{"id":386019,"date":"2026-04-07T08:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/386019\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T08:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:26:09","slug":"colm-keys-the-gaa-disciplinary-issue-just-as-ger-brennan-is-condemned-by-rule-michael-murphy-is-liberated-by-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/386019\/","title":{"rendered":"Colm Keys: The GAA disciplinary issue \u2013 just as Ger Brennan is condemned by rule, Michael Murphy is liberated by one"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Referee Fergal Kelly takes the names of Dublin manager Ger Brennan and to Galway strength and conditioning coach Cian Breathnach McGinn before sending them both off before the start of the second half during their Allianz FL Division 1 tie at Pearse Stadium in Salthill. Photo: Piaras \u00d3 M\u00eddheach\/Sportsfile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/68adaa5b-cd10-4335-8af1-c8f4f19df44e.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Referee Fergal Kelly takes the names of Dublin manager Ger Brennan and to Galway strength and conditioning coach Cian Breathnach McGinn before sending them both off before the start of the second half during their Allianz FL Division 1 tie at Pearse Stadium in Salthill. Photo: Piaras \u00d3 M\u00eddheach\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">It\u2019s one thing to have control over decisions. But control over the consequences of those decisions?<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">That distinction has come to light through the prism of incidents over the last two weekends of the Allianz Football League involving two of the game\u2019s protagonists that have been dealt with differently and have triggered very different reactions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Referee Fergal Kelly takes the names of Dublin manager Ger Brennan and to Galway strength and conditioning coach&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[165838,109956,20965,6342,2179,4183,61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-386019","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-all-ireland-senior-football-championship","9":"tag-allianz-football-league","10":"tag-colm-keys","11":"tag-donegal-gaa","12":"tag-dublin-gaa","13":"tag-gaa","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}