After the Darren Graham Affair is settled

[nrico2006]

Between them two and King - we have a celebrity element alright and the press love them......

King?

[Puckoon]

Must be shane King, had an interview in the paper recently about his little legal problem.

[thejuice]

hassled in the local about it.

if he had not being showing of. no one would have known

maybe he was ridin' her for a bet, needed proof

[nrico2006]

Must be shane King, had an interview in the paper recently about his little legal problem.

I was assuming it was him, but how could you class King in the same bracket as the other two twats after what happened to him.  I'm sure King would have rather not had the publicity and stigma that he gained, never mind the legal costs.

[Puckoon]

Must be shane King, had an interview in the paper recently about his little legal problem.

I was assuming it was him, but how could you class King in the same bracket as the other two twats after what happened to him.  I'm sure King would have rather not had the publicity and stigma that he gained, never mind the legal costs.

Was he innocent?

[nrico2006]

Well according to the courts he was.

[ExiledGael]

GAA player's home in brick attack

A house in County Fermanagh where a Protestant GAA player lives was attacked at the weekend, it has emerged.
Darren Graham quit playing over sectarian abuse, but returned after receiving messages of support.
He was in the house in Lisnaskea with his mother, daughter and a friend when a brick came through the window. No-one was injured.
Two wheeled bins outside the property were also set alight.
A PSNI spokesman said that detectives were investigating several possible motives.
Mr Graham, 25, has represented his county in Gaelic football and hurling.
He was a baby when his father, who was in the UDR, was killed by the IRA.
Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP Michelle Gildernew condemned the weekend attack.
"I want to offer him my full support and encouragement," said the Sinn Fein representative.
"The vast majority of people across Fermanagh would also condemn these attacks and support Darren in the stance he has taken in participating in the GAA and representing the county."

[gerry]

heard that alright at the weekend ExiledGael, there's some sad feckers out there

[gerry]

got sent the vid today, if he spent as much effort on the training ground maybe fermanagh be AI champions.

[DirtyDozen12]

Mr Graham, 25, has represented his county in Gaelic football and hurling.

WTF???  Any Fermanagh lads confirm if he ever played football for Fermanagh county???  Seriosuly doubt it, is he even a regular for Lisnaskea seniors??

[ExiledGael]

You're right, he's not even on the Skea team. Never near the Fermanagh panel even, don't think he gets on the Fermanagh hurling first 15 either.
That's saying nothing of his ability, just an example of the pathetic reporting of this, and other GAA scandals

[thejuice]

I hear he's emmigrating to america now in the next few weeks,


Protestant GAA Player to Leave
March 5, 2008

By Barry McCaffrey

A GAA player who was the victim of sectarian abuse because he is a Protestant has decided to immigrate to America after a weekend an arson attack on his home.

Last year, Fermanagh GAA player Darren Graham threatened to quit playing Gaelic sports after receiving sectarian taunts about his Protestant religion from other GAA players.

The 25-year-old, whose Ulster Defense Regiment (UDR) soldier father Cecil was shot dead by the IRA in November 1981, only agreed to keep on playing GAA games after Croke Park chiefs warned they would not tolerate sectarianism in the game.

However, Graham has now decided to quit Northern Ireland for good after his Fermanagh home and car were attacked last weekend.

The GAA star had been at home with his mother, three-year-old daughter and a family friend when a brick was thrown through the front window of their house in the early hours of Saturday morning. No one was injured.

The family car was also set alight and destroyed during the attack.

Graham says he has now has accepted an offer to play football and hurling with the Philadelphia Shamrocks, but denies that the attack on his home is forcing him to leave.

He said the attack had brought back painful memories for his mother of her husband's murder.

"She heard the brick at the window and she thought it was a gun shot and it just brought back all the old memories," he said.

"Mum was so frightened she would not allow me to go out of the house. I'm angry about the whole situation. If it had anything to do with me, take it out on me, not my whole family."

Graham said it was unclear if the attack on his home was connected to his decision to highlight sectarianism within the GAA.

"I hope it has all been worth it and I think it was because as far as I'm concerned, the problem has been sorted out."

He said he had now decided to accept an offer to play Gaelic games in America for a three-month trial period but will stay if successful.

"I will continue to play GAA when I'm in America and it will always be a part of my life."

Condemning the attack on the GAA player's home, Fermanagh/South Tyrone MP Michelle Gildernew said, "Sinn Fein totally condemns these attacks on the home of Darren Graham.

"I want to offer him my full support and encouragement. The vast majority of people across Fermanagh would also condemn these

attacks and support Darren in the stance he has taken in participating in the GAA and representing the county."

[Puckoon]

In fairness the market for home made sex tapes in the US is huge. He'll come back a millionaire.

[tyrone86]

decided to immigrate to America

I stopped reading after that.

Jesus wept. Yet more quality journalism from the Irish News.

[supersarsfields]