I live outside Freshford now, I donāt know either party involved here personally but Iāve been nosing around asking innocent but leading questions about it.
Iāve gathered that the perpetrator was, heretofore anyway, generally well liked and well thought of and the attitude towards the victim is basically ambivalent really. Whilst agreeing that he was definitely wronged, most people are denying that he has been ostracized or shunned in any way and are angry that they are being portrayed as such.
However, I do sense certain undercurrents.
His family do not seem to be as well liked and I keep hearing references to connections between a family member and an infamous FAI official (unsure of the relevance but people keep bringing it up).
Iāve also heard that as the money was repaid, he neednāt have continued with the criminal case and that people feel sympathy for the perpetratorās family due to the publicity and that instigating these articles are āstamping on a man when he is downā.
Almost everyone says gambling is the problem but that heās refused to acknowledge or admit it and apparently there are other victims.
Also, I gather that right up until the judgeās ruling, he was convinced he would not be convicted.
Brophy has form, he referred to young people socialising during lockdown as āPricks and Bitchesā. Basically because his wedding was postponed I think. Remarkable really that he found someone to marry him, judging by his personal habits / hygiene on Nenagh Guardianās āTipp Castā with Paddy Stapleton. I believe he turned on you on a Twitter thread about this affair, showed his true colours
That time on Twitter when he was moaning about the wedding made him look like a right eejit. I was in college with him. He was quiet, but somewhat droll. Weād have been in class together but he wouldnāt have been a lad Iād be supping pints with in those days.
Ah, a small matter. I accept the partial criticism of @caulifloweredneanderthal over what I eventually said to SB about his loose way with facts. But it is hard to remain absolutely civil when the immediate response you get is ridiculous childishness.
Trying to make intercounty rivalry hay out of an awful case seems to me quite bizarreā¦ And the fact that SB could not see his open flank in this regard indicates a bit of fooleen.
. I donāt remember him out that much, but Iād say we socialised in different circles.