Former Derry manager had received a temporary ban from the Ulster Council last year
The Ulster Council adopted a position last September to temporarily ban Gallagher from the GAA while the Ulster Adult Safeguarding Panel undertook an independent investigation into allegations of domestic abuse made against the former
In outlining their decision, the DRA said: “In the circumstances, our award will declare invalid the decision of the Respondents to impose debarment on the Claimant and to refuse the appeal taken by the Claimant against that decision.” The hearing took place Dublin’s Green Isle Hotel on February 1st. Gallagher is listed among the remote attendees, as is his solicitor Feargal Logan.The domestic abuse allegations against Gallagher were made on social media on May 9th of last year. On May 14th Gallagher “advised Ulster Council that he would be stepping down on an interim basis”. Two days later he published a statement to that effect.
The report indicates thereafter that Ulster Council and the safeguarding panel were under the impression that because he had stepped down as Derry manager and received notification of the inquiry, Gallagher would not be partaking in any GAA activities while the investigation continued. Ulster Council then wrote directly to Gallagher on September 10th informing him that the province’s safeguarding panel was recommending he be “temporarily debarred from any role or participation in GAA activities, with immediate effect from the date of this letter, without prejudice and until such time as the safeguarding panel have concluded their consideration of the matters referred to above”.
“We find that it was a decision open to Ulster GAA, on foot of the recommendation of the Adult Safeguarding Panel to issue a temporary debarment in line with Riall 7.8 and the Ulster GAA Adult Safeguarding Policy,” stated the Ulster Safeguarding Appeals Committee.
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