Rory Gallagher, former Derry manager, threatens legal action against GAA President Jarlath Burns for allegedly sabotaging his potential coaching appointment with Naas GAA. The decision by Naas to reconsider Gallagher's appointment followed intervention by Burns and an influx of emails from concerned club members. Gallagher insists he is innocent of domestic abuse allegations that led to his resignation as Derry manager in 2023.
Former Derry manager Rory Gallagher has stated he will take legal action unless GAA President Jarlath Burns withdraws his communication to Naas GAA over their proposal to appoint Gallagher as coach. The four-in-a-row Kildare senior football champions were poised last weekend to appoint Gallagher, yet by lunchtime on Monday, they had reconsidered their position.
GAA President Burns intervened in an email to Naas, while “an extraordinary volume” of emails were also sent to the club secretary from the membership of the Kildare club. In May 2023, Gallagher stepped down as Derry manager in the wake of domestic abuse allegations made by his estranged wife, Nicola Gallagher. The Police Service of Northern Ireland investigated the allegations, and forwarded two files to Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecution Service in 2022, but no charges were brought. “It was determined that there was insufficient evidence to provide a reasonable prospect of conviction for any offence in relation to any individual,” the PPS explained in a statement in May 2023. Gallagher denies the allegations against him, and in a statement issued today to The Irish Independent, described the GAA President’s actions as “unprecedented” and “an effort to sabotage my potential appointment”. GAA President Jarlath Burns. The former Donegal, Fermanagh and Derry boss has now asked that Burns communication “is formally withdrawn and the contents of the correspondence is retracted”. If there is no retraction, Gallagher states he will “take legal action to cure the irreparable damage done to me and my family”
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