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Post by kerrygold on Dec 6, 2017 21:43:17 GMT
Not too many duine eile options in Kerry for midfield?
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Post by lár na páirce on Dec 6, 2017 22:15:08 GMT
Not too many duine eile options in Kerry for midfield? Star probably will be at the B'Ball during the league which means Jack Barry will be the anchor in midfield for the NFL with Maher,Other Potential partners are Buckley,Brendan O Sullivan,Barra O Súilleabháin & Rob Ó Sé,There could be a few wild card selections such as Morley or Mark Griffin there also
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Post by kerrygold on Dec 6, 2017 22:25:16 GMT
Your probably looking at Jack Barry & Brendan O'Sullivan first day out.
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Post by kerrygold on Dec 7, 2017 10:21:32 GMT
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Post by Jigz84 on Dec 7, 2017 15:24:53 GMT
Mayo are already flaunting this rule with more to follow I'd say.
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Post by Jigz84 on Dec 7, 2017 15:27:10 GMT
Not too many duine eile options in Kerry for midfield? Star probably will be at the B'Ball during the league which means Jack Barry will be the anchor in midfield for the NFL with Maher,Other Potential partners are Buckley,Brendan O Sullivan,Barra O Súilleabháin & Rob Ó Sé,There could be a few wild card selections such as Morley or Mark Griffin there also I'm not interested in seeing Buckley at midfield, it's not an option v Mayo or Dublin during the Summer. Perfect opportunity for a wilcard as you say.
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Post by kerrygold on Dec 7, 2017 17:02:17 GMT
Think midfield think Brian Fenton!
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Dec 7, 2017 18:59:14 GMT
Johnny Buckley midfield for an intercounty team at the business end? I can’t say that I agree
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Post by veteran on Dec 7, 2017 19:53:36 GMT
I see where Eoin Cadogan is throwing in his lot with the Cork hurlers next year. I don't think he is going to be an awful,loss to the footballers but is surprising in the sense that his club mate , Roman McCarthy, is the new Cork football manager. Of course it maybe that Ronan has told him that he is surplus to his requirements.
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Post by kerrygold on Dec 7, 2017 19:58:40 GMT
More so seeing as he is an International footballer .
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Dec 8, 2017 7:56:31 GMT
I see where Eoin Cadogan is throwing in his lot with the Cork hurlers next year. I don't think he is going to be an awful,loss to the footballers but is surprising in the sense that his club mate , Roman McCarthy, is the new Cork football manager. Of course it maybe that Ronan has told him that he is surplus to his requirements. Jeez I completely disagree- I think Cadogan is one of the most overrated players in the GAA. The amount of roastings that I have seen him get is far too many for a so-called man marker.
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Post by buck02 on Dec 8, 2017 8:01:06 GMT
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Post by Ballyfireside on Dec 8, 2017 19:50:27 GMT
25%? Not a staggering overrun by government standards. Well I'd sort of expect the GAA to have slightly higher standards than the government. Maybe I'm naive like that. No worries there, a great job done and we will have many as happy day there, well done to our nearest and dearest, by dearest am I saying they cost us a lot?
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Post by kerrygold on Dec 11, 2017 10:16:27 GMT
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Post by kerrygold on Dec 12, 2017 15:22:00 GMT
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Post by kerrygold on Dec 12, 2017 15:30:24 GMT
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Post by glengael on Dec 12, 2017 18:44:43 GMT
It's that time of year when county board conventions are ten a penny and all the usual targets must be hit!!!
We must congratulate our neighbours on the election of Tracey Kennedy as the first woman Chair of their County Board. How many years will we be waiting for a similar change in Kerry I wonder.......
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Post by 1979 on Dec 12, 2017 18:52:25 GMT
Mr Costello sure has thin skin. When it comes to having a go at cynical actions of players he would do well to take a look much closer to home. His son has given an exhibition of his wrestling skills in the last 2 years, and he’s not too shabby at clearing debris from the opposition goal area either.
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Post by kerrygold on Dec 12, 2017 21:42:08 GMT
It's that time of year when county board conventions are ten a penny and all the usual targets must be hit!!! We must congratulate our neighbours on the election of Tracey Kennedy as the first woman Chair of their County Board. How many years will we be waiting for a similar change in Kerry I wonder....... Might you run yourself for the Kerry chair?
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Post by kerrygold on Dec 13, 2017 11:50:04 GMT
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Post by kerrygold on Dec 13, 2017 15:37:36 GMT
Ousted Tyrone chairperson considering legal action Updated / Wednesday, 13 Dec 2017 13:18 2
A new chairperson has been elected in Tyrone
Former Tyrone chairperson Roisin Jordan is considering legal action over an incident during the year as she lost her position at their annual convention last night in Garvaghey.
Jordan was eliminated in the first round of voting as Damian Harvey finished ahead of Michael Kerr but neither achieved the quota to be elected.
Kerr went on to become chairman after securing enough secondary votes. He had been been the standing vice-chairman.
Jordan, speaking before the vote, said there were "sinister attempts" to undermine her role.
"It has been proven that sinister attempts were made to undermine my position this year," she told the Irish News.
"Leaks to some media sources were unfounded and have resulted in personal apologies being made to me.
"Earlier in the year an e-mail – allegedly from an un-named Tyrone player – relating to a number of issues did not come from within the panel, but was a fictitious hoax presented to the media, which attracted significant negative publicity. It remains a matter of legal consideration.
"Tyrone GAA must be united in going forward as one entity to advance the Tyrone cause. That remains my primary objective.
"Whatever about my tenure as chairperson, I am satisfied that I act honestly to the best of my ability and in the interests of Tyrone GAA.
"I am prepared to stand or fall upon decisions which are taken within the committee room."
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Post by kerrygold on Dec 13, 2017 15:42:39 GMT
'It's important to look past the GAA' Updated / Wednesday, 13 Dec 2017 15:03 1
Podge Collins will join over 30 GAA players from Clare and sleep out in Limerick
By Marie Crowe RTÉ Sport reporter The life of an inter-county player is a hectic one, juggling work and study with training, gym sessions and matches. Throw in time for friends and family and there is little room for anything else.
The commitments required are well documented and it can undoubtedly be all consuming.
However on Saturday night over 350 of these players past and present will step away from their normal worlds and sleep on the streets of Ireland and America to raise awareness for homelessness.
"As a squad the Clare hurlers are delighted to be involved," explained Podge Collins.
"It’s just one night what we will experience won’t compare to what the people who are homeless are going through all year round but we hope that by showing solidarity we can help in a small way.
"As players we are all busy but it’s important to look at what is going on in the world around us past GAA and see if we can bring about any sort of change. We have an opportunity and a voice and it’s important to use that."
Gaelic Voices For Change @gaelicvoices4ch Youth homelessness has risen 93% in the past 3 years according to @focusireland. We have to start addressing the systemic and structural causes that are creating this crisis. 9:17 PM - Dec 11, 2017 Replies 12 12 Retweets 16 16 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy Those involved are from all over the country, men and women, united by their love and passion for the GAA .
The group, who call themselves ‘Gaelic Voices for Change’ are inter-county players, past and present, hurlers, footballers and Camogie players and each and every one of them wants to make a difference.
Over two months ago an initial group of twenty gathered in Dublin to put their heads together, to see what they could do to use the voice and platform that the GAA has given them so they can give back to their communities.
"We spend so much time messing around on our phones, on WhatsApp and we never achieve anything," explained Eamon Fennell, former Dublin footballer.
"We thought wouldn’t it be great to put some effort into something that is worthwhile, so that’s what we decided to do."
The homeless crisis was something that resonated with the group and they decided to focus on how they could help their communities by raising awareness for the crisis that is engulfing the country.
Tyrone Ladies footballer Gemma Begley will sleep out in Belfast along with players from 18 squads across the four codes from six different counties.
"Homelessness has struck a chord with the nation," said Begley.
"It’s in the limelight now with people dying on the street. I don’t have the answers; I’ve had an education over the last few weeks from the charities in Belfast on the problems around the social housing and the factors and causes of homelessness.
"We hope to engage a bit with the homeless people in Belfast and the local charities will be on hand to advise us on the best way to do that and to help. It would be nice to have an impact on the ground if even for one night.
"I was in Belfast last week and it was such a contrast to see some people with shopping bags and others with nothing in the streets, it really brings it home to you."
Former Monaghan footballer Ciarán ‘Nudie’ Hughes lives in America, he jumped at the chance to get involved and along with several GAA players in New York he is also sleeping out on Saturday.
"Homelessness in New York is huge," explained Hughes.
"I work in the bar trade, most nights I finish at 4 o’clock in the morning and I see so many people around Times Square.
"It wasn’t as bad in Dublin when I used to live there but I know it’s gotten worse over the years. I know how bad it can be and I want to help.
"There is a community in the GAA and it’s great to tap into that, even if it is only helping a few people at home get beds for Christmas then it is worth it."
Matt Brooks from Wexford is organising the Boston arm of the sleep out. He heard about the event during the Fenway Classic and he wanted to get involved.
"I left Ireland before the recession hit," said Brooks.
"Most of the boys here left because they couldn’t get work back home and that hits hard with them because if they had of stayed they could have been in the same position.
"Ireland is home for all of us and we don’t want to hear about any epidemic back there so we want to help in any way we can. It's going to be cold probably minus six degrees but it is for a good cause so we don't mind."
With every passing day the ‘Gaelic Voices for Change’ movement is growing momentum but what does the future hold?
"The energy and the impact the group are having in terms of consciousness is something that you would want to keep together and growing," revealed Begley.
"There is no agenda for anything past next Saturday but if it is having a positive impact on communities in Ireland it is something you would want to see sustained."
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Post by Mickmack on Dec 13, 2017 20:46:10 GMT
by Fintan O'Toole
Crumlin had a bad name. When I was growing up in the Dublin Corporation housing estate in the 1960s and 1970s, we felt angry about the perception that we were less respectable than anyone else. Reputation mattered – if you gave a Crumlin address on a job application, you probably wouldn’t be called for an interview. The estate featured in the newspapers only in court reports, with judges wondering rhetorically whether anything good ever came out of Crumlin. Some of this rubbed off on some of us – the idea that you came from a place that was no good fed into low expectations: if this was what they said you were, you might as well settle for it.
Over time, this all changed. The stigma could not be sustained in the face of the reality that Crumlin was an ordinary place, full of ordinary families who worked hard, did their best for their kids and got on with living decent lives. And now it’s back, thanks to a single clown. Conor McGregor purports to love Crumlin, to see its people as his people. If he does, he has a funny way of showing it – by smearing the place in the lurid ghetto glitz of the Get Rich or Die Tryin’ culture. Crumlin kids need that allure like the hole in the head that is its ultimate outcome. Insignificant problem
The week before last we had McGregor’s show of contempt for the law, his BMW i8 dramatically pulling in to the car park of Blanchardstown district court, its doors left ostentatiously open to show that he was just popping in for a minute to get rid of the insignificant problem of having been clocked driving at a murderous 158km/h. Last week, we had the Instagram images of McGregor throwing £20 notes from a large wad at the twerking backsides of scantily-clad lapdancers, while his pals, described in the tabloids as “Crumlin criminals”, made lewd gestures. It is all part of the gangsta image that McGregor seems determined to foist on his native place.
This is a disgusting kind of life, but McGregor makes it both desirable and apparently attainable by branding himself as just another kid from the estate. He isn’t. McGregor can live it because he has phenomenal talents as a fighter and self-promoter. The Crumlin kids who look up to him can live it only if they carve their way to the top of the drug-dealing business. For the vast majority of them, there is just one viable route to driving a BMW i8 and throwing wads of cash at lapdancers, to the private plane and the magnums of champagne. And for the vast majority of those who take that route, it will lead to addiction, squalor, chaos and misery. They are infinitely more likely to die tryin’ than to get rich.
I don’t think for a moment McGregor would wish this on any of them, but the reality is that his publicity machine has redefined Crumlin as the white gangsta capital of the western world. It is very easy to laugh at the ludicrous ESPN magazine profile of McGregor that appeared in August as part of the carnival barking for his Floyd Mayweather fight. But it is headlined “Crossing Crumlin Road” and Crumlin is name-checked 27 times, almost every one of them in the context of criminality, violence and drug-dealing. Even Brendan Behan’s satiric description of Crumlin as a place where they “eat their young” – a mockery of the ignorant stereotypes – is dragged out and used as if it were unironic social realism. The profile revels in the stigma: “Proper Dublin recoils from his type: the Crumlin hood rat.” Racist and homophobic
In the McGregor myth, even a compliment to Crumlin kids turns sour. Thus, in John Kavanagh’s book about coaching McGregor, Win or Learn, the star’s racist and homophobic trash talking is all Crumlin’s fault: “I think you can trace it back to Crumlin, where there is real wit and edge to the way young lads talk.” So using the slave slur “boy” when addressing a black opponent, or repeatedly using the word “*” is the Crumlin version of wit.
It isn’t. Long before McGregor, Crumlin had a home-grown icon called Phil Lynott. I’m sure there were people who called him “boy” because he was black and people who called him a * because he dressed in outlandish style. But if they did, the vast majority of Crumlin people hated them for it. Lynott brought glamour and colour and fantasy into our lives. But he also brought dignity. He was a genuine working-class hero: cool, sophisticated, quietly courageous in his unbending insistence on his right to be who he was. He gave Crumlin kids a sense of freedom and possibility that was steeped in talent, ambition, creativity and self-confidence. Whether he means to or not, McGregor is holding out to them only the most miserable and debased vision of success – get rich any way you can and spend the money on proving what an obnoxious, vulgar, flamboyantly boorish person you can afford to be. If he loves Crumlin as much as he claims to, he’ll stop using its name as shorthand for lethal idiocy
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Post by Mickmack on Dec 13, 2017 20:47:57 GMT
What an appalling individual McGregor is.
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Post by Mickmack on Dec 13, 2017 20:49:55 GMT
It's that time of year when county board conventions are ten a penny and all the usual targets must be hit!!! We must congratulate our neighbours on the election of Tracey Kennedy as the first woman Chair of their County Board. How many years will we be waiting for a similar change in Kerry I wonder....... Every organization is all the better for having a good gender balance in my experience
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Post by leesider on Dec 13, 2017 21:21:24 GMT
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Post by kerrygold on Dec 13, 2017 21:37:17 GMT
What an appalling individual McGregor is. For another forum, not gaa related.
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Post by Mickmack on Dec 13, 2017 22:20:30 GMT
What an appalling individual McGregor is. For another forum, not gaa related. Actually it was your post about GAA players sleeping out to raise funds for homeless that prompted me to post us Fintan O'Tooles article. If McGregor had spent a bit of time down in the GAA field he might have been a better man
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Post by kerrygold on Dec 13, 2017 22:33:40 GMT
The GAA isn't the answer to all of life's ills!
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Post by kerrygold on Dec 14, 2017 13:10:19 GMT
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