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GAA PRESIDENT JARLATH Burns will not withdraw an email he sent to Naas GAA over their proposal to appoint former Derry football manager Rory Gallagher as head coach.The four-in-a-row Kildare senior football champions were poised this month to appoint Gallagher but quickly announced that they had reconsidered their position.
In a statement in May 2023, the PPS said: “It was determined that there was insufficient evidence to provide a reasonable prospect of conviction for any offence in relation to any individual.” Gallagher threatened to take further legal action if Burns did not withdraw his correspondence with Naas GAA. INPHO INPHO
The former Donegal, Fermanagh and Derry boss requested that Burns formally retract his communication with the club, threatening to take legal action to “cure the irreparable damage done to me and my family” if the GAA President did not. “I made it clear when I became president that I wouldn’t be a hands-off president,” Burns said. “I did take the opportunity to contact Naas and let them know the reservations that I had.
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