Mickey Harte quizzed by PSNI after accusations of physical abuse at school?

[downandboogie]

Headline strory in the Sunday World so it must be true.

[Don Johnson]

Two months registered and this is your first post? Nice.

[Big Puff]

great contributor!

[EC Unique]

I would not wipe my arse with that rag!

[mylestheslasher]

Jaysus lads all he did was post what the Sunday World has on their paper (i presume but i don't buy it so wouldn't know) and also ridiculed it although maybe some of ye need a smiley to see the irony? Anyway, why are ye attacking the messenger? Anyone care to fill us in on the story itself

[The Real Laoislad]

Jaysus lads all he did was post what the Sunday World has on their paper (i presume but i don't buy it so wouldn't know) and also ridiculed it although maybe some of ye need a smiley to see the irony? Anyway, why are ye attacking the messenger? Anyone care to fill us in on the story itself

Thats exactly what I was thinking.
So anyone know anything about the story,or because its Mickey Harte are we not allowed to ask?

[ONeill]

Saw this headline and was thinking of the amount of court cases that'd arrive on the scene if someone ever won damages against a teacher who slapped/beat them before the abolishment of corporal punishment (not saying Mickey did BTW). The Christian Brothers would be bankrupt although I'd assume the government would be the target.

[orangeman]

I would not wipe my arse with that rag!

+1


A rag of the highest order.

[ONeill]

This is the bones of it:

Police questioned Tyrone manager over assault claims


Tyrone football manager Mickey Harte has been questioned by police over physical assault claims by residents of a former Catholic boys' home where he was once employed, according to the Sunday World.

The three-time All-Ireland winning Bainisteoir was interviewed by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Public Protection Unit over the matter, which dates back to the 1970s.

According to a report in the Sunday World, several members of the McConville family – whose mother Jean was executed by the IRA nearly 40 years ago, are among those who accused Harte of physically assaulting residents at Runbane House in Kircrubbin, Co. Down, a home for Catholic boys in care where Harte once worked as a teacher.

Willie McConville, the youngest of the McConville family, is believed to have made a statement to police accusing Harte of assault.

Harte has vehemently denied any accusations of wrongdoing and told the paper: "I am not guilty of any of these accusations and I will fight this the whole way."

The allegations come over 30 years after the offences were alleged to take place and there has been no suggestion from any of the accusers than there was any other form of abuse than physical assault.

Harte was questioned by PSNI detectives in December of last year regarding the allegations and understood to have cooperated fully with the investigation.

Runbane House has a notorious reputation for clerical sex abuse; Fr. Brendan Smyth was sentenced to ten years for his crimes in the 1990s, while charges against Brother Florence (real name Joseph Scally) were eventually dropped.

Harte has previously claimed that he was oblivious to abuse that went on in Runbane House, telling the Sunday World last year: At Runbane, I came in and went home every day, so I wasn't part of the 'Home' scene so to speak.

"I was oblivious at the time to anything that was going on. I never dreamt that anything like that was going on."

[Gaffer]

I thought there was a time limit on when you could report someone for assault and I mean alot less that 30 years

If not I'm going after my old teacher who hit me a slap on the bake when I was in P5.

PS, Title of thread should be changed from 'abuse' to 'assault'.

The term 'abuse' is suggesting something more sinister.

[downandboogie]

i suppose the headline could have accused Harte of willie abuse

[The Real Laoislad]

I would not wipe my arse with that rag!

Is there any particular newspaper you would use to wipe your arse?
I doubt any of them would be too pleasant to use to clean that area.

[All of a Sludden]

According to a report in the Sunday World, several members of the McConville family – whose mother Jean was executed by the IRA nearly 40 years ago, are among those who accused Harte of physically assaulting residents at Runbane House in Kircrubbin, Co. Down, a home for Catholic boys in care where Harte once worked as a teacher.

If the IRA had known what they were doing at the time they would have left the mother alone and shot the children.

[ONeill]

Getting the impression this thread is being created/used to score some low life points.

[All of a Sludden]

Getting the impression this thread is being created/used to score some low life points.

You obviously havent met any of the McConville family.