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Gardai probe GAA star Galvin's pub bust-up with RTE impersonator Oliver Callan
Footballer clashes with RTE star over Seoige sketch
Kerry footballer Paul Galvin allegedly became angry after comic references were made about him and TV presenter Grainne Seoige
By Tom Brady and Ken Sweeney
Friday October 21 2011
A pub flare-up involving GAA star Paul Galvin and a group including RTE comic Oliver Callan was last night under investigation by the gardai.
Officers were called to the Dublin city centre pub after receiving a complaint of an alleged assault by Galvin.
The Kerry footballer, who writes a weekly fashion column for the Irish Independent, had left the premises, Kehoe's in South Anne Street, before the gardai arrived.
One eyewitness said last night that Galvin was being "vilified in the wrong" and the incident did not warrant calling in the gardai.
Gardai spent yesterday tracking down pub customers, who were potential witnesses to the incident, including Junior Transport Minister Alan Kelly, Labour senator John Whelan, a couple of Sunday newspaper reporters and associates of Callan in his 'Green Tea' and 'Nob Nation' appearances on RTE radio.
It is alleged that Galvin was upset over a sketch on the satirical 'Green Tea' radio programme, which made humorous references to him and television presenter, Grainne Seoige.
Witnesses said that Galvin seemed to have become very upset at being teased about his friendship with Ms Seoige and confronted Callan and James McDonald, a member of the production team.
Officers said nobody had any visible signs of injury after the alleged incident.
Callan writes and stars in the 'Nob Nation' sketches, which featured initially in the 2fm programme hosted by the late Gerry Ryan, and then became a regular part of the 'Ryan Tubridy Show'.
The 'Green Tea' programme is broadcast on Saturdays.
Mr Whelan described the incident to the Irish Independent last night as "handbags at twenty paces" rather than an assault.
"What I saw happening didn't necessitate the gardai being called. I think if Paul Galvin hadn't been involved, nothing would be made of this. I think he is being vilified in the wrong."
The Portlaoise politician said that the incident took place just after 10pm after a group of journalists and politicians attended the launch of the Nealon's Guide to the 31st Dail and 24th Seanad in Leinster House and later adjourned to Kehoe's pub.
"There was a group of us standing up chatting when Oliver Callan joined a friend in the group," said Mr Whelan.
The 50-year-old claimed that Mr McDonald left the group and returned to tell them that Paul Galvin was on the other side of the partition.
"Paul Galvin came around the corner shortly afterwards and verbals began."
"Initially Galvin was pointing at McDonald and then he started to point at Callan and started to shape up to him. I think he said 'I am sick and tired of this'. It broke into shoving, pushing and pointing. There was shoving and pushing going on on both sides. He (Galvin) was irate. It wasn't a strike. It was more handbags."
Mr Whelan said he and other members of the group attempted to intervene.
"Myself and a couple of other friends tried to quieten Galvin down. Told him to cop on and not be letting himself down.
"Eventually he did. He left the bar of his own accord. He wasn't ejected and there wasn't anyone hurt. I felt it should have been left at that".
The former journalist said he was shocked when gardai were called to the scene. after
"My first reaction was, Oliver Callan, Paul Galvin, this must be a skit, but the gardai explained they had been called so they had to attend," he said. "This has been blown up out of proportion."
Neither Callan nor Galvin responded to calls yesterday.
- Tom Brady and Ken Sweeney
Irish Independent
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QuoteNovember 18, 2008
Entire BNP membership list goes online
Posted by Antifascist
Before reading this, you should appreciate that there are very strict limitations on what we are allowed to print and we intend to stay strictly within the law in the comments that we allow.
Having said all that, this breach of data security is startlingly bad for the BNP, not simply for the fact that the party has lost data - almost everyone seems to have managed to do that recently - but for the nature of that information.
Not only does the data, now available online, include the entire membership list with full names (and former names where there have been changes for any reason), addresses, contact numbers, email addresses and in many cases the member's age, particularly where those members are under eighteen. Yes, that's right. This list includes members as young as fourteen, male and female. Where a family membership is bought and paid for, the whole family is listed.
As if this isn't bad enough, the notes that are attached to many of the entries leave a lot of the members open to difficulties in their jobs, some of them being in the armed forces or the police and the BNP too - an illegal combination, and where not illegal, frequently frowned upon. Other members are noted as construction managers, receptionists, district nurses, lay preachers, police officers, company directors and teachers among many others.
Like this wasn't enough, the BNP has also listed hobbies or interests where for some reason they are deemed relevant. Thus we have short-wave radio hams, amateur historians, pagans, line-dancers and even a witch (male).
The contributors to nazi sites, many of whom are also members of the BNP, are suddenly in a frenzy, expecting to be outed at any moment. Here's just one comment from the North-West Nationalist blog:
'I've just had a call, I'm on it to. I want my f**king member money back, like has been mentioned here, I could lose my f**king job. I'm bloody angry.'
Not surprising really. I'd be pretty pissed off too.
Curiously, there are quite a number of BNP members abroad, presumably ex-pats or those working abroad temporarily - Australia, the USA, United Arab Emirates, Sao Paulo, Spain and the Netherlands were some that I noticed. Isn't the BNP opposed to foreign workers? I'm sure it was last time I looked.
One final thing (for the moment, because I'm sure this one will run and run): the list appears to include the December rebels. At first, I took this to mean that the membership list was a year out of date but after a good look through, it's become clear that by keeping a running list (as opposed to a clean list each membership year) the party is able to claim a much larger membership than it in fact has. Some of the additions to the list are as recent as September of this year, indicating that some of the members listed - though how many is anyone's guess - are not in fact members at all. The implication is pretty clear (to me, at least) - BNP members are being defrauded when they have been told that the membership is growing exponentially. Take off all the dead members, those who have resigned (many still listed along with their reasons for leaving) and the most recent batch of rebels and the size drops considerably.
It's been suggested that the party's former treasurer John Walker is responsible for posting the list up publicly. We wouldn't know but by doing so, the poster has stuck a stick of dynamite under Griffin's rear end. The consequences and the repercussions may be interesting to watch.
Just as a complete aside, I should point out that we do not have a copy of this list, nor do we want one. The information we had was obtained online and appears suddenly to have been removed, at least for the moment...
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France send home U20 brawl trio
Spotlight: Brawl marrs Wales U20 win
France Under-20s have sent home three players from the Junior World Championships after Saturday's defeat to Wales ended in a mass brawl.
Team manager Philippe Sella, the legendary French centre, made the decision to banish the trio.
Flanker Jeremie Braille, replacement prop Rabah Slimeni and winger Djibrill Camara have been sent home following the incident at the Liberty Stadium.
Camara became involved in the incident after being suspended for the game.
The International Rugby Board is conducting an investigation into the incident and are due to announce their findings ahead of Wednesday's semi-finals in which Wales face New Zealand.
Leigh Halfpenny's try deep into overtime sealed an unlikely win, which was rapidly followed by ugly post-match scenes.
Punches were thrown from both sides and Slimani was allegedly seen to kick out.
606: DEBATE
"The French were bad losers and the Welsh were bad winners"
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Wales won the match 23-19 after coming back from 19-9 down with three minutes remaining.
QuoteOfficer hurt by booby-trap bomb
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An off-duty police officer has been injured by a booby-trap car bomb in County Tyrone.
The explosion happened at Drumnaby Road in Spamount village, outside Castlederg at about 2130 BST on Monday.
The officer, a Catholic, suffered serious leg injuries, however, they are not thought to be life-threatening.
He was rescued by a member of the public who dragged him from the car wreckage. Dissident republicans are being blamed for the attack.
The policeman, who is not stationed in the area, is understood to have been visiting someone.
Councillor Derek Hussey, who went to the scene, said the quick thinking of the member of the public saved the man's life.
"One of the first on the scene, a civilian, is understood to have opened the car door and taken the occupant out of the car," the UUP representative said.
Damaged car
Forensic teams are studying the damaged car
The former MLA praised "the actions and the courage of that particular individual".
Secretary of State Shaun Woodward has condemned the attack.
"The contrast between the PSNI officer, dedicated to serving the community, and those with no politics, no support and no principles, who carried this cowardly attack could not be clearer," he said.
"As Northern Ireland moves towards a new and better future, there remains a tiny minority of contemptible, criminal elements who have been rejected by the people, north and south.
"They will not be allowed to stand in the way of progress."
The police have been warning for some time that dissident groups have been trying to increase their activities and that they were actively targeting police officers.
In November, the Real IRA shot two officers in Londonderry and Dungannon, and in February police mounted a huge security operation across Northern Ireland because of fears that dissidents were planning another shooting or bombing.
QuoteQuoteQuote from: Evil Genius on Today at 01:04:22 PMOff topic I know, but is there a function on here to see who reports what to the mods?
and certainly not enough to run to the Mods to "tout" you, as certain individuals on this Board are wont to do Roll Eyes
I see a few people have made comments like the above.
Just interested, I've been acccused myself previously of running to the mods on occasions where I actaully didnt.
Was just curious.