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[but would claim through the Garda Compensation Board.]

This is how cases of a serious nature should be treated.

Man fined after attack on former GAA player
By Sean O'Riordan
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
A 22-YEAR-OLD man who punched and kicked a former Cork intercounty star in the face, breaking his jaw, has avoided a jail term at Cork District Court.
Noel O'Donovan was convicted yesterday of assault causing harm to opposing player James Masters, 29. The court heard that Masters, who played senior football for Cork between 2005 and last March, had been lining out for Nemo Rangers against Valley Rovers when a melee broke out with just a couple of minutes left on the clock.

The Nemo Rangers man, who is a traffic corps garda based in Bandon, said that O'Donovan had called him a pig during the first half. But things got out of hand when the melee broke out.

Judge Leo Malone heard that O'Donovan sprinted almost 30 metres towards the row which involved up to 20 opposing players.

On the way into the melee he punched Masters, who was not involved in the brawl, in the face. Masters fell to the ground and, as he was trying to get back up, O'Donovan kicked him in the face.

Masters, who was bleeding from his jaw, had to be escorted from the pitch, and as he walked towards the dressing room he encountered O'Donovan again on the sideline. He said that O'Donovan, who by then had been sent off by the referee, made a handcuffing gesture to him.

Masters was taken to the South Infirmary/Victoria University Hospital where he received three stitches to the wound.

The 29-year-old had had a plate inserted in his jaw following an accidental clash when Cork played Sligo in 2007. He said that as a result of the assault by O'Donovan, his jaw became infected and the plate had to be removed.

Judge Malone heard conflicting evidence from 27 witnesses, some of them players from Nemo Rangers and Valley Rovers. O'Donovan admitted that he had called Masters a pig, but claimed that he had been provoked.

He said he had nothing against the gardaí and one of his teammates was one.

He also admitted punching Masters, but denied that he kicked him in the face. O'Donovan said he had kicked a Nemo Rangers player's side in the melee, but was adamant it was not Masters.

However, Judge Malone said that the weight of evidence from the prosecution led him to convict O'Donovan, who lives at Curra, Upton. He said what O'Donovan did was "outrageous" and "a cowardly act" but he would not send him to prison as he had no previous convictions.

Instead he imposed a €1,000 fine and fixed recognisances in the event of an appeal.

Inspector Eileen Foster said Masters was not taking a civil case against O'Donovan, but would claim through the Garda Compensation Board.


Read more: http://www.examiner.ie/ireland/man-fined-after-attack-on-former-gaa-player-173933.html#ixzz1dlOlyaGc

why is he claiming through the Garda Compensation Board, he was not on duty when it happened, surely he should be claiming through the GAA insurance or is it he will get more from the tax payers

[People need to realise what they read in the paper is what Anglo/ the State want you to hear. The Slieve Russell lost 45M because of write down of Anglo loans. It made an operating profit of over one million last year. But that fact wouldn't fit in with the "Bad businessman" view that Anglo are trying so desperately to paint of Sean Quinn.]

There is no point in blaming the government. The country is run by the Troika and SQ couldn't convince them. WTF was he doing laying a bet that brought down the whole house anyway ? 

The Sliabh Russell operation  lost 45m last year. The insurer was lossmaking. How much money has the concrete and glass been making in the depression ?   

People need to realise what they read in the paper is what Anglo/ the State want you to hear. The Slieve Russell lost 45M because of write down of Anglo loans. It made an operating profit of over one million last year. But that fact wouldn't fit in with the "Bad businessman" view that Anglo are trying so desperately to paint of Sean Quinn.

You also seem to forget that Sean Quinn made a bet based on fraudlent figures provided by Anglo. Another fact that Anglo/ The state like to leave in the background!!

To add another idea of just what is going on up in the group now. Allegedly they paid the 15 year Head of IT of last week to add to the other senior managers that they have paid huge money to make room for more jobs for the boys!!

according to the Irish Times   http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2011/1112/1224307462172.html  accounts filed for the Slieve Russell hotel, which he founded, show it incurred a loss of €45.4 million in 2009, after the company took an impairment charge of €43.3 million on fixed assets.

This is still a loss of over 2m  not a profit of 1m

Anyone on here at the dromore carmen game??

also can follow it on  www.teamtalkmag.com

Paddy Hunter not available as he is away with the Omagh ladies at the Ulster Intermediate club final

No you don't have to vote for Martin Mc Guinness but you can show him the same courtesy as was shown to Dev and Nelson Mandella who were both called terrorists. Mc Guinness, like these men, fought for human rights when necessary and when this was achieved, he then turned to peaceful politics. Mc Guinness has shown in the north that he is capable to lead in peaceful times and I am sure given the opportunity would prove to be a very good president.

I'd expect Jim Mcguinness to do the same again next year with a few minor tweaks .
the tweaks being come changes and ideas on how and when to attack.
Jim is like an American football coach now at this stage, he will no doubt try to create 'set plays' that Donegal can 'run' at certain times and win scores.
I would suspect that he might look for a more potent freetaker as Murphy and McFadden are not as good from 40 metres out...If donegal had Cluxton yesterday they would have won.

Durkan a great keeper and shot stopper but a GK that can kick 45's and more would seem to be the new desired comodity in football right now and for the near future.

Durkan can kick 45's with the best of them. He plays full forward with his club and takes all the long range free's and 45's. I seen him playing against Bundoran this year in the championship in Donegal and he scored 7 or 8 points that day from outside the forty and a few of them were outside the fifty

in other words, if you are no benefit to the club you can go on to f**k

I was wondering about this when I read about the amount of medical bills Mark McGovern's family now face.
Is there not some obligation on teams abroad to ensure they have you insured before you play

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Last year, in 2010, all provincial champions lost, not some.

Ros weren't good enough , Tyrone were sliding downwards and couldnt kick straight , Kerry had a lot of oul timers and were weakened by loss Galvin and O Sé while Meath's right to be called Provincial Champions is rather tenuous.

If you're good enough you'll win .

  love that one

it was €10 last week in Longford

Whats the story with the tickets for the Longford v Tyrone game. Are we suppose to receive tickets or do we use our season tickets.
I have not got mine yet

result from the Errigal v Killeeshil game ??

the sooner the better, it's been dragged out now for 4 years. We cannot start climbing until we hit the bottom and it seems that all we are doing is dragging out the inevitable.

[Yeah but at least we got rid of her eventually! ye on the other hand..................]

Can we not just get rid of the lot of them,they are all animals up North anyways.
Let them set up a Northern Ireland Championship or include London and let them have UK Championship.

Ok but you can keep the Queen seeing how much ye all love her

And nobody loves here more than the lads from Laois.  One all ireland title (no disgrace in that), but it was won before the name change from Queen's County.  Funnily though, when searching the roll of honour, I can't see any mention of Queen's County on it?  Maybe somebody should table an amendment proposing a correction of the roll of honour to congress

Yeah but at least we got rid of her eventually! ye on the other hand..................

thats what happens when you let a bollix from Cork do the talking

[riding the neighbours' wives willy nilly.]

We don't like St. Patricks in our area. In Mostrim St Patricks = Ardagh.

St. Mel got on well with St. Patrick.

You're not getting off that handy. I was reading recently that one of Niall's children, Cairbre, was a fierce opponent of Patrick and his missionary work in the country. He lived in Granard. He tried to assassinate our patron saint and Paddy in return cursed him. The wicked humour they have in Longford (they did play Sheridan after all) meant that at the mound that marks Cairbre's palace in Granard is a statue of St Patrick. If Longford had their way we'd all be pagans and riding the neighbours' wives willy nilly.

So, having entered all that into the computer is says Longford 1-11 Tyrone 0-14.

now I'm really looking forward to a long weekend in Longford