{"id":480781,"date":"2026-06-03T10:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/480781\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T10:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:51:08","slug":"dubs-disappointed-with-disingenuous-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/480781\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubs disappointed with ‘disingenuous’ comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dublin backroom team assistant Niall Moyna believes that comments made by GAA President Jarlath Burns about the Ger Brennan-Jim McGuinness controversy were “disingenuous”.<\/p>\n

Dublin manager Brennan received a 12-week ban <\/a>after getting sent off for an altercation with Galway’s S&C coach Cian Breathnach McGinn in their league meeting in March.<\/p>\n

That sanction came under rule 7.2(c) concerning “physical interference with a team official”.<\/p>\n

Dublin appealed the ban but were unsuccessful and the suspension will finish at midnight on Saturday 13 June.<\/p>\n

The story received more attention when Donegal boss McGuinness escaped any sanction for appearing to shove Kerry player Diarmuid O’Connor at half-time of their All-Ireland qualifier last Saturday week after it was deemed that the referee dealt sufficiently with the matter on the day.<\/p>\n

Speaking on yesterday’s Morning Ireland on RT\u00c9 Radio 1, Burns said it was irrational to directly compare the two incidents<\/a>, and stressed that the Central Competition Controls Committee [CCCC] was not there to “re-referee” games.<\/p>\n

Dublin declined to speak to media following last Sunday’s All-Ireland Round 1 qualifier loss to Louth but Moyna, a member of Dublin’s backroom team, was asked about their response to Burns’ comments.<\/p>\n

He told Morning Ireland: “Look, we were very disappointed with Jarlath’s comments, very disappointed.<\/p>\n

“It seems to be a selective application of the rules, is there a rule book for Dublin and then a rule book for everyone else?<\/p>\n

“That’s the way we’re perceiving it at the moment.<\/p>\n

“Look, we have known in the past that the CCCC have looked at evidence post-fact and have clearly taken people before the committee afterward and suspensions were issued so I think it was very disingenuous.<\/p>\n

“This is not about Donegal, this is about Ger and the suspension was penal in the first place.<\/p>\n

“But then I just think that was pouring coal on the fire with his comments yesterday.<\/p>\n

“And look, we’re disappointed with the comments.”<\/p>\n

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\nNiall Moyne (l) with Dublin interim manager Dean Rock<\/p>\n

If Dublin’s match against Cavan is fixed for Sunday week, Brennan can return to his duties. The details of the fixtures are due to be confirmed today.<\/p>\n

“To put the record straight, the individual that Ger was involved with was not part of the backroom staff,” said Moyna.<\/p>\n

“He wasn’t on the official list provided by the Galway County Board on the day of the game, he was just any other individual in on the field.<\/p>\n

“So I think that needs to be made public.<\/p>\n

“If the game’s on Sunday, he will be available to officiate at that.<\/p>\n

“People don’t realise Ger has not been able to coach his kids’ Go Games on a Saturday morning. The suspension applies to all involvement in the GAA.<\/p>\n

“I think they really need to look at that rule.”<\/p>\n

Watch a hurling final double-header, Carlow v Laois in the Joe McDonagh Cup (3.45pm) and Dublin v Galway in the Leinster Hurling Championship (6pm), on Saturday from 3.30pm on RT\u00c92 and RT\u00c9 Player. Follow our live blog on RT\u00c9.ie\/sport and RT\u00c9 News app and listen to Saturday Sport on RT\u00c9 Radio 1<\/p>\n

Watch Cork v Limerick in the Munster Hurling Championship final on Sunday from 1.15pm on RT\u00c92 and RT\u00c9 Player. Follow our live blog on RT\u00c9.ie\/sport and RT\u00c9 News app and listen to Sunday Sport on RT\u00c9 Radio 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dublin backroom team assistant Niall Moyna believes that comments made by GAA President Jarlath Burns about the Ger…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-480781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480781","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=480781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}