Innisfails GAA

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Innisfails GAA
Founded:1886
County: Dublin
Colours:Green and black
Grounds:Carrs Lane, Balgriffin, Dublin 13
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Innisfails GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in based in Balgriffin, Fingal.

The club fields teams at adult men's football level and has a free nursery for children aged 4–7 years of age along with an under 8s & 9s team.

During the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland, the Irish Independent published photographs of a coach-led group of Dublin county football team members, including All Stars Footballer of the Year Brian Fenton, whom it reported had gathered at Innisfails GAA club before 7am on the previous morning. The session occurred around 12 hours after the GAA sent a note to each club and county, warning that any club or county team ignoring the collective training ban could risk putting the GAA's intentions to return to action "in serious jeopardy". [1] That evening, after investigating the accuracy of the report, Dublin GAA suspended its own football team manager Dessie Farrell for 12 weeks with immediate effect. [2] The incident provoked much public commentary from politicians and sportspeople. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

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References

  1. "Dublin GAA stars broke rules on Covid gatherings with early morning training". Irish Independent. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  2. "Dessie Farrell suspended for 12 weeks by Dublin county board". RTÉ Sport. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021. "Dessie Farrell: Dublin manager suspended for breach of training guidelines". BBC Sport. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  3. "Jack Chambers: Dublin training breach 'clearly unacceptable'". RTÉ Sport. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  4. "Dillon calls for 'full investigation' into Dublin players' restrictions breach". Hogan Stand. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  5. "[Seán] Kelly 'gobsmacked' by Dublin players' training breach". Hogan Stand. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  6. Moloney, Eoghan (2 April 2021). "'You'd want to be really tough on this' - Enda Kenny says suspension of Dessie Farrell is of no 'great impact'". Irish Independent . Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  7. Murray, Eavan (2 April 2021). "'It baffles me... I'm saying that as someone who suffered with Covid' – GAA legend Seán Boylan on Dubs' secret training". Irish Independent . Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  8. O'Rourke, Colm (3 April 2021). "Turns out the Dublin boys aren't so clever after all". Sunday Independent . Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  9. "I just didn't think they would get themselves into a situation like that'". Hogan Stand. 5 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021. Speaking to RTE's Sunday Sport, Cooper said... he had thought it was an April Fools' joke when he heard about it first... 'had [they] that much to gain when we knew that the green light was being given to the GAA in a couple of weeks' time to get going. For a team like Dublin that are so professional in everything... I think it's probably tarnished a bit of their reputation...' "Colm Cooper: Dublin made a 'poor decision' to train together before GAA return date". RTÉ Sport. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.