, north Dublin, âpunched him in the faceâ. Mr Kelly, who is in his 30s, was knocked down and Connolly then âcontinued to punch him on the groundâ.
Mr Kelly suffered facial injuries and was having ongoing medical treatment.
that stinksâŠConnolly is a very lucky boy⊠Iâd say your man could take Magowans to the cleaners if eh wanted,.
Someone needs to take it to the cleaners.
Shithole.
[quote=âmyboyblue, post: 779791, member: 180â][SIZE=6]Dublin footballer Diarmuid Connolly offers âŹ5,000 to charity over assault[/SIZE]
Updated: 12:31, Friday, 31 May 2013
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http://img.rasset.ie/0004326a-642.jpgThe 25-year-old had pleaded guilty earlier to assault causing harm
Dublin footballer Diarmuid Connolly has apologised unreservedly and offered to pay âŹ5,000 to charity for assaulting a man in an unprovoked attack in a pub last August.
The 25-year-old had pleaded guilty earlier to assault causing harm to Anthony Kelly at McGowanâs public house in Phibsboro, in Dublin, in the early hours of 6 August 2012.
At Dublin District Court today his solicitor said the footballer was anxious to apologise unreservedly.
He had admitted his guilt and was offering âŹ5,000 in compensation.
The victim Anthony Kelly chose to nominate two charities to accept the donation rather than take the compensation himself. The court was told civil proceedings are also being contemplated.
Both men shook hands outside the court and the case was adjourned to December for finalisation.
Judge Patrick Clyne said a second medical report submitted to court today indicated the assault was not the cause of a broken nose suffered by the victim.
If it had, he would have had a much larger sum in mind, he said.
At a previous hearing the court heard Mr Kelly had suffered a broken eye socket.
The judge said a lot of what was perceived to relevant to the incident had âgone down a bitâ because of the content of the second medical report.
The attack happened less than two days after Dublin defeated Laois in a quarter-final of the All Ireland Senior Football Championship.
Connolly had once been tipped as a frontrunner to take over as Dublin team captain for the 2013 season.
The footballer, who also plays for north Dublin club St Vincentâs, has no prior criminal convictions, and his offence carries a possible sentence of up to one year in jail and/or a fine.
The Director of Public Prosecutions had decided that the case should be dealt with summarily, in the district court, on a guilty plea only.
Otherwise it would have to be referred to the Circuit Court, which has tougher sentencing powers.
The court heard the attack happened at 3.40am in McGowanâs pub. âIt is alleged that the injured party was socialising with a friend, it would be alleged that the accused assaulted him in an unprovoked attack,â the court heard.
Connolly, who has an address at Collins Park, Beaumont, north Dublin, âpunched him in the faceâ. Mr Kelly, who is in his 30s, was knocked down and Connolly then âcontinued to punch him on the groundâ.
Mr Kelly suffered facial injuries and was having ongoing medical treatment.[/quote]
Thatâs a cover up any sporting organisation would be proud of 
wonder what your man got paid to make it go away?
A smashing cover up. I think my favourite line was the assault wasnt the reason for his broken nose. I presume theyâre putting it merely down to gravity and a rapidly approaching floor.
A sad case, but rules are rules and what would become of a Club like Crinkill if their catchment area is torn to shreds by a Club the size of Birr? Parish rule is a way out, but surely that would lead to more of any use going that way too? The grandfather would appear to be a bit of a cunt to boot.
Aslo, 33 fucking days out of school, that young fella is having you on missus, toughen up.
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Mother claims GAA âbullyingâ her child[/SIZE]
Friday, January 31, 2014
The Offaly mother of a 15-year-old hurler prevented from lining out for his first club has claimed the GAA are bullying her child.
Conor Smith had been a juvenile member of Birr for four years before being informed in 2012 that he was ineligible as he was living in the Crinkill clubâs catchment area in the Birr parish and, as his father had not represented Birr at senior level, could not play for them.
Smithâs late grandfather is Tom Ryan, an honorary president of the Birr club, but Crinkill queried the legitimacy of him playing for Birr in an U14 game between the neighbouring sides in August 2012.
An investigation was launched by Offalyâs Competitions Control Committee which, in September of that year, proposed sanctions against him and Birrâs chairman and secretary.
Smith has missed 33 days of school with stress as a result of his situation, which culminated in him bringing his case in front of the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) last September.
However, it wasnât heard as it was deemed to be in effect a parish rule case, which the DRA had already passed judgment on in 2009. However, the independent legal body had later agreed there were grounds for Birr to come before the tribunal again.
Smith scored the winning goal for Birr in the 2011 Offaly Feile final against Coolderry. He is now a promising handballer, winning two Leinster titles and reaching the quarter-finals of the world pairs.
However, his mother Trish is uncertain whether he will ever play hurling again. The ordeal had a deep impact on him and his doctor initially believed he was being bullied at school. After the first county hearing, he vomited through anxiety.
âAs far as Iâm concerned, the GAA have bullied my child and stopping him from doing something he loved. He hurled for Birr for four years and nobody said a thing.
âI feel our child has been penalised. We didnât break any rules. I wouldnât subject any child to what Conor has gone through. He was 14 at the time of the first hearing and 15 by the end.
âIâve another young lad coming on and I swear he wonât go through it, but heâs been red and green since he was a child and watching DVDs of games with his grandfather. Heâll be devastated when heâs stopped hurling, but I will not let him go to any hearing.
âI remember after one hearing Conor pleaded with me not to send him to school the next day. The only way I can describe what happened is like a death. It was their grandfatherâs wish to see them playing for Birr.â
Birr have long maintained the parish rule should be implemented and anyone born within the parish of Birr should be entitled to play for any of its three clubs â Birr, Crinkill or Carrig-Riverstown (Crinkill and Carrig-Riverstown form CRC Gaels at underage level).
The parish rule is enforced via the Offaly bye-laws for all grades except where there are no underage teams in a parish and a player can line out for an independent team which does not bear the name of an adult club within the county.
However, the Offaly County Board maintained Smith was an illegal Birr player as per a boundary agreement, which Birr claim is superseded by the parish rule.
An Offaly hearings committee document presented to the Leinster Hearings Committee read: âIt would be easy to treat this as simply a case of a young [player] wishing to play hurling and let sentiment cloud your judgement. But as there is an agreement in place we must honour and enforce the terms of that agreementâ.
Trish Smith was particularly incensed that Colmâs name was mentioned on signposts for the tribunal around the hotel where the DRA meeting was held last year. âI was highly disgusted by it. âConor Smith versus the DRAâ everywhere. A juvenileâs name.â
On the advice of his parents, Smith also wrote to the DRA asking them to refrain from emailing him directly as he was a juvenile.
At one of the hearings, Smith himself asked why he wasnât allowed to choose which club he wanted to play for in his parish.
âThatâs what he canât understand,â said his mother. âHe hasnât done anything wrong.â
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Proposal to change hurling rules to encourage cynical tackles on "health and safety " grounds.
very
alternatively there is a proposal to change hurling rules to discourage teams from using forwards whose entire job is to get near the square and then collapse on the ground as fast as possible screaming for a free
[quote=âtwiceasnice97, post: 895699, member: 1061â]very
alternatively there is a proposal to change hurling rules to discourage teams from using forwards whose entire job is to get near the square and then collapse on the ground as fast as possible screaming for a free[/quote]
It is a penalty or a free or it isnât.
Ban penalties?
Ban all shots at goal from inside the 21 on health and safety grounds?
[quote=âmyboyblue, post: 895656, member: 180â]A sad case, but rules are rules and what would become of a Club like Crinkill if their catchment area is torn to shreds by a Club the size of Birr? Parish rule is a way out, but surely that would lead to more of any use going that way too? The grandfather would appear to be a bit of a cunt to boot.
Aslo, 33 fucking days out of school, that young fella is having you on missus, toughen up.
[SIZE=4]Mother claims GAA âbullyingâ her child[/SIZE]
Friday, January 31, 2014
The Offaly mother of a 15-year-old hurler prevented from lining out for his first club has claimed the GAA are bullying her child.
Conor Smith had been a juvenile member of Birr for four years before being informed in 2012 that he was ineligible as he was living in the Crinkill clubâs catchment area in the Birr parish and, as his father had not represented Birr at senior level, could not play for them.
Smithâs late grandfather is Tom Ryan, an honorary president of the Birr club, but Crinkill queried the legitimacy of him playing for Birr in an U14 game between the neighbouring sides in August 2012.
An investigation was launched by Offalyâs Competitions Control Committee which, in September of that year, proposed sanctions against him and Birrâs chairman and secretary.
Smith has missed 33 days of school with stress as a result of his situation, which culminated in him bringing his case in front of the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) last September.
However, it wasnât heard as it was deemed to be in effect a parish rule case, which the DRA had already passed judgment on in 2009. However, the independent legal body had later agreed there were grounds for Birr to come before the tribunal again.
Smith scored the winning goal for Birr in the 2011 Offaly Feile final against Coolderry. He is now a promising handballer, winning two Leinster titles and reaching the quarter-finals of the world pairs.
However, his mother Trish is uncertain whether he will ever play hurling again. The ordeal had a deep impact on him and his doctor initially believed he was being bullied at school. After the first county hearing, he vomited through anxiety.
âAs far as Iâm concerned, the GAA have bullied my child and stopping him from doing something he loved. He hurled for Birr for four years and nobody said a thing.
âI feel our child has been penalised. We didnât break any rules. I wouldnât subject any child to what Conor has gone through. He was 14 at the time of the first hearing and 15 by the end.
âIâve another young lad coming on and I swear he wonât go through it, but heâs been red and green since he was a child and watching DVDs of games with his grandfather. Heâll be devastated when heâs stopped hurling, but I will not let him go to any hearing.
âI remember after one hearing Conor pleaded with me not to send him to school the next day. The only way I can describe what happened is like a death. It was their grandfatherâs wish to see them playing for Birr.â
Birr have long maintained the parish rule should be implemented and anyone born within the parish of Birr should be entitled to play for any of its three clubs â Birr, Crinkill or Carrig-Riverstown (Crinkill and Carrig-Riverstown form CRC Gaels at underage level).
The parish rule is enforced via the Offaly bye-laws for all grades except where there are no underage teams in a parish and a player can line out for an independent team which does not bear the name of an adult club within the county.
However, the Offaly County Board maintained Smith was an illegal Birr player as per a boundary agreement, which Birr claim is superseded by the parish rule.
An Offaly hearings committee document presented to the Leinster Hearings Committee read: âIt would be easy to treat this as simply a case of a young [player] wishing to play hurling and let sentiment cloud your judgement. But as there is an agreement in place we must honour and enforce the terms of that agreementâ.
Trish Smith was particularly incensed that Colmâs name was mentioned on signposts for the tribunal around the hotel where the DRA meeting was held last year. âI was highly disgusted by it. âConor Smith versus the DRAâ everywhere. A juvenileâs name.â
On the advice of his parents, Smith also wrote to the DRA asking them to refrain from emailing him directly as he was a juvenile.
At one of the hearings, Smith himself asked why he wasnât allowed to choose which club he wanted to play for in his parish.
âThatâs what he canât understand,â said his mother. âHe hasnât done anything wrong.â
© Irish Examiner Ltd. All rights reserved[/quote]
A few things here.
A lad shouldnât be forced to play with a different club that late in the day, the club should have a year to object and after that fuck them.
Birr would quickly kill off the other two clubs if the parish rule was used.
If the mother is that concerned she should move house, if they are as fierce a Birr family as she claims they should be living inside the boundary or she should have married a Birr senior hurler.
I wonder is there anyway his old lad could tog out for the Birr seniors and sort it out, using a working in Birr rule or some such.