Rory Gallagher - A dismissed case that was dealt with and brought to attention? Mod Note in OP

No there arent. They'd be talking about a statement made by someone in the public domain. Now i agree though. The Sunday game isnt the place to be talking about it. But legal reasons is bollix.

there were all kinds of witnesses came forward during the depp vs heard trial last year and we all still know the end result

there has to be a very good reason for the bar being "so high" for cases to go to court - to protect all concerned and not waste valuable state resources

surely this witness who has come forward could have done so at any stage over the last 24 years or at the very least during the january 2022 and September 2022 investigations which were closed

if it is only a new witness the relevant authorities will deal with the matter in due course with all that may or may not bring.. we can't afford as a society or state to accept trial by social media or we will be no better than the klu klux klan back in the good old days of the USA

Yes it is. Its nonsense. We can talk about it here. Independent.ie can talk about as can multiple other outlets.

Rory not missing much.

It's a story within GAA circles and this is a GAA thread, so why does it matter if no one else has heard of him?

Appropriate that McFaul scored the penalty in the Ulster final today. Reflects the values of Rory Gallagher.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-62420383

If all her allegations are true then he himself has been a danger to his own children; by beating her up when pregnant and also the children saw her in bed covered in blood.

NI children services should investigate both those allegations.

I saw them discussing this on Ireland AM this morning, and they were being very sensitive to the topic, whilst also trying not to cast aspersions.

(Though you could see Muireann O'Connell chomping at the bit that she wanted to say something 'biased' to say the least, but considering her non presence on twitter for several months, I imagine someone higher up at VM told her to 'reign it in').

I think it's very interesting to see how this is being dealt with. If any players (be they former teammates, or current players on the Derry team) have spoken out in defense of him, it's not been reported. The All-Ireland Derry Team were planning to boycott the half-time celebrations on Sunday if he hadn't stepped down, notably Brolly spoke up to say that he should step down, for the protection of his three children.

The allegations are very, very serious, and if they are a work of fiction, they should be investigated and called out as such. And Gallagher should receive an apology. But if they are genuine, it's the children who are going to suffer the most.

More than likely they won't be allowed stay with their father, and probably be allowed stay with their mother if she's still abusing alcohol. Then the only option will be foster care. Being put through the system can be jarring.

Ugh, apologies, I made a typo and missed a word in there, 'and probably won't be allowed stay with their mother if she's still abusing alcohol' was what I meant to say. And no, I don't think they should be allowed stay with either parent ' if a)the allegations of abuse by him prove true, and b) the allegations of her abusing alcohol prove true, too.

I think the care system would be the safest bet. If he's physically violent towards children, then that should be investigated. I know of one incident, from my childhood, where a GAA football coach punched a ten or eleven year old child in the eye due to an off the ball incident. The internet, and social media, weren't what they are now. But if they had, he most definitely would have faced a LOT of trouble.

If such incidents have occurred, I'm sure many parent's would have spoken up. And if those incidents were silenced, then the organisations should hang their heads in shame. But as we have seen, that rarely happens. (The coach I referenced above-he wasn't fired. Was coaching for many years after that incident until his work duties meant he was too busy.)

I’m sure one the the parents family would step in if it came to that.