PARAIC Duffy, the GAA’s Director General, has levelled stern criticism at Donegal’s door over the handling of both the incident during a League game last April when Patrick McBrearty was bitten by a Dublin player and the county’s decision to defer the 2014 Donegal senior football championship until the county team’s season has ended.
“Unacceptable no one taken to account for bite” – Duffy
GAA Director General Páraic Duffy has acknowledged that Patrick McBrearty was on the receiving end of a bite during last month’s League game against Dublin and said that the saga dubbed ‘bitegate’ has been ‘damaging’ for the Association.
McGuinness: “Patrick was bitten and is the victim”
JIM McGuinness has claimed that the Dublin player at the centre of biting allegations had ‘apologised’ to the Donegal forward Patrick McBrearty following last month’s League meeting of the sides.
O’Brien to appeal ‘bite’ ban
THE Dublin corner-back Kevin O’Brien will have his appeal against a proposed three-match ban for an alleged ‘bite’ on the Donegal forward Patrick McBrearty heard by Croke Park’s Central Hearings Committee next week….