GAA star's drink-driving charge is withdrawn

QueensGael

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120603258#Comment_120603258

Probably in the same way that a rugby ligind got off after killing a young boy

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/mothers-sentence-as-death-driver-is-set-free/26536649.html

lukin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120603258#Comment_120603258

From what I have heard about Dara this is no surprise really; he is an unbelievably arrogant individual that thinks having six All-Ireland medals gives him some sense of entitlement.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

He then fought tooth and nail to get the charges dropped on a technicality. Arrogant in the extreme

Large bottle small glass

Drew a judge who probably had no idea who he was, had the ball hopped the other way could have got one who watched him play

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2056913318/gaa-stars-drink-driving-charge-is-withdrawn

I doubt if a custodial was in order. If similar cases i read of in local papers , especially if you’re from Europe a light fine is usual

Strumms

There is a certain growing distasteful arrogance amongst some of the GAA set… that you simply don’t see and is certainly not as prevalent among other sports people or in any other sectors of society..this is yet another example…

6 times over the legal limit ? That’s not a bit of bad judgment that’s seriously prickish behavior…. Anyone who has taken 6 pints is actually drunk and impaired.

he got off seriously fûckin lightly. I’d have no problem with someone that much over the limit receiving a small custodial sentence…

also the driving ban not coming into force until over 5 months after the ban is issued, so he can get his professional life in order ?

hmmmm that a pretty nice favour… not many countries will negotiate with convicted criminals as to when their punishment might suit them to start !

he’s got SFA to worry about…. 6 times over the limit and all the law has done is inconvenience him for 3 months really. Pathetic by him and the judiciary, that is certainly no service to the public….no deterrent and no enabler of road safety..

if you don’t jail the guy, you’d want to be banning him for 12 - 14 months plus a substantial fine in my view.

the ghoulish prevalence of influence the Catholic Church had over certain machinations of Irish life might be a thing of the past but the GAA still has its ghoulish death grip on the decision makers….

crusd

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120606270#Comment_120606270

6 times the limit is far more than 6 pints. He was not just impaired he was polluted. If he had 6 pints over 3 hours for example his blood alcohol would probably have been just over twice the legal limit.

The drink driving limits are actually easier to pass than people imagine., if you drink moderately and over an extended time. If you were to have 3 pints over the course of a couple of hours and then wait an hour, it’s quite likely you would pass a breath test. Depending on factors such as body mass and metabolism

freshpopcorn

Not that it's an excuse but in experience people who get caught drink driving especially in situations like this generally have issues around alcohol.

BaywatchHQ

I think the police men in my country are mostly Protestants but apparently they aren't as bad as the police in the 1980s and 1990s. By the looks of it they spend half their time at pedophile stings organised by thugs from Belfast.

Wanderer2010

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/83872787#Comment_83872787

Are you a GAA man yourself?

dirtyden

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120606270#Comment_120606270

I don’t disagree with most of what you are saying here, but he was banned for 3 years and not 3 months.

At 6 times over the limit he was after an enormous amount of alcohol. A suspended sentence of a few years might be a reasonable deterrent as well as a long driving ban.

i also disagree on this arrogance being typical of GAA only, I think it’s common amongst many elite sports people, politicians or any who see them self at least in their own heads as being a step above the regular joe.

Hotblack Desiato

300mg??? That's unconsciousness for most people and death for some