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

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.

Because they needed to clarify the issue. They indicated it may have gone into a defunct administrating account.

Well Rory Gallagher wasn't single so your logic makes no sense. You remind me of the people who accuse wife beaters of being incels. If you have a wife you aren't incel by default.

I bet Rory will have girlfriends in the future too despite the allegations. This fairy tale notion that women go after quiet nice guys is nonsense. The majority of men in prison have had a string of women and will still get women when released. They may even receive love letters inside prison.

I suppose they will deny that Gallagher was out celebrating with the team on Sunday night?

Been reading a bit more on all this....no way in hell this woman is making this up.

desperate sad to think a person could suffer that kind of terror and pain for so long.

The whole two sides to a story I generally lean towards, but sometimes there really is just one side....in this case, it is her suffering!

Just on her reason(s) for going so public: Not to diss her, but I don't believe it has anything to do with helping others. Domestic violence is as old as the hills. It's a very complicated/complex issue, and can never ever be cured as long as men are men and women are women

I believe she went public to hurt him and get some revenge/satisfaction/healing, and you know what, in this instance I'll applaud her!!!!!

I think the statement from the Fermanagh County Board is significant. They stated that "no official complaint was made". They knew.

The standard of proof as to whether someone is convicted of a crime has not been met in this situation. This is not however the level of proof required to make an assessment as to whether someone is appropriate to hold a high profile voluntary position. Donegal, Fermanagh and Derry CB's were well aware of the character "flaws" of the individual they chose to appoint to the voluntary position of manager and should have let those flaws inform their decisions in appointing the voluntary manager of their inter-county teams

It is up there with Gallagher's own statement where he didn't deny the allegations but said the courts had addressed it.

"Derry GAA making no further comment at this time". Convenient, that

Right decision and I think Derry GAA have handled a difficult situation reasonably well

what comment can they make "we knew he is a wife beater" .. .there have been 2 police investigations that have been both closed