I think with the Glens signing Jay Donnelly they have scored an own goal. If Jay was a Teacher, Doctor, Nurse, Social Worker etc. he would be banned for life...
How many Glens fans are going to wear the name of a convicted sex offender on their back? If Jay had circulated a sexually explicate picture of anyone's daughter connected to the Glens, would they have signed him?
Former IRA volunteer and ex-prisoner, spent 18 years in Long Kesh, 4 years on the blanket and no-wash/no work protests which led to the hunger strikes of the 80s. Completed PhD at Queens upon release from prison. Left the Republican Movement at the endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement, and went on to become a journalist. Co-founder of The Blanket, an online magazine that critically analyzed the Irish peace process. Lead researcher for the Belfast Project, an oral history of the Troubles.
I think with the Glens signing Jay Donnelly they have scored an own goal. If Jay was a Teacher, Doctor, Nurse, Social Worker etc. he would be banned for life...
ReplyDeleteHow many Glens fans are going to wear the name of a convicted sex offender on their back? If Jay had circulated a sexually explicate picture of anyone's daughter connected to the Glens, would they have signed him?