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Diarmuid Connolly

After pleading guilty to serious assault charges, Dubs player Diarmuid Connolly saw his case struck out yesterday.

District Court judge Patrick Clyne made the ruling as he said Mr Connolly had “done all that had been asked of him through a serious of restorative justice measures”.

Independent Legal editor Dearbhail McDonald asks:

Will the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) challenge Judge Patrick Clyne’s generous strike out given the fact that judges have huge discretionary power, in particular where there are extenuating circumstances “of a special character”?

Anyone?

Lucky Bounce Of The Ball For All Star Attacker (Dearbhail McDonald, Independent.ie)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6LhGP-9ePo

Rule 42.

Keeping Ireland safe from garrison games.

Anne Louise Foley writes:

Tonight on episode one of The Insiders (a new series that takes the audience behind the scenes to see how transformative events in recent history came about) we hear the inside story of the removal of the GAA’s infamous Rule 42 which saw the opening up of Croke Park to Soccer and Rugby….

FIGHT!

The Insiders at 7pm on RTÉ One.

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Handsome scamp Dublin GAA star Bernard Brogan has been appointed President of the Federation of Irish Sport.

Brogan said at his appointment:

I am delighted to take up the challenge of being President of the Federation and look forward to working closely with the Federation and its members to further spread the message of the true value of sport to Ireland

Is he really suitable for this appointment?

Fair play though, in fairness.

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The  All-Ireland winning Kerry football team at Crumlin Children’s Hospital, Dublin with the Sam Maguire Cup this afternoon.

From top: Rebecca Boyd from Tralee, Co Kerry and Kerry full forward Kieran Donaghy. Rebecca with Kerry co-captain Fionn Fitzgerald and RTÉ’s Marty Morrissey and Abigail Bradshaw with kerry players.

(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

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Moville, Co Donegal.

Katie writes:

“Do you have any tickets to the Donegal match [All-Ireland football final]  for Heather Norris (above left) and Straw Sam?! I’m sure they’d appreciate your help…”

Anyone?

2012-07-29-13.35.52-768x1024[Alisha following her attack]

In 2012, Alisha Jordan, then aged 18, from Co Meath arrived in New York to play Gaelic football for the Cavan Ladies of New York…

At the peak of her fitness and hard work after the championship Alisha looked forward to getting ready for the next season…Walking home from a night out in New York Alisha was horrifically attacked by a male stranger who smashed her in the face with a concrete slab.
Alisha had to undergo two reconstructive surgeries, the first, an eight hour surgery to insert 10 metal plates and twenty-two screws to re-build her fractured skull. She then had reconstructive surgery to her nose to build it again.

Regaining her sight, walking and then running, against all of the odds and the doctors requests, Alisha worked every day at rebuilding her strength and friends, family and her team mates stood by her all the way….

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Alisha (holding trophy) with the Cavan Ladies of New York following a championship win.

Alisha continues to play for Cavan in New York and she also plays for the New York team who are due to play the Junior Championship in Ireland this August.
“I love the sport now more than ever and it will always be a vital part of my life. Since I was young and playing with my home club Skryne [Co Meath] I fell in love with the amazing support system that surrounds being part of a team…Above all, the whole attack made me not realise the bad that’s in the world that could hurt me, but the unbelievable good that’s in our everyday life. I’m very happy the latter outweighs the first”

Alisha Jordan – The Sport That Saved My Life (Kelly McGill, WomanSportsJournal)