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Post by dc84 on May 23, 2024 12:34:22 GMT
Thurles or limerick are the most viable options surely ?even galway would be semi equidistant
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Post by dc84 on May 23, 2024 12:50:55 GMT
Thurles or limerick are the most viable options surely ?even galway would be semi equidistant
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Post by kot on May 23, 2024 13:10:53 GMT
Can't wait for John Costello's response to this in the format of a Neil Curtis Daily Star column |
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Post by thehermit on May 23, 2024 13:14:33 GMT
Can't wait for John Costello's response to this in the format of a Neil Curtis Daily Star column Or Brendan Brogan's tweet, or Paul Flynn's opinion on the Sunday game, or Filthy's Indo column declaring Dublin will play anyone, anywhere, anytime, but think of the poor Dublin kids and working class people of the capital now being deprived of seeing their heroes cause they can't afford to go into cars and try and find Cavan  |
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Post by kot on May 23, 2024 16:28:32 GMT
Can't wait for John Costello's response to this in the format of a Neil Curtis Daily Star column Costello is gone!His tweet was "it was mean spirited of Donegal"to object to Croke Park.In fairness to Donegal they were saying they were promised in the super 8s 1 home game 1 away game and 1 neutral game and they stated correctly that for them to play Dubs in broker it was nt neutral for them.Their motion was shot down big-time and one of the main opposition believe it or not was Kerry.Sean Kelly encouraged Kerry to vote against Donegals motion.Why?Answer money.I know from a person that was there that Kerry and Antrim in particular were against Donegals motion as it was hinted by higher powers that broke park games means more money and if there was less money it would mean less funding for Curranes and Casement park.Now while the vote was secret ballot both Kerry and Antrim were urging their delegates to sway with Costello and the end result was Donegals motion was shot down.Whatever about Mayo or Kildare if Antrim and Kerry voted the way they were urged then they should never complain about broke park. I thought Broker was a typo but a beautiful pun  Yeah Costello gone and remember that whole episode including Séan Kelly deciding to come out of retirement to say he objected because of "wording", I mean what other reason would the person who spearheaded this lobsided set up have to object to this other than wording right? I don't know if you remember Costello's end of year reports when he was in the hot seat, but they were shameless..... Golden Cleric stuff |
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Post by exiled on May 23, 2024 21:45:40 GMT
Sean Kelly was a wolf in a Kerry jersey. All about the money.. Right wing stuff.
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Post by Annascaultilidie on May 24, 2024 4:10:25 GMT
Sean Kelly was a wolf in a Kerry jersey. All about the money.. Right wing stuff. Once again let me say that the GAA had no shareholders and thus has no profit motive. Any and all monies made (barring illegality) get invested back into the organisation. |
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Post by horsebox77 on May 24, 2024 7:37:21 GMT
IT's about time some county board had the county board had the balls to stand up and emphasis the point of neutral venue. I recall documentary few years back where Philly McMahon outlined the importance of the familiarity of Croker, from arrival, to where they sat to the run out and the pitch, he quoted a match vs Mayo, where he was on the ground, but knew from where a certain advertising sign was exactly where he was on the pitch... madness....
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Post by thehermit on May 24, 2024 8:38:59 GMT
Sean Kelly was a wolf in a Kerry jersey. All about the money.. Right wing stuff. Once again let me say that the GAA had no shareholders and thus has no profit motive. Any and all monies made (barring illegality) get invested back into the organisation. Its where they're getting invested is the BIG issue though, ie Dublin!!! |
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Post by veteran on May 24, 2024 8:50:52 GMT
The GAA publish its accounts annually. If anybody has any evidence of malfeasance he/she has a duty to the the rest of us to expose that rather than engage in innuendo which tarnishes everybody in the upper echelons of the organisation.
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Post by royalkerryfan on May 24, 2024 10:45:13 GMT
OK lads back to football...
Winners this weekend,
Tyrone v Donegal - Tyrone
Dublin v Cavan - Dublin
Meath v Louth - Louth
Armagh v Westmeath - Armagh
Meath and Louth being of interest to us being played in Inniskeen should be a very competitive.
Meath by all accounts have been poor in the challenge game circuit.
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Post by royalkerryfan on May 24, 2024 11:14:31 GMT
OK lads back to football... Winners this weekend, Tyrone v Donegal - Tyrone Dublin v Cavan - Dublin Meath v Louth - Louth Armagh v Westmeath - Armagh Meath and Louth being of interest to us being played in Inniskeen should be a very competitive. Meath by all accounts have been poor in the challenge game circuit. Yeah I think Donegal have been riding their luck a d fancy Tyrone too.Cant pick between Louth and Meath. Think Dublin have the Rossies not Cavan but same result! Louth have a better form line I think. Meath are not in a good place I'm told. |
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Post by playitfair on May 24, 2024 11:44:44 GMT
Think Dublin have the Rossies not Cavan but same result! Louth have a better form line I think. Meath are not in a good place I'm told. Sorry to hear that.Id like to see Meath back in the big time. I would vote for Donegal. Home venue should swing it in my view. Agree with the other predictions. |
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Post by veteran on May 24, 2024 13:05:18 GMT
The GAA publish its accounts annually. If anybody has any evidence of malfeasance he/she has a duty to the the rest of us to expose that rather than engage in innuendo which tarnishes everybody in the upper echelons of the organisation. Yes and some of the wages are over 100 grand qnd some over 120 grand a year.Obviously if the gaa s revenue fell drastically the wages would be affected too like Rte.The gaa make lots of money from tv rights and advertising and also get some drom the Govermment and lottery but the county that was their biggest cashcow was Dublin and that is the main reason why Dublin got croke park regularly.Its a known fact a successful Dublin means more money for the gaa coffers and yes while most is pumped baxk into the grassroots it helps keep the top brass on high wages and expenses.No innuedo just facts. I am not sure what point you are trying to make by outlining the GAAs streams of revenue. Those streams of revenue are common knowledge. No sleight of hand there as far as I can see. As regards salaries , I have no idea of the scale of salaries. Common knowledge presumably if one wishes to dig for it. annual accounts etc. Are these people worth their salaries? I am not sure how one would go about calculating value for money. I do not have expertise in that area. However, I am familiar with the expression- pay peanuts and you will get monkeys. One possible way of calculating value for money is by comparing the performance of the administrators in the GAA with their counterparts in a so called professional organisation like the FAI. “More money for the GAA coffers” . I have alluded to this before , it appears that it is legitimate for every sporting organisation to make money except the GAA . The more the merrier I say. Except of course if some of that money is disappearing into a black hole. I have no evidence that is the case. Have you? If you feel like answering come back with evidence based facts not innuendo. |
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Post by thehermit on May 24, 2024 13:48:59 GMT
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Post by tpo on May 24, 2024 15:54:35 GMT
Thanks for clarifying
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Post by exiled on May 24, 2024 18:51:55 GMT
Sean Kelly was a wolf in a Kerry jersey. All about the money.. Right wing stuff. This seems to have hit the point..but my point was while Kelly was a good chairman in Kerry when he moved to the top table his allegiance changed. Now he was with the top boys in Dublin and caved in. |
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Post by royalkerryfan on May 24, 2024 19:41:47 GMT
P.s.In many an organisations when accounts are published yearly there is often another category too on the account book called miselleanous which covers non explained expenditure. Audited accounts have a clear explanation as to what each category is and a breakdown of each cost including renumeration. There is also notes that accompany the accounts to explain the different sections of the accounts. The accounts for the GAA are publicly available. 85% of funds raised by the GAA go back into the organisation. The GAA is the best run sporting organisation in Ireland. We can be thankful when we see the way the FAI was run or the league of Ireland. Paying the right people to do that is perfectly acceptable. There seems to be a past time in this country that bashing the GAA is acceptable. There wouldn't be a community in this county that hasn't got local sporting amenities without the GAA. |
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Post by exiled on May 24, 2024 20:23:28 GMT
P.s.In many an organisations when accounts are published yearly there is often another category too on the account book called miselleanous which covers non explained expenditure. Audited accounts have a clear explanation as to what each category is and a breakdown of each cost including renumeration. There is also notes that accompany the accounts to explain the different sections of the accounts. The accounts for the GAA are publicly available. 85% of funds raised by the GAA go back into the organisation. The GAA is the best run sporting organisation in Ireland. We can be thankful when we see the way the FAI was run or the league of Ireland. Paying the right people to do that is perfectly acceptable. There seems to be a past time in this country that bashing the GAA is acceptable. There wouldn't be a community in this county that hasn't got local sporting amenities without the GAA. I am the biggest supporter of the GAA and have always defended it against the knockers. Spent so much time selling lotto tickets etc as well as training under age teams. But my main gripe is that there's 32 counties plus in the GAA and how can the county with the most resources get the most money. Surely you help the weakest not the strongest. Common sense went out the window. Croke Park and those full-time employees have far too much power. |
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Post by exiled on May 24, 2024 20:38:27 GMT
Audited accounts have a clear explanation as to what each category is and a breakdown of each cost including renumeration. There is also notes that accompany the accounts to explain the different sections of the accounts. The accounts for the GAA are publicly available. 85% of funds raised by the GAA go back into the organisation. The GAA is the best run sporting organisation in Ireland. We can be thankful when we see the way the FAI was run or the league of Ireland. Paying the right people to do that is perfectly acceptable. There seems to be a past time in this country that bashing the GAA is acceptable. There wouldn't be a community in this county that hasn't got local sporting amenities without the GAA. I am the biggest supporter of the GAA and have always defended it against the knockers. Spent so much time selling lotto tickets etc as well as training under age teams. But my main gripe is that there's 32 counties plus in the GAA and how can the county with the most resources get the most money. Surely you help the weakest not the strongest. Common sense went out the window. Croke Park and those full-time employees have far too much power. The last paragraph is only mine. Age is my excuse. |
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Post by thehermit on May 24, 2024 21:30:42 GMT
The last paragraph is only mine. Age is my excuse. Dead on exile and its funny - I was listening to a lot of sports shows this week as usual out on my runs. Naturally English soccer dominated (heaven forbid Irish sports radio/podcasts ever gave the GAA equal time). All the talk is how the latest Man City success has left everyone numb at this stage, the Elephant in the room is very much Sky Blue - or perhaps more accurately red, green, white and black!! You can give credit to the great collection of players and the great manger they have but with all those charges pending - as an journalist put it 'they've won it all on easy mode'. And yet none of these sports presenters on Second Captains, Off the Ball or wherever can ever see any parallel with Dublin over the past 15 odd years. Hell even Man City have to go to Loftus Road to play. When these lads are Dubs themselves or at least know the major audience for their shows is Dublin based, it blinds the obvious comparisons I suppose. I actually would be friendly with one well known rugby journalist whose a big Dublin fan. He'd write how many articles on home advantage in a rugby context and would have all the facts and figures and yet when your arguing with him about the Dubs he can't even conceive that it is any sort of advantage for them!! Sure what can you do, if you a pessimist you'll just have to suffer the AI becoming the equivalent of the current Leinster championship in another decade or two. But enough of that, I'm only making myself upset - Come on the Rossies!!!! |
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Post by thehermit on May 25, 2024 8:25:29 GMT
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Post by Annascaultilidie on May 25, 2024 9:24:06 GMT
Sean Kelly was a wolf in a Kerry jersey. All about the money.. Right wing stuff. This seems to have hit the point..but my point was while Kelly was a good chairman in Kerry when he moved to the top table his allegiance changed. Now he was with the top boys in Dublin and caved in. I think he simply wanted to increase interest in GAA in the largest population base in the country. |
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Post by onlykerry on May 25, 2024 12:44:21 GMT
Running scared my ar*e - all it says is we are sick and tired of handing Dublin an advantage year after year and we want to play them on a level playing field. Only self entitled schmucks would interpret it otherwise. |
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Post by horsebox77 on May 25, 2024 20:12:18 GMT
Love the ball Donegal play, I genuinely hope either we draw Donegal or we play the same day in Croker... I really just want to see them up close, I'd say the view from Davin with regard to their movement would be an educational watch
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Post by royalkerryfan on May 25, 2024 20:21:00 GMT
Meath are in free fall.
A ten point hammering today.
If Kerry are tuned in they could be absolutely hammered against us.
ORourke will be gone soon.
By all accounts its a terrible set up.
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Post by horsebox77 on May 25, 2024 21:16:21 GMT
Meath are in free fall. A ten point hammering today. If Kerry are tuned in they could be absolutely hammered against us. ORourke will be gone soon. By all accounts its a terrible set up. The wuestion is does Jack stick or twist.. OK, Meath are at hone but they are the weakest team in our group and as some alluded to above, Louth will be our biggest challenger... that's saying lot... we'll ve undercooked big time come quarter final stage |
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Post by ciarrai74 on May 25, 2024 21:19:21 GMT
Donegal are lovely to watch I agree. A True Team playing with confidence as a group. No superstars just everybody giving it 100%. They will give ‘SAM’ a right crack this summer and it will take a huge performance from someone to beat them.
On another point from today. It was sad to see Croke Park basically empty for today’s game. I’d hazard a guess no more than 6000 attended.
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Post by Hicser on May 25, 2024 23:11:53 GMT
With rugby & soccer finals on timing wasn’t great but 6000 in Croker, yikes 😬
Surely we will revert to a more traditional Sept offering next year
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Post by kerryblueboy on May 26, 2024 9:57:37 GMT
Donegal are the fittest team I’ve seen in years so good to watch counter attack so well pace everywhere Tyrone looked poor lacked ideas and the 2 canavans played into their hands trying to run through them Donegal are a real all Ireland threat
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