1. What on earth are you talking about. Nobody is talking about a "craddle of anarchy". We are expressing a view on an incident.
2. If you think Tony O'Reilly, a global businessman dealling in billions of Euro every year would take time out to tell the editor of the Indo to publish this report to disrupt Blackrock before a kids rugby match, i think you need to think again to be honest. By the way, it was the editor's decision to run the piece.
3. There is no implication of anyone on this site, no names. ONE person mentioned that the captain of the team was involved.Nobody commented further. There is no widespread innuuendo and no speculation as to the individuals involved.I'm afraid you're wrong on that.
4. On CUS - what I ACTUALLY said was that there was obviously something more to the situation than a few guys giving a "few slaps" and I actually suggested there WAS clearly more to it and that bullying was very very serious. I'd actually appreciate an apology on this one for misrepresenting my views.
5. I think its interesting that you question others' right to discuss or debate on the Blackrock incident but that you feel its ok to issue an opinion on the CUS incident, which as you rightly point out is far more serious. ..Care to provide an explanation for this apparently contradictory view?
What gets my goat is the system of old school ties, favours and protection. It held Ireland back for years economically, politically and even in rugby terms. For me, this kind of incident epitomises that Ireland. Many people in Ireland feel that and that's the angle in the media. Its not the incident itself, which is relatively minor. It’s the way Dermot Desmond and Blackrock College moved to protect boys who in almost any other school in Dublin or anywhere else would have been reportered to the Guards or at least faced substantial sanction from their schools. And the way the boys got off scott free because they played rugby. This is the issue we are discussing. And I think that's a legitimate discussion.