Paul Galvin

[Sandino]

Sad that a teacher comes on here and makes comments about another teacher. If a negative remark was made on ratemyteacher by a pupil there would be outrage.

I do think this is a private issue unless the pupil has been split. I also dont see many stories about FAI or IFA players private lives in our local media.

[under the bar]

Why the need to comment that it was a ricochet? Kinda imples he was trying to throw the duster in the bin or something and by a freak accident it bouced back and hit the lad.   Also imples he in no way intended to throw it at the lad.  Strange.

[gerry]

Lads be carefull with the amount of teachers on here it will no time until they come to his defence.

[haranguerer]

Why the need to comment that it was a ricochet? Kinda imples.........he in no way intended to throw it at the lad.

If you just remove that middle bit of your post, arent you answering your own question?

[under the bar]

True,  not that I thnink there's anything wrong in a teacher throwing a duster at a cheeky wee brat either.  Bad crack to split him open tho.   In my school the maths teacher broke one of those big blackboard  compasses in two over a kids head.   Don't even think the headmaster got involved over it. 

[Donnellys Hollow]

bit of a difference between your average soccer player story (usually sexual misconduct or drugs)
or rugby (eye gouging) and throwing a duster at a pupil !

I agree, but the principal is the same. The media are filling a market. GAA fans want to read about GAA players, and like it or not with the Irish media for every 10 positive articles, you will get one from the gutter.

All in all I think the Irish media give the GAA a soft ride compared to what they do to soccer. How many stories have there been in the press about séx and drugs in the GAA? I can only think of one, and the player was arrested in his car for possesson, so was going to be in the papers regardless. We all know it happens....

The story is bad form, but lets not lose the run of ourselves about media agendas.

A reasonably high-profile footballer was accused of rape the night after a big game in Croke Park a good few years ago now. I won't mention the player in question because the accusation was later proved to be complete and utter bullsh1t, but the story was all over the papers at the time and his name was dragged through the muck just because he was an inter-county player. It sickens me to see the press in this country apeing their English counterparts and ruining people's reputations.

As for the Galvin story, what's the big deal? None of us were there, we don't know what happened, what the circumstances were, whether it was a freak accident or not etc. People will jump to conclusions simply because of the type of character that Galvin is on the playing field. He could be the best teacher in Killarney for all we know.

[red hander]

True,  not that I thnink there's anything wrong in a teacher throwing a duster at a cheeky wee brat either.  Bad crack to split him open tho.   In my school the maths teacher broke one of those big blackboard  compasses in two over a kids head.   Don't even think the headmaster got involved over it.

There was a particularly unpopular teacher at our school who actually threw one of those blackboard compasses at a boy and it stuck in him.  The priests running the place made sure he didn't lose his job, they just moved him to the neighbouring girls' school, where he became just as unpopular because of his shenanigans

[under the bar]

True,  not that I thnink there's anything wrong in a teacher throwing a duster at a cheeky wee brat either.  Bad crack to split him open tho.   In my school the maths teacher broke one of those big blackboard  compasses in two over a kids head.   Don't even think the headmaster got involved over it.


There was a particularly unpopular teacher at our school who actually threw one of those blackboard compasses at a boy and it stuck in him.  The priests running the place made sure he didn't lose his job, they just moved him to the neighbouring girls' school, where he became just as unpopular because of his shenanigans

Looks like we went to the same school! 

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

What a pathetic non-event of a story.

[longrunsthefox]

What a pathetic non-event of a story.

Can't see how it is a non-event of a story. If a teacher split my child with a duster wouldn't be  a non-event. Jees! man that is a teacher assaulting a pupil, though in Kerry they are likely to queue up to shake yer hand judging by recent court cases  . 
If he didn't split him then Galvin is in for a few euro off the Star....   

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

I'm no fan of Galvin but I think this publicity is unfair as if it was anyone else wouldn't be in the papers. Leave him alone. I'm sure they'll sort it out among themselves.

Then...

Can't see how it is a non-event of a story. If a teacher split my child with a duster wouldn't be  a non-event. Jees! man that is a teacher assaulting a pupil, though in Kerry they are likely to queue up to shake yer hand judging by recent court cases  . 
If he didn't split him then Galvin is in for a few euro off the Star....

Something of a schizo few days fox? 

[longrunsthefox]

I'm no fan of Galvin but I think this publicity is unfair as if it was anyone else wouldn't be in the papers. Leave him alone. I'm sure they'll sort it out among themselves.

Then...

Can't see how it is a non-event of a story. If a teacher split my child with a duster wouldn't be  a non-event. Jees! man that is a teacher assaulting a pupil, though in Kerry they are likely to queue up to shake yer hand judging by recent court cases  . 
If he didn't split him then Galvin is in for a few euro off the Star....

Something of a schizo few days fox? 

If you read posts I made seven hours later when I changed as I didn't realise he had split the fellow open and he had to go to the doctor. Thot it was fairly innocuos but obviously not.   
See post below...

[longrunsthefox]

He could be in a difficult enough hanlin according to paper this boy was split and blood running from him... and had to go to doctor. Jees! Galvin is a total idiot.

There you go...  tho your use of word 'schizo' on this thread may be appropriarte alright.

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

He could be in a difficult enough hanlin according to paper this boy was split and blood running from him... and had to go to doctor. Jees! Galvin is a total idiot.

Here we go...

Incident for the young lad, incident for Galvin, incident for the school, that might even rattle the teeth of a number of the chattering classes in the locality. But a non-event of an national story.

[longrunsthefox]

He could be in a difficult enough hanlin according to paper this boy was split and blood running from him... and had to go to doctor. Jees! Galvin is a total idiot.

Here we go...

Incident for the young lad, incident for Galvin, incident for the school, that might even rattle the teeth of a number of the chattering classes in the locality. But a non-event of an national story.

Maybe... he will be lucky to avoid court and I think a case like this would be picked up by wider newspapers whether it was GAA player or not.