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The 2025 SHC could look like as follows (with apologies in advance to both Colt Shanahoe and Clonaslee,based on current form )

Ballacolla
Harps
Abbeyleix
Rosenallis

Rathdowney
Portlaoise
Camross
Castletown

and potentially 2 from 3 of the following;  Borris,Ballinakill or Ballyfin

who wouldnt drag the standard of the 2025 Championship down, in fairness to any of the 3 clubs

[I think the poll speaks for itself.]

Fair.

I think the poll speaks for itself.

A straight vote between an 8 team and a 12 team championship would have resulted in 8.

I wonder what a straight vote between 8 team and 10 team would have resulted in.

The biggest problem is that we are going to be stuck with this for a very long time.

Good luck getting any of the clubs ranked 5-10 in the SHC or any of the IHC clubs voting for multiple relegations in the same year.

That's my biggest fear with it.
It's not going to be easy to revert.

Yep 14 votes in total on an anonymous forum

That surely must be very representative of every hurling supporter in the county on the topic, all right

The Clubs voted for it so they were in favor of it

That's Democracy

I didn't go crying to anyone

That's the second time in about a fortnight that someone suggested doxing this poster. I can't remember who the other person who suggested it was

If you don't like what he has to say.....block him

In fact, Whitey, it's the third time he's threatened to dox me! But, never mind!

Couple of things might amuse you: on the Laois forum a poster insinuated Clonadmad wasn't even from Laois, and he got a little high and mighty about it! Now, whether he's from Laois or not, I don't know, but if he's not - well, y'know, him having a go at you for living in America is a tad rich.

And from a discussion on a club getting transfers:

It's always a precarious game depending on imports

Much better to grow your own

I couldn't agree more!!

It wasn't "a poster"

It was You

Who made allegations against me on a laois gaa thread

About 18 months ago,

which were completely incorrect and which affected a completely innocent party who isn't even a poster on here

Screenshots of the allegations you made were then circulated outside of here and clubs then got involved

The mods here then had to get involved

And you were warned that if you stepped out of line once more

You'd be facing a permanent ban

Sorry, pal - you have the wrong guy.

Not really when I have the correspondence to hand

It's also interesting to see the exact same allegations being made on another thread in the last 3/4 days

The timing is interesting though

None of these allegations made in the last 12/14 months

The minute I challenge you here on this thread

Up they pop

Anyways a job for the mods to deal with

Haven't a clue what you're on about. How the hell would I know - or care - if you're from Kilkenny, Tipperary, or Tyrone?!

And you chided someone else for "running to the mods"?!

You'd argue with your own shadow, you know that?!

An innocent party who isn't a poster on here was singled out for abuse in real life

When those allegations were made last year

You repeated the same allegation here today

That's why the mods have been informed

I didn't go crying to anyone

That's the second time in about a fortnight that someone suggested doxing this poster. I can't remember who the other person who suggested it was

If you don't like what he has to say.....block him

In fact, Whitey, it's the third time he's threatened to dox me! But, never mind!

Couple of things might amuse you: on the Laois forum a poster insinuated Clonadmad wasn't even from Laois, and he got a little high and mighty about it! Now, whether he's from Laois or not, I don't know, but if he's not - well, y'know, him having a go at you for living in America is a tad rich.

And from a discussion on a club getting transfers:

It's always a precarious game depending on imports

Much better to grow your own

I couldn't agree more!!

It wasn't "a poster"

It was You

Who made allegations against me on a laois gaa thread

About 18 months ago,

which were completely incorrect and which affected a completely innocent party who isn't even a poster on here

Screenshots of the allegations you made were then circulated outside of here and clubs then got involved

The mods here then had to get involved

And you were warned that if you stepped out of line once more

You'd be facing a permanent ban

Sorry, pal - you have the wrong guy.

Not really when I have the correspondence to hand

It's also interesting to see the exact same allegations being made on another thread in the last 3/4 days

The timing is interesting though

None of these allegations made in the last 12/14 months

The minute I challenge you here on this thread

Up they pop

Anyways a job for the mods to deal with

I didn't go crying to anyone

That's the second time in about a fortnight that someone suggested doxing this poster. I can't remember who the other person who suggested it was

If you don't like what he has to say.....block him

In fact, Whitey, it's the third time he's threatened to dox me! But, never mind!

Couple of things might amuse you: on the Laois forum a poster insinuated Clonadmad wasn't even from Laois, and he got a little high and mighty about it! Now, whether he's from Laois or not, I don't know, but if he's not - well, y'know, him having a go at you for living in America is a tad rich.

And from a discussion on a club getting transfers:

It's always a precarious game depending on imports

Much better to grow your own

I couldn't agree more!!

It wasn't "a poster"

It was You

Who made allegations against me on a laois gaa thread

About 18 months ago,

which were completely incorrect and which affected a completely innocent party who isn't even a poster on here

Screenshots of the allegations you made were then circulated outside of here and clubs then got involved

The mods here then had to get involved

And you were warned that if you stepped out of line once more

You'd be facing a permanent ban

A parade in Bekfast today.
No Police attacked, no one threatened, no businesses wrecked/burnt, no mocking of victims......
I suspect the  2 racist bucks wouldn't aporove.

"Open border apologists"....I've heard it all now!
Tell me you're a xenophobic racist without telling me....etc...

I keep hearing this open borders nonsense as if it means something

Humpf. As if your bleating of "racist" , "fascist", etc., isn't completely meaningless, either.

Does your family, club mates, people that you deal with in a professional capacity know your views?

What would they say if they were presented with a selection of your posts from here ?

Would you be comfortable in standing over them

A hypothetical question for you to answer

This is a forum where people post anonymously for a variety of reasons

Threatening to dox someone should result in a permanent ban

You missed the hypothetical bit  there

Maybe Burdizzo is proud of his stance and is man enough to say in public what he types here


It's interesting that you would go crying to the mods though

I didn't go crying to anyone

That's the second time in about a fortnight that someone suggested doxing this poster. I can't remember who the other person who suggested it was

If you don't like what he has to say.....block him

Hypothetical Question for you then

And the emphasis is on

Hypothetical

Before you go bringing the mods into it again

Are you comfortable with all you've posted here on this topic becoming public knowledge?


Is what you've posted here your public stance on the issue ?

Now you're threatening to dox me or suggest that someone else does

I am 100% comfortable with everything I have posted on here on an anonymous forum.

I signed up knowing it was anonymous and knowing that the other posters were anonymous and as entitled to their views as I am even though I disagree with most of them

If you don't like interacting with people on an anonymous forum maybe you should shift your discussions to Facebook

There is an ignore feature for a reason

Jaysus your mad for this doxing

Whatever that is

We move on

Good to see your in favour of free speech at the very least

A parade in Bekfast today.
No Police attacked, no one threatened, no businesses wrecked/burnt, no mocking of victims......
I suspect the  2 racist bucks wouldn't aporove.

"Open border apologists"....I've heard it all now!
Tell me you're a xenophobic racist without telling me....etc...

I keep hearing this open borders nonsense as if it means something

Humpf. As if your bleating of "racist" , "fascist", etc., isn't completely meaningless, either.

Does your family, club mates, people that you deal with in a professional capacity know your views?

What would they say if they were presented with a selection of your posts from here ?

Would you be comfortable in standing over them

A hypothetical question for you to answer

This is a forum where people post anonymously for a variety of reasons

Threatening to dox someone should result in a permanent ban

You missed the hypothetical bit  there

Maybe Burdizzo is proud of his stance and is man enough to say in public what he types here


It's interesting that you would go crying to the mods though

I didn't go crying to anyone

That's the second time in about a fortnight that someone suggested doxing this poster. I can't remember who the other person who suggested it was

If you don't like what he has to say.....block him

Hypothetical Question for you then

And the emphasis is on

Hypothetical

Before you go bringing the mods into it again

Are you comfortable with all you've posted here on this topic becoming public knowledge?


Is what you've posted here your public stance on the issue ?

A parade in Bekfast today.
No Police attacked, no one threatened, no businesses wrecked/burnt, no mocking of victims......
I suspect the  2 racist bucks wouldn't aporove.

"Open border apologists"....I've heard it all now!
Tell me you're a xenophobic racist without telling me....etc...

I keep hearing this open borders nonsense as if it means something

Humpf. As if your bleating of "racist" , "fascist", etc., isn't completely meaningless, either.

Does your family, club mates, people that you deal with in a professional capacity know your views?

What would they say if they were presented with a selection of your posts from here ?

Would you be comfortable in standing over them

A hypothetical question for you to answer

This is a forum where people post anonymously for a variety of reasons

Threatening to dox someone should result in a permanent ban

You missed the hypothetical bit  there

Maybe Burdizzo is proud of his stance and is man enough to say in public what he types here


It's interesting that you would go crying to the mods though

A parade in Bekfast today.
No Police attacked, no one threatened, no businesses wrecked/burnt, no mocking of victims......
I suspect the  2 racist bucks wouldn't aporove.

"Open border apologists"....I've heard it all now!
Tell me you're a xenophobic racist without telling me....etc...

I keep hearing this open borders nonsense as if it means something

Humpf. As if your bleating of "racist" , "fascist", etc., isn't completely meaningless, either.

Does your family, club mates, people that you deal with in a professional capacity know your views?

What would they say if they were presented with a selection of your posts from here ?

Would you be comfortable in standing over them

A hypothetical question for you to answer

The vote last year if I recall correctly was tight decided principally by a few football only clubs who were probably lobbied by one or two hurling clubs who were actively pushing it. Usually football clubs would abstain if they had no skin in the game. That's democracy. It's done and dusted for the next few years but it doesn't mean it was the right decision. Funny enough, I think it will level out the Premier Intermediate division but could well lead to the likes of Camross and Rathdownwy/Errill winning it. I expect B/K to win Premier Intermediate but it's not beyond the bounds of possibility that a second team could get to the final.     

Clubs were first asked to vote on whether or not to retain the current eight-team system and that was narrowly defeated.

They were then asked to choose between 10 and 12 teams with the 10 team format

unanimously

wining out.

Agreed- that will be a consequence.
Bloated SHC will allow the top clubs to mind their first 17 for longer.

As well as weakening their competition by taking two of the stronger clubs out of the PIHC.

Have they decided what happens to the 5 teams after the group?

I presume it's
1- SF
2- QF
3- QF
4- Year over
5- Relegation Playoff

Or is 4 also in relegation danger?

For a lad that thinks he knows everything

I'm surprised you don't know how the 2025 SHC will work

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The championship will be played on a round robin league basis, with teams criss-crossing and playing a team in the opposite Group in each round.

So while you are playing teams from the opposite group, your points total is up against the teams in your group and each team will have five matches.

The top team in each group will go to the semi final while the second and third teams will face off in a quarter final.

The fourth-placed team will be out while the bottom side in each group will play the relegation final.

For the cost of 1km of tramway in Ireland

The Germans can build nearly 5km

https://x.com/kevinohara10/status/1824765069810454712?s=46&t=Z3KW3Rw04beopUDsdM2Hwg

Who knew that getting in foreign expertise to do complete it in a quarter of the time and half the cost could be a solution

https://x.com/jillkerby/status/1824743859240271872?s=46&t=Z3KW3Rw04beopUDsdM2Hwg

The Chinese stuff is amazing

We could also ask the Russians who seem to have built a railway from Mariupol to Crimea in double quick time.

The Chinese

Laying more new track in a day than the Irish have laid in 40 years


The Italians and Spanish might be a better bet than the Ruskies 😉

I read somewhere recently that every 1km of underground rail cost the Brits £1bn

While the Italians were doing it for €100m per km

Who knew that getting in foreign expertise to complete a full rail network in a quarter of the time and half the cost could be a solution

https://x.com/jillkerby/status/1824743859240271872?s=46&t=Z3KW3Rw04beopUDsdM2Hwg

It's  mad when you think about how far ahead they're looking at. 2050? Ffs that is 26 years away!  Its too  far away for anyone to think  about or care about. It's needed now.

I actually flew into Belfast city  on the first weekend they opened the  new terminal in 2001.  The  airport stop  is pretty much redundant as it involves walking along  the busy dual carriageway .  They've talked about moving the train stop further down  to accommodate  the new terminal. 23 years later , it still hasn't happened.  They'll probably  still be talking about it  in 2050.

So realistically, what are the chances of  a railway from Portadown  to Derry, or down to the midlands if an airport stop is taking 23 years,  and counting?

From 2007 in relation to a fairly simple spur to Shannon Airport which would have brought about the first rail connected airport on the island

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The Irish Times report said the following:

"The feasibility study by MVA Consultants has put a cost of €700 million on constructing the rail link. However, this has been disputed by the locally-based Shannon Rail Partnership which claims that the rail link will cost €240 million."

Who knew that getting in foreign expertise to complete a full rail network in a quarter of the time and a fifth of the cost could be a solution

https://x.com/jillkerby/status/1824743859240271872?s=46&t=Z3KW3Rw04beopUDsdM2Hwg