Ulster Rugby trial -continued

It describes his performance in the Heineken Cup Final as 'not his finest hour'...hmmm I can think of another instance where his performance was not his bloody finest!!

I am absolutely seething...who is that journalist? Can you can that piece journalism? Bizarre and clearly illustrates where the BelTel stands...BOYCOTT!!

That article. My god. What the fuck have I just read.

And the article just stops... Doesn't go anywhere... Just a little list of the joker boys' wonderful attributes then a full stop. What on earth was the point??!!!

There's nothing that rescues this article journalistically!!!!

That article is utterly bizzare! As though written by a 6 year old / work experience for hello. I don’t even understand it. Particular highlight was it pointing out his below average a level results, wtf?!

Phew I'm not going mad.... the world is.

Also love the way they said “blacking up” in inverted commas In a AS SOME UPTIGHT KILLJOYS MIGHT CALL IT type way. I think you’ll find it’s just blacking up, it’s massively racist and he totally went for it.

What did he promise the journalist in return of this puff piece.

The poor, baby faced wee lad found himself in "hot water" over blacking up as a slave - what larks! Sure, he was only jesting - whats the fuss?

He's a joker, he baby sits and likes drawing superheroes and miming to rap songs - what a wee dote. Reinstate him asap!

The BelTel should be discussing how to change attitudes to women in NI not painting this rosy portrait.

I agree about the obituary comment- I read it as if this is the life he was leading and he pissed it away.

I heard that he had his car taken off him- it had been provided by one of Ulster’s sponsors and they took it off him when this all kicked off. Hope he liked the bus.

I thought it read like a Hello magazine article, ok a wee bit short of come see round my beautiful home but "what a naice boy our Patrick" is. A jolly jaiper who knows lots of lovely people...

Wound me up.

Paddy is "passive, polite, a gentleman" don't cha know -according to his doctor friend, Katie Donaldson when she was a character witness at the trial.
www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/paddy-jackson-rugby-player-knows-he-can-depend-on-family-no-matter-what-the-future-holds-36753091.html
Yeah right .

The Bel Tele should be ashamed of themselves for their coverage throughout this trial. I felt it was usually very biased in favour of "the lads"

Step - that article reads like an obituary.

Jeez tis not hard to see the misogyny deep in the beltel!

I told myself to stay away. I should have listened to myself.

Serious question, would your preferred outcome be that they remain unemployed or in some minimum wage job for the rest of their lives?

No, not at all. But I don’t think they should be able to simply pick up where they left off by walking into another club. I’ve seened it my own industry: the harassers and bullies, more often than not get away with and if they don’t, they get paid off and simply move on to the next firm. Meanwhile the victims of the harassment get managed out of their jobs and struggle to find new employment.

I shouldn't have clicked on that link

feckty feck feck is this
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/paddy-jackson-the-popular-joker-who-established-himself-among-rugby-greats-36805544.html

What a jolly chap he is... what with his attitude to women, his blacked up shenanigans and his lovely non aggressive attitude to social media he's just the chap to date your daughter. Did he pay for this? W that actual F.......

What is the BelTel saying this morning? I don't want to read it. I take it its a sympathetic piece about how they shouldn't have been dropped from UR?

You and yours ARE worth support bumble. I'm Catholic but religion has fuck all to do with that. You matter.

I have to say I find the idea that either could walk straight into jobs more than slightly depressing

Serious question, would your preferred outcome be that they remain unemployed or in some minimum wage job for the rest of their lives?

Yes, they will get picked up by some other clubs, they will also be on a fraction of their previous earnings.

Yes Bananabat. To be fair to him I'm relaying two sentences out of a number where he agreed it wasn't appropriate for them to go back now and that the club made the right decision. But I was disappointed he thought they'd be welcomed back by fans in the future and should be allowed to build their careers again. He did say it wouldn't be appropriate for that to happen in Ireland or indeed perhaps the whole of the UK.

Am really shocked and disappointed that paddy Wallace said that.

Thankfully the wider show this morning focuses on rape culture and the issues with the "lists" of girls to be raped at a school in Cork which is truly shocking. I hadn't heard of it before this morning!

Yeah I'm from Cork aswell, disgusting. The first thing I thought of when I heard that story was this case and how the boys must have been thinking, sure rape is allowed anyway :/

I can't even look at the BelTel website any more. I've read so much and read so many comments and found myself responding to some, calmly, just pointing out some basic facts eg no one protesting is dismissing the fact that they were acquitted, it's much wider than that. Only to be met with abuse. Including someone who is stalking me so badly that I'm contemplating having to contact the police about harassment.

I need to just stop reading it.