All joking aside young lads throwing slaps is hardly a new thing. I have a scar on my chin and a crooked nose from a cunt kicking me in the head one night.
Thereās a lot of ālook over thereā going on in this thread. Not a single Limerick poster has condemned the behaviour of Hayes from what I can see. Like the likes of Leahy, hopefully the incident was a turning point for Hayes.
Some would argue that this case may not have even made it for court only for it being an inter county star. Iād imagine it was the proximity of the guards to the events on the night that probably escalated really.
What the other examples that have been brought up show is that inter-county GAA players get away with a hell of a lot in this country. Iāve said it before but the GAA is the closest thing we have to a Mafia here.
For what itās worth, he will get a suspended sentence.
@iron_mike thereād be no love for Darren Gleeson in Tipp. From what I recall, he was brought back in as goalkeeper after his court case in 2017 for the semi final and there was some bad blood towards him and the management for picking him (although I think I recall him having a good game). It was actually his last game for Tipp.
He kicked the gambling after it, and the Kellys made the debts go away, but I could never see him involved in a Tipp Management set-up no matter how well he does with Antrim (I met a Belfast fella up the mountains one day whose son is in the Antrim panel and theyāre mad about Gleeson).
Iām a forgiving man but I wouldnāt have him near Tipp