Duggan case ‘slipped through the net’, says GPA chief Farrell

Gaelic Players Association chief Dessie Farrell believes former Cork footballer Diarmuid Duggan “slipped through the net” of the GAA’s welfare scheme.

Duggan revealed in Monday’s Irish Examiner how he retired from the game in 2009 due to persistent hip problems and was left €7,000 out of pocket following surgery.

Farrell, whose organisation made €3,000 available to Duggan through their benevolent fund, revealed that Cork chairman Bob Ryan was yesterday attempting to set up a meeting with Duggan. Both Farrell and GPA chairman Dónal Óg Cusack refused to offer any guarantees that Duggan will be fully reimbursed.