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Kilkenny county board launches investigation after lewd images of cup win celebrations leak online

A video has since been uploaded to a pornography website.

THE KILKENNY COUNTY GAA board has launched an internal investigation after lewd images appeared online of members of a winning intermediate hurling team celebrating their victory.

Players of the St Patrick’s Ballyragget hurling team were out celebrating their victory over Graigue Ballycallan in the Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship.

Photos and videos of the celebrations have circulated online and show a man with two female strippers alongside the club’s new trophy.

In one image seen by TheJournal.ie, one of the women is performing a sex act on the man. Other people are standing around watching.

A video of the incident has also been uploaded to a well-known pornography website.

Ned Quinn, chairman of the Kilkenny County Board, confirmed to TheJournal.ie this morning that an investigation is ongoing.

A statement from the club itself read: “St Patrick’s club wishes to state the photographs were taken at a private event. The club will co-operate fully with any investigation into the matter.”

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    Mute John Kelly
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    Aug 31st 2016, 4:44 PM

    So Dublin city which has at least twice the population of Cork has more births . Jesbus what a scoop !!!!!!!!!!!

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    Mute Tweety McTweeter
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    Aug 31st 2016, 7:46 PM

    Only just, by about 20%. Probably due to CUMH serving a much bigger area than Cork alone

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    Mute Alan Lawlor
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    Aug 31st 2016, 8:54 PM

    I am sure the CSO use the parents address rather than the hospital address when counting births by county.

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    Mute David Kelly
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    Aug 31st 2016, 10:39 PM

    They’re using the individual county/city council local authority areas, not regions.

    Pops:
    Dublin City : 527,612
    (Dublin all local authorities: 1,273,069)
    Cork County: 399,802
    (Cork City and County : 519,032)

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    Mute Ivor O Sullivan
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    Aug 31st 2016, 4:52 PM

    this rubbish is not news

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    Mute Jack Bowden
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    Aug 31st 2016, 6:32 PM

    All we want to know are the birth rates and are they rising and falling and the reasons why. The article was full of padding and doesn’t quite tell the reader what they want.
    Also, Dublin city probably doesn’t include, Fingal and Dun Laoghaire and those other county areas, but who knows.

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    Mute Jack Bowden
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    Aug 31st 2016, 6:36 PM

    I take that back, there is a graph with the rates.

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    Mute Frank's Cat
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    Aug 31st 2016, 6:22 PM

    Most idiotic headline ever.

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    Mute Alois Irlmaier
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    Aug 31st 2016, 11:22 PM

    At least you can comment on it unlike the Hickey ones?

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    Mute Steve T
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    Aug 31st 2016, 4:27 PM

    Must be really a quiet news day?

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    Aug 31st 2016, 5:52 PM

    It’s not actually.
    But as usual the Journal locks down comments on the important stories.
    Even when they’re happening outside this jurisdiction.
    Pathetic editorial stance.

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    Aug 31st 2016, 4:29 PM

    Realistic looking Irish family in the photo … Not

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    Aug 31st 2016, 5:18 PM

    You man must be brushing his teeth with Weathershield to get them that white.

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    Mute Beachmaster
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    Aug 31st 2016, 4:30 PM

    Tbf, have you seen the women in Cork?

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    Aug 31st 2016, 4:34 PM

    I know it’s hard to get a girl into bed when she’s not strung out on heroin!

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    Aug 31st 2016, 4:41 PM

    Sums fail Beachmaster.

    If Dublin has more than double the population of Cork, and Cork is only 25% behind in births…. It seems the amount of procreation going on per head is a lot higher in Cork.

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    Aug 31st 2016, 4:50 PM

    They are all stunners in Havanas at 3am after a few Captains and Coke and a Heino chaser

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    Mute Alois Irlmaier
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    Aug 31st 2016, 11:20 PM

    Old peoples homes are not brothels Beachmaster ;)

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    Mute Donal O'Brien
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    Aug 31st 2016, 7:59 PM

    Battle of the babies. How do you chaps come up with this shit.

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    Mute Galway Spurs
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    Aug 31st 2016, 5:42 PM

    Just double the amount of skangers going around the place so!

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    Aug 31st 2016, 5:13 PM

    HON DUBLIN BABIES

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    Aug 31st 2016, 7:10 PM

    Can people stop saying hon?

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    Aug 31st 2016, 11:19 PM

    Cork has a higher HIV problem than Dublin as well?

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