FORMER Kerry star Paul Galvin insists that Mayo goalkeeper Robert Hennelly can have no complaints about the criticism that came his way after releasing a social media statement in the wake of his All-Ireland SFC final replay nightmare.
Outspoken pundit Joe Brolly described Hennelly’s reflections as “a PR exercise that sums up Mayo’s celebrity losers” in his weekend newspaper column.
And Galvin, who explained that he wasn’t keen on using social media as a player, says that Hennelly was opening himself up to a right of reply when he used Instagram to reveal his inner feelings.
Galvin said: “Well, I wouldn’t have been one for using social media while I was playing, and explaining myself or expressing myself in that manner.
“If you do that, you are opening yourself up to a right of reply.
“People have a right of reply if you post something like that up on social media.
“If you do that, and you get a reply or response that you don’t like, I don’t think you can complain too much about it.”
When Galvin was struck by adversity during his career, he explained that he preferred to work through his issues in a more private manner.
He added: “Yeah, that is the way I saw it. I don’t know if reaching out to the public like that, I don’t know how it helps you get along. Maybe it does, it wasn’t something I particularly did a whole lot of myself.”
Galvin now uses social media to promote his Dunnes Store fashion range – but is conscious not to bombard fellow users.
He explained: “I use my social media a bit and you have to be respectful of people too.
“You don’t want to be like you are pushing product at people every week, so that’s a kind of balancing act.
“The challenge for me is to get my friends, we’ll say, to put Dunnes into their heads in terms of somewhere you could go to get clothes that you might get on the high street ordinarily.
“That’s the marketing challenge, that is the hardest part. The storytelling part, I enjoy. I’m still learning the ropes in some ways.”
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