Ladies Junior J Shield Semi Final #everythingsgoinggreatinireland

@miri1985 - can you ask @MNHQ to correct the op to state that junior is an adult division? Suggesting he's playing underage is just muddying the water. It's bad enough on its own.

Does look like the ref is about to tackle a girl. Ffs.

reading that piece he’s just the sort of guy you want in the girls changing room

Ooh. You'd get thrown off Twitter for that !

I'm gutted about this. I've just started playing GAA, through a club's mums group. It's so much fun, and a big part of the local community.
In my mind it should be simple safety>fairness>inclusion.
Just a though experiment, what if ladies/women's sport was rebadged 'female' would this get around self ID?
I hope the LGAA gets onto this quick.

very transphobic of the redditor to take a photo of her on a bad hair day 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

Gaa prides itself on player safety yet common sense went out the window here. I just can't imagine how parents/spectators/team coaches stood by and went along with these matches. George Orwell — 'The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.'

If this outrage doesn't Peak Ireland , what will ffs?

My local club was suspended for 12 months by the County Board for playing an unregistered player on two occasions. It was just some clerical oversight. But at least that player had no unfair advantage!

Not really a big GAA fan but I'm defo getting onto my local club about this. When we suggest doing anything for kids or teenagers round here some jobsworth says ' We can't do that cos : Insurance! ' Now we'll see about that....

Go-Ahead Junior J Shield Final:

Na Fianna E 1-5, Na Gaeil Aeracha 7-11.

I see this team went on to win the final last Wednesday. I wonder was this middle aged man on the team again?

Prior to relocating to Dublin in 2019, he was a resident DJ at a BDSM venue called the Ritual and Torture Garden, performing at both of their locations in Rome and London. According to a post on Valentino’s SoundCloud page, he also performed at a bondage festival in Munich.

he seems like just the sort of person I’d want in the changing rooms with my 16 year old daughter

People on Twitter are looking at this photo and going 'are you sure that's not the ref?'

It's absurd

What in the name of hell is this? In what way could any sane person look at this situation and think this man should be competing in a junior women's event? Why is there not uproar from other players and their parents? Oh yes Ireland where it's now illegal to comment, disagree or question the trans ideology. World has gone mad.

Wtf? And I bet I can guess which changing rooms they are using. Appalling.

Middle-aged, mediocre men being allowed to steal women's spaces. You just know hardly anyone thinks this is ok but they just feel too intimidated to say it.

The man in question is quoted as saying he was competing for the first time after his transition.

What bloody ‘transition?’ I mean seriously, look at the pic of him playing in the game - what’s he done that would look (to anyone sane) like he’s made any serious effort to “live as a woman” - whatever THAT is actually supposed to mean.

Did none of the mums and dads of the 16 year olds he played against have anything to say? Then again, I guess that might get them a Police caution in the Brave New World that Ireland has become.

Bloody hell that photo says a lot. Get men out of women's sports!!

Minor correction - junior in GAA is just a lower division, so it was an adult game, with teenagers on the team. Still, pretty shocking.