As a local involved in the club people seem to be missing two points.
1. The GAA, in the absence of any censure are perceived to be backing the club and Liam Howley.
2. Howley is destroying the club. And the club was struggling long before this incident.
The Driver is a committed Gael and refused to take money from the club. He is entirely the wronged party. His treatment is disgusting and the ordinary members have been cut off at the knees. Refusing to allow the kids on that team play, punishing them to get at the Driver, is a disgrace. We aren't losing kids to other clubs, we are losing them to the far better run soccer and rugby clubs in the area. Better facilities, none of this messing.
I can only assume the DCB and Croke Park are backing him because of the property play with Fingal CC to move up the road in a land swap. And they are having to do that because the facilities are a shambles.
I have serious fears for the club and efforts to get answers, let alone accountability have been stonewalled.
1. The GAA, in the absence of any censure are perceived to be backing the club and Liam Howley.
2. Howley is destroying the club. And the club was struggling long before this incident.
The Driver is a committed Gael and refused to take money from the club. He is entirely the wronged party. His treatment is disgusting and the ordinary members have been cut off at the knees. Refusing to allow the kids on that team play, punishing them to get at the Driver, is a disgrace. We aren't losing kids to other clubs, we are losing them to the far better run soccer and rugby clubs in the area. Better facilities, none of this messing.
I can only assume the DCB and Croke Park are backing him because of the property play with Fingal CC to move up the road in a land swap. And they are having to do that because the facilities are a shambles.
I have serious fears for the club and efforts to get answers, let alone accountability have been stonewalled.