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

Were the 1993 winners really going to boycott the half time celebration if he stayed on ? Where did you hear that ?

they must have had a group discussion on this topic, which is interesting

(sorry the Brolly article on Independent I can’t access, if it was the source)

Rory still hasnt denied the allegations. One would wonder where this goes next.

Sorry to hear about your experience. It might be easier said than done, but avoiding twitter is a great move if you don't want to put yourself through such stress. I've no regrets from getting off it almost completely, I'll log on occasionally for score updates etc. But it really is a horrible place at times.

I think I've tried to remain balanced on this. One the one hand, people should be innocent until proven guilty. But on the other hand, I know full well that not all guilty people in cases of domestic violence are proven guilty... For numerous reasons.

A guy I know was subject to a similar thing on Facebook years and years ago. A girl he had been going out with went on a campaign to discredit him and claimed he had gotten her pregnant, left her not wanting anything to do with the kid etc. It got a lot nastier than that. It transpired that he wasn't the father and the vast majority of stuff said about him were lies. An apology was made but he'll forever be associated with those allegations. Through it all, he never responded to her, and people assumed he was at fault because he wasn't denying things / remained silent.

All that said, I can't help but think that there is something to these allegations. The friends statement was significant for me. But I have to stop myself from going too far down that line of thought.

For the children's sake, it would be great if this was cleared up, but I suspect it's going to go on and on. And it'll probably stick with them for life. It's terrible really.

Not just the friend's statement.

The way he phrased the denial.

The use of his solicitors to ensure he wasn't defaming her so he couldn't be sued

Her father writing to the GAA, it is clear that those around her believe her.

Was he?

Not sure what you mean. I think that the vast majority people can read this that Nicola is not making this up. That he did physically abuse and hurt her.

Personally I think one would have to be a bit thick to not believe her that he was violent towards her.

Simple: he is not strongly denying it because he knows it is true, and he knows plenty others know it to be true. In other words, he cannot strongly deny something that is so true, and that has happened for years and years. Not like it’s some one-off he said-she said private incident that he could completely dismiss and deny!!

So he’s “stuck” with not admitting it and not denying it. That is exactly what I’d expect here for this situation

I hope the kids have a happy safe childhood and teenagehood

Of course he can't deny it. If he admits it in any way, he could lose the children, and he could be sued for defamation in civil court.

RTE reporting he has resigned from his Derry role.

The least of his issues.

I'd say the GAA are DELIGHTED with this news story-it's completely distracted from the rage about GAA Go.

Huh? They appointed him, knowing the issues. The didn't fire him when it became public. Don't think that was handling it reasonably well.