GAA need to step up

God, i'd hate to live my life in constant fear like some of the people on here.

And people wonder how it would go if Sinn Fein got into government down here...

You didn't say (predictably) who the President was being sensitive to.

Your premise is that the GAA was trying to be sensitive.

By the way, it was in reference to something that involved them, a member. The parade didn't have anything to do with them.

I googled a good bit and failed to find a statement from the IFA on the killing of Ronan Kerr...which is completely ok, as it had nothing to do with them. Fairly sure nobody opened a thread to have a rant about the IFA either.

😁 Exactly. Another angle/pivot incoming.

downcow, what jurisdiction do the PC have over gatherings of gimps on private property? Can they, for example, regulate meetings of members of Orange lodges that take place 100% on the Lodge's property?

"It is clear the original words were chosen carefully not to offend. They did not condemn the group or the unknown individual for advertising that the event was happening on their premises. They also made zero attempt to prevent it. One word to the parades commission would have sorted it.

this community is well practiced in how to use the PC to alter parade routes. They know how easy it is.

what is amazing to me is how some people are using as a defence that we don’t know for sure that the local GAA are representative of the local nationalist/republican community. They are arguing that there may be none of those 3,000 people who are involved in the gaa 😂"

Who are "they" downcow?

GAA committee members?

GAA members in general?

Bellaghy Wolfe Tones GAA members?

Residents of Bellaghy?

or just all Taigs in general?

you probably know a lot more about the PC than me downcow, but I had the impression that it was resolving disputes for actual parades i.e. in public areas or along the street, rather than anything on private property. I am open to correction but I don't think they would have power in this scenario.

Still no backup on the PC offering that service.

The parade could have been pronounced illegal the moment the GAA stated they had no permission to be there. What did the PSNI do?

Zilch.

Your issue is therefore first and foremost with the PSNI. The GAA are not and should not be expected to be the police.

Here is an incident where a parade (with men in balaclavas) was pronounced illegal by the PSNI before it started (and even during the event.)

No action there either.

Here is the notification to the Parades Commission from the PC website.

A notified and legal parade.

The PC had ruled downcow.

How do you know this downcow?

The fact is you don't. The fact is it was a legal parade without conditions other that the general guidelines (also available on the PC website). The fact is the GAA clearly said that the parade was trespassing.(under the remit of the police, not the PC) And the fact is the PSNI ignored that like they ignored the illegal parade Doug Beattie was at. So EVEN if the PC had made a condition of not using the carpark, the PSNI would have stood by watching anyway.

I know you don't like it, but those are the facts as we know them.

I don't know, which is why I never claimed they did. You on the other hand have been guessing all the way through.

The GAA issued a statement to say the parade had no permission to use the carpark. Are you saying the PSNI missed this?

Are you saying the PSNI would have intervened when there is clear and undeniable evidence in front of you that they didn't intervene in a parade that had no permission from the get go?

The GAA are not the police. The parade was legal, they did their bit by making clear that the carpark was being used without permission. After that it was up to the people who are tasked with upholding the law.