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CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN HAS withdrawn from the Olympics over a video from four years ago showing her making “an error of judgement” during a coaching session.
Dujardin, a three-time Olympic champion, has decided to pull out of all competition while the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) investigates the incident.
It is unclear what the video, which has not been made public, shows, or why it has only emerged three days before the start of the Games.
In a statement, Dujardin said: “A video has emerged from four years ago which shows me making an error of judgement during a coaching session.
“Understandably, the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) is investigating and I have made the decision to withdraw from all competition – including the Paris Olympics – while this process takes place.
“What happened was completely out of character and does not reflect how I train my horses or coach my pupils, however there is no excuse. I am deeply ashamed and should have set a better example in that moment.
“I am sincerely sorry for my actions and devastated that I have let everyone down, including Team GB, fans and sponsors.
“I will cooperate fully with the FEI, British Equestrian Federation and British Dressage during their investigations, and will not be commenting further until the process is complete.”
Dujardin, 39, could have become Britain’s most decorated female Olympian in Paris. A medal of any colour would have taken her clear of Laura Kenny, with whom she is currently tied on six medals.
Written by Press Association and originally published on The 42.
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Any investigative journalism left in Ireland to highlight the Carbon footprint of Micheal Martin, Eamon Ryan & Catherine Martin as they travel the globe with their large entourages, pontificating on Climate change. Nothing changes for these people as they abuse the Carbon Credits taken from others to offset their unnecessary travel, all this can be done by Zoom. Real leaders lead, in Ireland it’s do as I say but not as I do. The worry with this guy is that he will make some kind of arrangement, taking in thousands of Immigrants. Dundrum in Tipperary the latest example of dumping people in rural Ireland, doubling the population & putting all services to the tipping point of collapse.
@SV3tN8M4: 15m would sort out alot of our suffering Scoliosis kids
@SV3tN8M4: spot on but then you get this crap what’s in opposition isn’t any better then get them all out start over. It’s like beating the same concrete wall with a rubber hammer just cos it’s in you’re hand already.
@Padraic O’ Sullivan: The HSE has an annual budget of €24,000 million.
Not sure what he is trying to achieve. He needs to focus on what he can change. Running around the world, commenting on things Ireland can not change. E.g, climate change can only be helped by countries like China, the US, India, Germany, Russia, mass changing their ways. Currently a waste of time.
@did you every wonder: he trying to find his way to ChYna
He would be better off staying at home and deal with the undocumented single young men coming here in their hundreds ,who no-one knows anything about their history or if they have criminal records
@pauley870: he’s Minister for FOREIGN Affairs, hint is in the name lad. Also plenty of other decent people to deal with the racists who persist with their undocumented lies.
@Pat Hazzard: Very quiet on the internal FF row article ‘Pat’..Any comment on the descent amongst the ranks ? Or are you waiting for MM to give the official position for you to trot out .. lol..
@Pat Hazzard: What “undocumented lies” are these “racists” telling, Pat?
@Pat Hazzard: really pat 14500 irish homeless but what the he’ll we have no money for them it’s our tax money and urs so let’s spend it on ours first and others next How’s that for racism
Ah yeah they’ll all listen to him.
@james rowan: It’s about hand actions really. Good example would be Mr Burns of The Simpson.
@David O Brien: …but they’ll have his €15 millions in their Swiss bank accounts in double quick time.
A dangerous man due to this ego.
Havent these poor countries been through enough without a visit from this lad….
@Tom Newell: he’d be useful to them to hold a door open or block a possible incoming breeze then again prob make a balls of that aswel.
Never mind climate change,they should be discussing how to fix the African countries and slow down the insane population increases and migration.
These countries are some of the wealthiest on the planet with resources but rotten with corruption.
To me this is a more urgent emergency.
Correct me if I’m wrong or open to other opinions.
He should be asking where are the Billions Kenya’s getting for there oil going not giving him more money to squander . Control the birth rate in the country as it’s completely out of control for the amount of food they can produce
@Pat Clancy: absolutely agree on the birth control they having babies they can’t feed poor little things have no chance.
Very nice of him to waste Irish taxpayers money
What about feeding hungry families of Irish people?
@Richard Starling: stop pretending you care Richard.
@Thesaltyurchin: stop ignoring the legitimate concerns of the people the government actual government work for.
How embarrassing…mehole pontificating to African countries….he’s the physical equivalent to the skibbreen eagle…..
@David Cotter: I didn’t think they would be interested in listening to your rear end. Hydrogen sulphide is also bad for the environment.
@Vincent Alexander: ahh Vincent…aren’t you the card carrying FF Member…?
@David Cotter: I’d have a fair guess at the card you’re carrying or the party you support. Name calling can backfire. And like the recent election all the name calling and hyping up problems did nothing for the opposition.
@Vincent Alexander: ahhh so you are that Ff lackey…
@David Cotter: At the name calling again. Synonymous with the cheerleaders of a party and that party is not in government.
He has been on the road since for the duration of this government!
He comes home gets his clothes washed and repacked and he’s away again! 100% waste of public money and as effective as an ashtray on a motorbike! He’s achieving absolutely nothing, how could he be! These countries do their own thing. He’s just a piddle in the ocean!!!
I agree with most of the comments. So much corruption in these countries. The PM of Kenya has had multiple worldwide trips, Climate Change ??. He wears designer belts that cost $3,000 plus.
Where will our money go ? Maybe try and provide safety to the people in the countries and stop People trafficking to Ireland.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a person to vote in this country that would actually listen to us, the people they work for, the people that pay them?
@Oh Mammy: we do, and Micheal’s party came out top in last months local elections
@Pat Hazzard: What an alternative? It would be the same here no matter who.we vote for
And what will that achieve!
@Michele Milne: a good few air miles
@Paddy C: Tan.
@Michele Milne: Few less people wanting to immigrate
They said that about the live aid money too….instead it went to the Ethiopian army to buy military equipment to crush a rebellion that wasn’t in the Wests interest.
Did the Kenyans give us a bailout during the crash??
I have no problem giving money to alleviate child hunger but what checks are in place to make sure that is what it is spent on.
Let them know it will be Christmas time in December.
@Pól Pot: We need to thank God it’s them instead of us.
(Did nobody even stop to think about that line in a song about human suffering, still boggles the mind!)
Ethiopia population 1950: 18 million
Ethiopia population 2024: 129 million
Meanwhile in Ireland, our native population is decreasing due to abortion on demand (12,000 per year now) and free contraception. Maybe Micheal Martin could teach the Africans how to have abortions and use contraception instead of donating endless billions of “aid” to these countries which has done nothing but help their populations explode exponentially.
For all political parties out there please learn these few lessons, health,housing, Illegal immigration
Ffg/ the first two
Sf/ the last one
@Martin Laird: one of the biggest drivers of immigration in the next 50 years will be climate change. Interesting that most of the anti immigrant parties are climate change deniers also. It’s almost like they don’t have a bull’s notion about anything.
He choose that job for all the travels
Hopefully people there can understand what he says ?
Well that 14.99 million going into the corrupt Kenyan governments pocket then
@Geoff Bateman: better than 100s of millions going to Hamas terrorists.
@Pat Hazzard: Hamas aren’t terrorists. Hamas are the freedom fighters of Palestine, an organisation that came about as the direct result of Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. Maybe if you did a bit of research you might actually know this. I would gladly give donation to Hamas before I would ever give money to continue the genocide that Israel is committing daily for 80 years on the indigenous people of Palestine. You clearly have zero problems with the IDF, the real terrorists and the daily atrocities they commit but Hamas, a group of around 40,000 with the most basic of weapons and zero military aid, that’s what worries you? Say you’re an Islamophobic without actually saying it!
Micheal Martin……………………Plenty of money in those countries for their military, over 100 million for a fighter plane and they have loads. 100 MILLION let that sink in and get home and look after our own problems, by that I mean solve them NOT create them.
Haha, 1 April.
Plenty AK47′s for 15 Mill.
I’d say the price of that president s suit.could feed plenty.
Just give the keys president a blank cheque, tell him there’s plenty more where that came from. Clasp the hand, fist pump, go maga! …….and be sure to buy the wife and kids something special, and a little treat for himself. No need for a receipt, we are all good.
15m would get alot of our Scoliosis kids sorted out
@Padraic O’ Sullivan: €15 million is a drop in the ocean of the HSE budget of €24,000 million.
Not a cent will go to helping children.
Will they never learn.
tax money waster !!!
If he thinks 15 million will go on child hunger he’s dreaming ,people over there want Ruto out. He has sacked his whole cabinet. Last week’s riots and looting were a wake up call. People have had enough.
Great 14500 of irish women and children destitute and homeless but hey we can’t solve this
And ours going to food banks pure dirt need RID
WHAT! €15 million for child poverty in corrupt Kenya from corrupt Ireland – according to Social Justice Ireland we have 559,850 people living in poverty. Who gave this government the mandate to feed the world while over half a million of us are impoverished? Get out now.
ego is an expensive habit ..and easy when a nation of fools pay for it .
He should start here as there are a lot of hungry children in ireland instead trying to look good giving away taxpayers money
A bag of tayto is 1.90
https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/surrealing-in-the-years-43-6345552-Apr2024/
Population of Ireland 5,050,995
15,000,000 is ~ 1.56 bags of tayto for everyone in Ireland
Population of Ethiopia ~ 129 million.
Mehole, wtf are you doing on Ethiopia?
Those who have failed at life are so predictable and get triggered so easily. Whinge. Moan. Blame everybody else. They don’t have the intelligence to understand that that the only person responsible for their miserable lives are themselves. Whinge. Moan. Blame everybody else but never do anything to better themselves. Weak people.
I worked hard and made serious sacrifices to better my circumstances. You bitter failures should try it. You want it all handed to you and seem to need a government to hold your hand. Bitter failures.
The difference between reasonable commenters and those who are not is whether they preface the word climate with a description like maritime and tropical climate or take the unreasonable view, where words follow climate, like climate action, climate justice, etc.
Those who preface climate with descriptions follow genuine research based on all the inputs, which allow commenters to appreciate why we receive the primary input from the Atlantic along with our latitude, steering currents of jetstream and zonal flows. Ethiopia has different inputs, giving that side of the African continent and at equatorial latitudes a different climate to research.
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