GAA Director shocked at handling of Dublin – Donegal biting incident

The GAA Director-General believes it was ‘reprehensible’ that no one was held to account for the controversy that emerged last year when Donegal footballer Patrick McBrearty suffered a bite to his arm.
In the GAA Director-General’s annual report, which was published this morning, Paraic Duffy described the incident as ‘disgusting and shocking’.
It is general accepted that during the game, Patrick McBrearty sustained a severe bite to his arm.
In the report Mr Duffy says that one of the low points of 2013 came in April during the Donegal v Dublin Allianz football league game in Ballybofey.
Mr Duffy said “That was a disgusting and shocking incident in itself but what is just as reprehensible is that no one could be held to account for what happened. The CCCC investigated the matters as thoroughly as possible, but was greatly hindered by the absence of video and other evidence.
“No one was proved to have inflicted the bite simply because no one admitted to having done so and because the player who was bitten decided not to attend a hearing on the case. The counties involved may have chosen to deal with this incident solely in terms of their own interests.”
Duffy also expressed his hope that players will realize such ‘primitive behavior is shameful and dangerous’.