Duffy says GAA reputation damaged by ‘bitegate’

GAA Director General Paraic Duffy believes the association’s reputation has suffered from the furore surrounding the disciplinary process into a biting incident.

Donegal’s Paddy McBrearty had claimed he was bitten by Dublin’s Kevin O’Brien. However, the case fell apart when the Tir Chonaill man failed to appear at a Central Hearings Committee meeting in Croke Park.

“What made this a difficult case was there was no evidence,” said Duffy on RTÉ Radio.