Breaking news from the DRA

[Bord na Mona man]

What is vital here is that if Galvin is getting off scot free because the wrong penalty was imposed, then the GAA powers must act quickly to re-impose the correct sanction.
What is annoying about incidents where players have ducked out of suspensions over technicalities, there has never been any effort to re-impose the sanction.
If players and counties realised that justice wasn't so easily thwarted, then it would cut down the nonsense of every player going through to appeals process to evade justice.

[bombidal]

is true, was on newstalk this morning

[feetofflames]

Imagine any other sport where the disciplinary hi chiefs need protected against themselves.
Imagine any other sport where it is nigh impossible to implement punishment for offences committed on live TV.
N Brenna needs to resign, hes a cod.   

[Our Nail Loney]

So what the f**k?? Just seeing this now, is it true or what?

[Tankie]

A total shambles if this is true, no wonder refs are being abused up and down the country week in week out if the GAA wont protect them!

[orangeman]

The Finuge man, wentbefore the DRA last week for a mammoth seven and a half hours meeting but thehearing was not completed and reconvened last night.

What in jesus would they be discussing for 7.5 hours?? Was it discussed over a few pints or something. The whole thing is a joke.

Their fees  

[scalder]

Lads where did that statement come from?

[bridgegael]

The day sfter the incident galvin went on tv and said he was sorry and it should never have happened.  then he goes and appeals his suspension!!  take your punishment paul, you did wrong!!

[orangeman]

The day sfter the incident galvin went on tv and said he was sorry and it should never have happened.  then he goes and appeals his suspension!!  take your punishment paul, you did wrong!!

Not at all - he was just being polite - he didn't do that much wrong - there's worse said and done most Sundays and it's never mentioned - it helps the media if you're the Kerry Captain ! 

[David McKeown]

What is vital here is that if Galvin is getting off scot free because the wrong penalty was imposed, then the GAA powers must act quickly to re-impose the correct sanction.
What is annoying about incidents where players have ducked out of suspensions over technicalities, there has never been any effort to re-impose the sanction.
If players and counties realised that justice wasn't so easily thwarted, then it would cut down the nonsense of every player going through to appeals process to evade justice.

Unfortunately within the rules of the assocaition thats not always possible and reintroducing most suspensions would in effect amount to a technical breach which would allow them to be overturned.

The DRA is getting a lot of stick on here, but unfortunately it is a necessary evil within the GAA.  Irish courts have shown themselves to be more willing to give interlocutory injunctions to sports stars then their counterparts in England (Dwain Chambers case) and as a result to keep the assocaition out of the courts on a regular basis where the costs would get really high the DRA is needed.

All that being said it never ceases to amaze me that the association have never asked some of the more senior members of the DRA like Liam Keane or Jack Anderson or even Joe Brolly to sit down and rewrite the rule book to reduce the number of loop holes in it.  Its about time they did.

[orangeman]

But sure eveybody is getting a lok of £ out if it now - everybody !!!!!!!! 

[full back]

So whats the story?
Is he in or out?
Honestly thought this was a p1sstake when I first saw it.
Although he apologised on the Monday after the incident, not many players would take the punishment on the chin because it was so severe, especially in his year of Kerry captain.

[orangeman]

He's out for the rest of the year.

Says who ? There would seem to be some sort of deal going on here considering the legth of time it's taking to deliver a verdict.

[stephenite]

Just on Today FM that he's to be taken out and shot by Colm Corkery with a ball of his own shite

[orangeman]

Just on Today FM that he's to be taken out and shot by Colm Corkery with a ball of his own shite

   It would be some dung ! Pieces of shrapnel and people's teeth in it !