Cavan county board raises doubts about Johnston’s residency
SEANIE JOHNSTON’S PROPOSED inter-county transfer to Kildare failed again when the Cavan county board raised doubts about the forward’s eligibility for a move.
Cavan said that they are “unable to assist” with Johnston’s switch to Kildare as “they believe there is a doubt about compliance” with the GAA’s residency criteria for such transfers.
http://thescore.thejournal.ie/cavan-county-board-raises-doubts-about-johnstons-residency-342019-Jan2012/
Martin Breheny: Either pick Seanie Johnston or let him go
ReplyDeleteSo which prevails? An individual's ambition to do the best for his career or the establishment's reliance on its interpretation of the rulebook? In the matter of Seanie Johnston v Cavan County Board over his application to transfer to Kildare, the case continues.
The Board has refused the transfer request, querying Johnston's assertion that he's now resident in Straffan, so the saga has moved on to Croke Park for adjudication.
http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/martin-breheny-either-pick-seanie-johnston-or-let-him-go-3019811.html
The Cavan County Board have objected to the move because they believe there is a doubt about his compliance with the GAA's rule 6.9.
ReplyDeleteThis rule states that a transfer 'shall not be granted unless the player is in permanent residence in the new county'.
This decision, however, does not shut the door on the move as the GAA's CCCC has the final say on whether it goes through or not.
Lease Agreement and Utility Bill not proof of residency for GAA
ReplyDeleteA lease agreement and a utility bill did not convince Croke Park that Straffan was Seanie Johnston's permanent address.
It would have satisfied other agencies but not the GAA, who also questioned whether his proposed switch from Cavan to Kildare ran contrary to the Association's ethos.
The CCCC acknowledged in the Johnston decision that specific criteria on residency were not set down in the GAA's Official Guide. So, the CCCC had to define its own and came to the conclusion that Johnston didn't pass them.
http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/croke-park-must-clarify-criteria-for-residency-3067138.html
Sat 31 Mar 2012
ReplyDeleteSEÁNIE JOHNSTON has resubmitted his application for an inter-county transfer from Cavan to Kildare to the Central Competitions’ Control Committee (CCCC).
Johnston’s club, Cavan Gaels, gave their blessing to a transfer to St Kevin’s, but Cavan County Board queried the 27-year-old’s assertion he was a permanent resident in Straffan, Co Kildare, and the CCCC refused the request.
An appeal was also rejected and the deadline to bring the matter to the Disputes Resolution Authority passed over the weekend.
Yesterday’s application included a copy of his lease for his dwelling in Straffan, correspondence from the Revenue Commissioner to his address in Straffan, as well as a number of utility bills
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2012/0331/1224314165753.html
CCCC strayed outside the rulebook to reach its decision
ReplyDeleteCCCC found: 'Concerns were expressed that even had permanent residency been satisfactorily demonstrated, the primary, if not sole, purpose of this residency appeared from the evidence gathered to be to enable the player to play inter-county football with a county to which he could claim no obvious allegiance. This, in the opinion of the committee, was in itself, contrary to the Association's ethos as outlined in rule.'