This has never had anything to do with UL YFG or FG in any shape or form. I’ve heard both sides of the story and I’m afraid that the people involved are not members and that no bullying or stalking or any such happened, well not unless you count reading the Internet.

I’ve posted a reply to Damien thread and its awaiting moderation.

Here it is:
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Damien, firstly I’m not a member of YFG, I was and proud to say it, a former chair of the branch in UL. A harder, working, more decent bunch. I haven’t spoken to any of them about this matter and was more than a little annoyed about you’re dragging them into this sorry little episode. They have not said anything about sueing, but given the approach you’ve taken I’m sure it something that’s might be a consideration but again that’s my personal view. If you want to go `report’ on items maybe you should fact check first. To clarify, as well FG have no context in this either.

If you want to drag the name of something thru the mud, where that something be a society, club, or organisation you really need to have a bit more in the line than hearsay and pub talk.

I’m still annoyed very much about you’re treatment of such a good society and if my comments were cranky, well tough. I think you shouldn’t go picking on them for something in this case they had nothing or no relation to.

There seems to be a serious personal issue between you and a number of people which has dragged the good name of others (one society in particular) into this. I’d like to again point out this had nothing to do with any political organisation and that their name be removed. Does it matter that I was once a member of the Games society here and does that mean they could now be brought into some kind of post where no member has any clue as to what is going on.

To clarify to other posters, from my hearing of this tale, there has been no stalking bar the reading of publicly posted internet information. No threats of any kind barring my heady spurn of the moment post where I felt that a recourse to the courts might be warranted for dragging others into something which has zero, absolutely zero to do with them.

If people like the clubs or societies they are or were involved with, of course they feel something when they’re names are incorrectly blackened. That was my bone and I’m sorry Damien if you don’t like it, but the story has never had anything to do with UL YFG and you should reflect this in your post.
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Perhaps I had one too many coffees after lunch and went off the handle a bit but this kind of `blogging’ gets my goat when it drags people and organisations into it, which have nothing what some ever to do with it.

If this tarnishes Irish Blog Week, its more a shame on the people than the concept. I hope of course it has a good award session or whatever is planned and that people are not so narrow or immature and can be as easily distracted from the wider issues they should be discussing.