Donegal on slippery slope?

[Hardy]

How did it ever gum to this?

[orangeman]

They'd better brace themselves.

[southdown]

A plaque for the best pun.

[orangeman]

Them Dublin lads would take you out by the root.

[orangeman]

You'd question the wisdom of this pun competition. There are too many gaps in this.

[Dinny Breen]

You'd question the wisdom of this pun competition. There are too many gaps in this.

Aye a bridge too far...

[orangeman]

You'd question the wisdom of this pun competition. There are too many gaps in this.

Aye a bridge too far...

It's all cosmetic anyway.

[Jinxy]

Some very tenuous puns there orangeman.
I like your enthusiasm though.

[orangeman]

Some very tenuous puns there orangeman.
I like your enthusiasm though.

Go easy. I'm very sensitive.

[muppet]

Some very tenuous puns there orangeman.
I like your enthusiasm though.

Less of your lip! 

[orangeman]

Some very tenuous puns there orangeman.
I like your enthusiasm though.

Less of your lip! 

Cheeky.

[Ard-Rí]

This could damage Dublin's crown

[orangeman]

Liam Hayes was going mad in the paper the other day. He was raging that Dublin haven't come out and made some comment on the incident.



I think Hayes might need a bit of sedation.

He should just sit back or lie back and relax in his chair.

[orangeman]

 

Nothing to do with CCCC. All Dublin and Donegal's fault. We could do no more.

Padraic Duffy blasts Dublin and Donegal in annual report over "reprehensible" response to McBrearty bite


COLM KEYS– 21 January 2014

Dublin and Donegal damaged the reputation of the GAA by their collective failure to hold anyone to account for the "disgusting and shocking" bite sustained by Paddy McBrearty in a league match last April.

In a stinging attack on both counties in his annual report to next month's Congress the GAA's director general Paraic Duffy describes it as "reprehensible" that no one could be held to account for what happened to the young Donegal forward and criticises the lack of leadership in both counties.

A Dublin player was charged for the offence and had a three match ban proposed by the Central Competition Controls Committee but that charge was "not proven" at a subsequent Central Hearings Committee meeting when McBrearty decided not to attend to give evidence.

Duffy's strong comments on the issue come as Leinster Council's CCC probe the latest biting allegation involving Dublin contained in referee David Gough's report on last week's O'Byrne Cup match with DCU.

Duffy describes the act of biting as "primitive behaviour" which is "shocking and dangerous" and has no place in the association.

He refers to the controversy as one of "the low points of 2013" and describes the bite mark to the arm sustained by McBrearty as "severe."

"That was a disgusting and shocking incident in itself, but what is just as reprehensible is that no one could be held to account for what happened," he writes.

"The Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) investigated the matter as thoroughly as possible, but was greatly hindered by the absence of video and other evidence.

"The CCCC, therefore, was reliant on the integrity of those involved to play their part in ensuring that justice was served. However, no one was proved to have inflicted the bite simply because no one admitted to having done so and because the player who was bitten decided not to attend a hearing on the case.

"The counties involved may have chosen to deal with this incident solely in terms of their own interests; be that as it may, they did not emerge with any credit and succeeded only in damaging the reputation of the Association."


Duffy defended the actions of the CCCC throughout the affair and said they "did everything within their power to ensure that the perpetrator was held to account."

"The responsibility for limiting the damage to the reputation of the Association lay with players, team officials and county committee officers," he writes.

"Leadership was required from the counties involved to protect the good name of the Association: it is disappointing that it was not forthcoming."

[drici]

Dublin's Jason Whelan banned for eight weeks

Ballymun Kickhams footballer will not contest ruling after investigation into allegations of biting

Dublin's Jason Whelan has been suspended for eight weeks after the Leinster Council investigation into allegations of biting in the O'Byrne Cup match between the All-Ireland champions and DCU two weeks ago.

A statement from the council tonight gave details of the process: "At a meeting tonight, the Leinster Council GAA imposed a suspension of eight weeks on a Dublin player Jason Whelan, arising from incidents in the O' Byrne Cup SF game - Dublin v DCU - played on Sunday, 12th January, 2014.

"The suspension was imposed in accordance with Rule 7.2 Category III (vii) - 'inflicting injury recklessly'.

"The Dublin County Board and the player have indicated to the Leinster Council that they will accept the proposed sanction."

The matter had been under investigation over the past week in the wake of the allegation, which arose during the match at Parnell Park and formed the basis of an incident referred to in the report of Meath referee David Gough.


Leinster's Competitions Control Committee had appointed a sub-committee to investigate the matter and the full CCC met today to consider its findings. Dublin were represented at that meeting.

Whelan, from Ballymun Kickhams, has been a panellist on a couple of occasions with the team, although he wasn't part of the All-Ireland winning squad. He will be out of the running for Dublin's first three national league fixtures against Kerry, Westmeath and Cork.

Suspensions in provincial competitions remain time-based whereas at national level they are now imposed as match bans.