The Ulster Council announced on Wednesday, to resounding criticism, that the report into the infamous sledging incident in the Tyrone-Donegal minor championship game would remain confidential.
It was alleged by Donegal that their player Michael Carroll, who lost his father to cancer last year, was taunted about the death by an opposing player.
Initial media reports claimed that the Ulster Council had concluded that the incident 'did not take place'. Subsequent to this, the Ulster Council came forward to contradict these claims.
Now, the Irish News are reporting that they have seen a copy of the report, and it concludes:
On balance of probabilities and following a review of the evidence, it was likely that some Tyrone players made unwelcome verbal comments towards the Donegal player during the game.
Both county committees and the investigation committee accept that the comments were not about the death of the player’s father.
Tyrone GAA has expressed their best wishes to the Donegal player in question. The Donegal GAA officials welcomed and thanked Tyrone GAA for their comments and have also expressed the same sentiments to all the Tyrone players. This matter is now concluded....
The Committee agreed with both County Committees that the findings will remain confidential. We would also highlight that recent media reports regarding the investigation do not accurately reflect the findings of the Committee
So, the Ulster Council report finds that Michael Carroll was a victim of sledging during the game but that the comments did not concern the death of his father.
Ulster GAA have resolved not to comment further on the matter.
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