Former Irish Times sports journalist Tom Humphries
Conor Gallagher, in The Irish Times, reports:
Former Irish Times sports journalist Tom Humphries will be sentenced next month for the sexual exploitation and defilement of a child.
The 54-year-old pleaded guilty to the offences last March but could not be publicly named on that date because he was facing trial for further sexual offences.
This morning those charges were dropped by the Director of Public Prosecutions. Humphries was present in court for the short hearing.
Tom Humphries to be sentenced for sexual exploitation, defilement of child (The Irish Times)
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So any day now I can stop having ta’ say
He who cannot be named for legal reasons
Yayyyyy
Only wha’
10 years later
You can officially stop today.
Althought everyone unofficially stopped about 6 years ago when it was first investigated and it became the worst kept secret 10 seconds later.
Well
Having been the one in receipt of three legal threats
I wasn’t taking any chances
He even had Wiki covering his hairy arse
As he covered Donal Óg Cusack’s….
indeed
even his “spotty imposters” when referring to the 15 minors that togged out over the Strike for the League opener in Thurles on Valentines Night
Why not publish those threats now? Facts and the Irish Times and all that.
I never hear about who these people are.
This might be an awful thing to say, but I still really miss his writing. Used to love his weekly column and his tv view (Although Mary Hannigan is just as good. at that).
6 years later – and you still miss his writing. Are you having a laugh.
He gleefully wrecked any possibility is a reconciliation in Saipan. I dispised him that.
Roy Keane did that all on his own.
15 years on, the wounds are still deep!
Ahem. Entirely the fault of McCarthy.
Them’s fightin’ words
Keane wrecked everything in Saipan.
Mary Hannigan is twice as good and, as far as I’m aware, can actually comment on sports which are not GAAAAH, and isn’t a kiddie fiddler, rotide.
Hannigan is better at some stuff, not as good as others.
The fact he’s a kiddy fiddler doesn’t change the fact he’s a very good writer.
Some might say that’s precisely what made him a good writer.
I wouldn’t, but some might.
and also what made Michael Jackson such a great dancer
The fact he’s a very good writer doesn’t change the fact he’s a kiddy fiddler.
Sympathy for a sexual predator?
Sympathy?
I’m sorry what?
I’m not the one who misses a sexual predator. Your issues are yours alone. You sound a lot like the Bill Cosby defenders. Creepy.
And you sound a lot like donald trump. From the deliberate misreading of comments right down to the single word insults.
I enjoyed his writing. The same way I still enjoy John Lennon’s music and would probably have enjoyed Mike Tyson’s boxing had Cus D’amato not passed away.
Sad
Inferring sympathy from that comment explains why your posts read the way they do i guess.
Mocking the late Peter Norman a few weeks ago, supporting a sexual predator today, it’s no wonder you’re afraid to reveal your own identity.
“mocking Peter Norman”, “supporting a sexual predator”
You’re as morally bankrupt as the people you claim to oppose.
I’m simply holding a mirror up to your face, it’s not my fault you can’t bring yourself to look at the ugly reflection.
This is what’s known as Trolling Tony
Tony, that’s a very odd response to what rotide said.
Clearly, his behaviour was digusting, he deserves to be punished & nobody here wants to see him reemployed by the IT. His old pieces about his local club, community and underage camogie have a sinister air now that we know what we know.
Humphries was a good sports writer and the fact that he preyed on his daughter’s friend does not change this. Calling this sympathy for paedophilia is to protest rather a lot.
It’s strange and disgusting that someone’s initial thought is with the perpetrator of sexual assault and NOT with the victims.
Vile.
Here Rottie
Wha’ did you say Grovel for him to go off like a water protestor on ya?
BTW Grovel
Good writers / Journos can also be Peadophiles
At the same time
A bit like yourself, a writer can also be a full- time ……
No Frilly Knickers,
Only a sad mind comments in support of a sexual predator. The victims deserve support, the perpetrator only contempt.
There’s no need for balance in this, to do so is an attack on those already wronged.
here who da’f
do you think you are
lecturing me like this
and on a Tom Humphries thread!
I feature across a large number of forums
and have done for years
Tom Humphries was a good sports writer
(see his Michelle Smith stuff)
all pre 2000 admittedly
but that he was once actually a handy sports writer is generally accepted within all the forums
but I’m not arsed talking about him anymore
I’ve done my bit trying to expose his creepy fascination with u-14 camogie
his cogging of other writers/ bloggards
the Irish Times facilitating his demands to get the like of me to layve him alone
etc etc
and so have my fellow GAH heads
I’m reminded of the Norse saying, “The more you stamp on a turd the bigger the mess”.
There are some serious turds on this post.
‘It’s strange and disgusting that someone’s initial thought is’
That was an initial comment. You don’t know what his initial thought was. Since rotide has been aware of this for years, his initial thought probably occurred some time ago. I wouldn’t have said it myself, even if I did like the writing, but it doesn’t seem too controversial as phrased (the morality of liking work produced by people who turn out to be monsters is perennial food for thought) unless you’re looking for a cheap gotcha against a comment-section nemesis.
yeah
I’ve noticed that about you Grovel
you use and quote other people a lot
more than any one else on the wall of contributors (I’d say – like I’m only taking a guess)
and you’re not the first, or the only and unlikely to be the last to say my contributions here are turds
and look, you’ve even saved Bodger the poo poo edit
Good Bhoy Grover
*googles witty comebacks*
Nigel is spot on about that ‘initial thought’ nonsense.
It’s weird when broadsheet contributors start obviously trolling articles.
Frilly, I voiced the opinion that one or two of his blogs can be rambling and incoherant and could do with editing.
Tony doesn’t take criticism well.
Moyest and Tony – ever spotted in the same room together?
“Frilly, I voiced the opinion that one or two of his blogs can be rambling and incoherant and could do with editing.”
So you’re a rude troll. The first step is admitting it.
I was gonna say….
Does he not?
I’ve never really noticed tbh
I rarely read or contribute on those Grovel-Pits
Did t’day tho
Since I’m on’ve the elephants
I think, I’m not sure, I’m confused
But he’s deffo trolling here on this thread tho
Anonymous trolls getting their frilly knickers in a twist over trolling. That gave me a giggle.
Oh yeah
In the interest of full disclosures
n’stuff like
I think you’d have said all that about my Frill-Bits herself Rottie
well Grovel
I’m sure you’ll dig out another saying from your Norse, Greek what ever else you extract content from library to respond with more than just “giggle”
Well put, Nigel.
That’s almost exactly what I would have said, were I sufficiently articulate
@ rottenside.
I have a cape too.
I’m going to save the World too, but not like you…
I have two capes, actually and several flying monkeys, That’s not [important.
Suffice to say that constant shilling will get you a proper pounding…
Have you got any sisters?
letting yourself down there T :-/
It’s not “an awful thing to say”. He was an excellent writer.
Its almost like someone didn’t want him to be prosecuted … Has he recovered from his timely illness ?
Six years to get to this point. The Irish legal system truly is a farce.
sorry not getting this obscure language
what does “defilement of a child” mean exactly? It’s some sort of polite boo-boospeak for child rape /paedophilia I assume?
abusing under age girls who were in his care
which means he’s a Paedophile
correct?
No, paedophiles abuse pre pubescent children.
yes
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/paedophile
“someone who is sexually interested in children”
More specifically an ephebophile
marto: as they say – watch this space. He’ll get a slap on the wrist & that’s about it. Loads of character refs etc submitted to court. A tower of the community etc.
No way Topsy. My guess is 5 – 7 years.
When initially charged, he checked himself into a prominent psychiatric hospital and bought himself a lot of time.
Go away, did he?!!
Had a “Heart Attack” too when he was in there.
Yup, unfortunately even under the best Health Insurance you can only play that game for a year – then you’re out on your botty – “cured” or not!!
I’m not sure what ‘defilement’ means in this case, sending dick pics or something?
does the graphic specifics of the case really matter??
Definitions always matter, particularly when it comes to sentencing.
Receiving pictures from a 15 year old girl he was coaching and an alleged relationship.
I believe it was his daughter who found the pics, poor girl.
Allegedly.
Can someone please post a timeline on all this? I honestly didn’t know anything about this (I believe there was a sunday world story?) and wondered how it was such an open secret and he managed to evade justice for so long.
I wondered how he managed to evade justice for so long.
He didn’t evade justice. He wasn’t on the run or being protected by powerful friends or anything.
The information is out there and readily availble from the MSM. Not everything is a conspiracy or requires a timeline.
We get it, you’re a fan of his.
You can relax now.
Jungleman, is there no end to your stupidity?
Oh no end at all Donal.
He looks terrible, which is nice.
Comments have been closed for legal reasons
http://www.thejournal.ie/tom-humphries-sentencing-3464081-Jun2017/
Who is throwing the threats around? The Irish Times or Humpty’s lawyers?
He was a great servant of the GAA.
Gary Sliotar they called him.*
* not my work sadly
that’s an excellent quip (if only it wasn’t so serious)
@bertie LOL! I know I shouldn’t but that’s funny:)
I’d hate to be the sentencing judge. No charge of statutory rape but insidious nonetheless.
the journal never allows comments on court stories until they are concluded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b6c8JuWzWI&t=3s
Here’s Tom on Camogie
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/all-aboard-for-the-chicks-with-sticks-revolution-1.358679
I’m surprised they still have that up – and with no explanatory note.
That’s why it was so shocking. He seemed so plugged into his local community, such a strong advocate for young camogie players.
Here’s another article which is even weirder in hindsight:
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/we-must-bite-the-bullet-on-abuse-1.136280
If anybody ever asks me what is wrong with Broadsheet.ie, THIS is the post I’ll refer them to.
It’s way too easy.
Nelson said it best… STOP hitting yourself.
It took SIX years for this case to get to court? An accused sexual predator would have been considered a danger, no?
sur the IT themselves were covering up for him
he could do what liked there
and he could print what he liked there
and he could even get them not to print stuff
there was over 10,000 texts from his phone to this girl’s phone
so now
which one of ye has the balls to go and find out if the IT provided that phone to Tom Convicted Sexual Predator Humphries
or maybe it was his publisher
or maybe it was one of his biography subjects
I’ve done my bit
Yes, pretty clear there was a cover-up.
Why is this STILL tolerated though?
It’s as if the safety of kids is not important as people’s careers and reputation. Look at the Ballymaloe scandal – same under-the-carpet practice that Irish justice is notorious for.
Its all got to do with class and friends in high places. I bet if Tom was priest or somebody from a poor area – his name would have been published a long time ago. I’ve already seen thread on two other sites with some posters victim playing and sure poor Tom was was led astray by the girl !!
A priest? Don’t make me laugh. Poor priests… no one to cover up their derring-dos. And what’s the site where posters are blaming the victim? Baloney.
And sure wasn’t he great writer!
Was there a cover-up?
I remember hearing about it when it happened. I think (correct me if not) the papers reported it.
Unless you mean the delay between offence and court case. There may well be legitimate questions about that (‘pyschiatric’ care etc.) but it is hardly a cover-up if he is being charged!
Why don’t you write about it here. Now that could be worth reading. Were they really protecting him or just affording him the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty?
They were pretending there was nothing to his fascination with underage camogie
Amongst other things
And tbf
So were all his fellow journos
And no- one objected to his using his Job at the Irish Times to shout out for Strike Leader Donal Og Cusack and bully the non-striking Cork hurlers and footballers – and no-one dared mention that all the while Tom Humphries was using his Irish Times job to act as Press Agent for Donal Og Cusack and his Striking team mates, he was also doing a nixer, that probably got him a CASH advance – Donal Og’s Bio
Like thats a conflict of interest right there
I didn’t see anyone in the fourth estate dare criticism him for that – not even his own employer
Or for him getting Wikipedia to remove any update that did
Even his own quote “spotty imposters”
And he got Frilly Keane barred from Wikipedia
He gave Galvin a literary blow job with a huge feature spread “more sinned against than sinning” (/b> – the day before the animal (thats what Kerry people call themselves btw) smacked the note book out of a refs hand, and then went on to clatter one of his own fellow animals; and they were only playing against CLARE – in the football
ffs
And what happened next is that all those Journos with their All -Star votes went and pretended the incident didn’t happen at all when they voted Galvin player of the year the first chance they got
I didn’t see or hear much commentary about his lollipop sucking Facebook profile; like he thought he was a tweenager himself
So let the so called professional Journos and his colleagues in the NUJ do the effin story
I’m done
Besides you don’t want me to do it
Its too important for whinging about my spelling n’stuff
oh yeah keep yere eyes open for a blogger called Gary Sliotar
(do I have that right Lord?)
poopy pooples
fecked up that htmling there
sorry lads
Well said.
Not sure if you mean that as satire or not, Frilly.
A sports journalist ghosting an autobiography, an allegedly softball interview with an excellent footballer or a weird facebook profile picture hardly rank that close to grooming & defiling a minor!
saw few sympathisers on politics.ie and boards but that’s to be expected.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057757249&page=2
One commentator on Boards describes Humphries as “unlucky”.
Tony Groves expresses surprise about people whose initial thoughts are not with the victim.
It’s not unusual Tony. Following the recent IS attacks in Manchester and London, I saw quite a few people on Facebook and Twitter getting worried about the prospect of nasty right wing people calling Muslims names. They didn’t mention the victims or even say how terrible it was.
My posts get deleted for mocking rubbish photography but this incitement to hatred gets left up?
Well done Broadsheet.
The Katie Hopkins filter was hacked.
I didn’t see any such posts. Post a few kinks to them for us will ya? All expressed sympathy with victims and an end to hate. Picking on muslims does the opposite.
In the wake of the IS attacks in Manchester and London your over-riding thought is to complain about people who might express concern for Muslim people who would face a backlash because of the actions of radical fundamentalists.
The Irish Times soccer correspondent Emmett Malone must be in a difficult position in work. I have no doubt he has acted professionally throughout. Being married to a judge Grainne Malone means decorum and transparency would be important.