The GAA has nothing whatsoever to do with dog fighting and simply because one of their members is involved, this still doesn’t make it the job of the GAA to prosecute them.

The GAA welcomes people into their sport. They tell them the rules, provide insurance for them, provide referees and if they step out of line, they get a ticking, get a yellow card, a red card, a short ban, a long ban or a lifetime ban.

For their actions on the pitch.

The Police in the North and the Gardai in the Republic take action when an individual breaks the law.

This is how society works.

Calling on the GAA to take action is ridiculous. But hey, that doesn’t stop UUP councillor Stephen Nicholl from issuing a press release.

Here is how I read this situation. An event occurs that horrifies all sane people. UUP councillor decides he can make political gains by showing the GAA to be an organisation with criminals in it.

Does Stephen Nicholl also want the GAA to patrol all its members in case one of them downloads an MP3 and doesn’t pay for it?

In fact, I now call on the UUP to prosecute all its members that have ever dropped a fag butt and didn’t put it in the bin. If they don’t undertake an investigation on this issue, then how can we take them seriously as a political party that seeks to uphold the law?

Ridiculous. Childish. UUP councillor.

Grow up.