[SIZE=5]Kerry GAA anger over drugs case.[/SIZE]
The recent jailing of a Kerry Senior Hurler for drug dealing attracted some media attention recently.Kerry hurler Sean Dowling was jailed last week for drug dealing. According to todays Kerrys Eye, Kerry County Board Chairman Patrick O’Sullivan is furious that he was not made aware that the Senior Hurling Manager was about to give a character reference for Mr Dowling. It is also reported that Kerry GAA bosses were outraged at “failing procedures” that allowed an alleged drug dealer to continue to train and play with the Hurlers.Mr O Sullivan said that if he had known about the case he “under no circumstances” would have allowed the alleged drug dealer near a GAA pitch.
Note: Some of the alleged drug dealing went on where young kids were training. My view is he should of been banned and character references in criminal trials should be stopped. Does a GAA figure giving a character reference in a criminal trial reflect badly on the GAA?
GAA bosses in Kerry are furious over a collapse in their procedures that allowed an alleged drug dealer continue to train and play with the senior Kerry hurling team.
County Board Chairman Patrick O’Sullivan said this week that the first he knew of the case, in which a member of the senior hurling squad was charged and ultimately convicted of drug dealing, was last Wednesday night - over a year after the player was first caught by gardai, and hours after he was jailed for two years.
The top GAA officer in Kerry said that procedures regarding a player suspected of drug dealing had totally failed, and the communication breakdown reflects poorly on the GAA in Kerry.
It wasn’t too long ago that Dublin hurling was on a par with Kerry hurling so less of the smart comments. Unfortunately for Kerry hurling they don’t have Croke Park pumping in millions of special funding.
No, it comes from central council. The Dublin county board applied to them to fund a hurling development project and they receive an extra funding for this. I’m not sure of the exact figures, but I think it could be 1.5m over 5 years.
[quote=“count of monte cristo, post: 821172, member: 348”]thanks for the inofrmation, but couldnt anyone apply for the funding?
Obviously it is of greater benefit to the GAA to have Croker filled with dubs fair weather fans rahte than to 6-800 who support the game in Kerry…[/quote]
does the amount of clubs in a county have anything to do with it?..I mean would it make sense to give the same amount of money to leitrim as to Dublin?..
You think they’ll hand that out to just anyone? Carlow Westmeath Antrim and Laois are begging for a minuscule percentage of the Dublin outlay for years now and are getting nowhere.
[quote=“count of monte cristo, post: 821172, member: 348”]thanks for the inofrmation, but couldnt anyone apply for the funding?
Obviously it is of greater benefit to the GAA to have Croker filled with dubs fair weather fans rahte than to 6-800 who support the game in Kerry…[/quote]
They could lobby for it. The €6m invested in Dublin hurling (€1m per year for six years) was an initiative introduced by Sean Kelly during his term as GAA President.
