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"This is a matter of scale. A redeveloped 10,000-12,000 capacity stadium as a home of Gaelic games in Belfast, as the central point of Antrim GAA, will still be extremely costly, but it is something that must surely be manageable. The stadium should stand as a monument to all of those people who have given so much to the GAA in Antrim over the decades without being a financial millstone around the generations to come."

Why should such a ground cost much more than the €24m being spent in Dundalk for a similar size? In this case, some money should be directed to improving other NI grounds, in places where people actually have an interest in GAA.

But if Dundalk costs €25m, then 6 times that amount should build a stadium of a decent standard in Belfast, with about 2.5 times the capacity of Dundalk. Surely this is feasible? What exactly is the problem?

The financials are at the stage now where they make so little sense that anyone who is still in favour of building the 34,000 version at Casement, should be looking at instant dismissal from any role or position involving having any responsibilty for any spending whatsoever.

If a private business announced it was going spending £200 million plus to increase it's capacity to hold matches by a total of 5,000 for one day a year, I'd imagine law enforcement would descend on the business with lightning speed.

I think the same financial planner was working for Parnells!

Semi Final draw (if required) live on Sunday Game.
No repeats of earlier Championship games unless impossible.
If Galway, Dublin and Armagh all win....

If Armagh, Donegal, Tyrone & Galway all win, how will they work it?

Armagh have played all 3
Donegal have played all bar Galway
Tyrone have played all bar Galway
Galway have played just Armagh

A bowl with 2 balls - Donegal and Tyrone, to find out Galways opponent.

In this case a repeat is unavoidable.

Is there any hierarchy of not having played a team? e.g. avoiding a repeat of Provincial final might be more important than avoiding a group game repeat or that of an earlier provincial game?

Who'll get the first yellow for tackles on Clifford?

At what time will Clifford's jersey be ripped?

Pat 'aeroplane' O'Shea
https://www.kennellyarchive.com/media/9668d4db-cc4d-4aac-b195-09f4450fb6a0-kerry-footballer-pat-aeroplane-o-shea

Jody O'Neill captained Tyrone to their first Ulster in 1956

Why does croke park not make hogan lower or upper available for juvenile tickets?
Some decent tickets avaialble in the hogan upper at the moment, but have to pay full price for kids if you want them

Because other customers will be happy to pay full price for them?

Let's be honest, if they'd put it as Sunday, Jim would still be whinging. Hopefully Monaghan resolve his fixture congestion on Saturday.

Why would he be whinging about a Sunday fixture?

They're right about this, and they were right to complain about Hyde Park.

It's funny how the GAA had no problem with Offaly GAA hosting Meath v Kerry while their footballers were togging out in Newbridge, but there apparently wasn't a steward to be had for any of the Ulster grounds because those counties were playing. I guess most of the Offaly lads are hurling snobs.

No, but Offaly were not playing in the All Ireland championship.

Thanks for the insights. Looked at ESB. Unfortunately it requires you to prove a residential address in The European Economic Area (EEA), which we up North are not anymore.

Revolut, despite having no branches, might be an option as there may be a workaround for euro cash deposits in the North I will investigate. Thanks

I'd double check the EBS, some of these rules were never updated after Brexit.
They are reasonable to deal with, at least compared to Bank of Ireland

Apparently Louth, who for reasons I can't fathom, were staying in Enniskillen, got lost on their way to Ballybofey and ended up in Sligo.

Arrived 45 mins before kickoff and were not given a delayed kickoff.

Did they ask for one?

That said, with multiple routes available to go from Enniskillen to Ballybofey, and with satnav/map apps, how the hell did the driver end up in Sligo?

Someone said yesterday that they asked for a delay but Donegal refused. Could be balls though obviously.

The louth manager came out and said he asked for a 15 minute delay and was denied. There would be some crying if Jim was denied a 15 minute delay-

https://www.donegallive.ie/news/gaa-lgfa/1831998/louth-get-lost-on-their-way-to-play-donegal-in-ballybofey-and-end-up-in-sligo.html

Jim would not have hired a bus driver who hadn't a clue.

If you are lodging cash then you probably want places in the nearest town in south.
If you only want payments then you can transfer to Revolut, if you want cash from atms then Revolut is more limited.

Dublin hurlers to exceed Dublin footballers?

https://x.com/X_ReBha_X/status/1935755786996920795?t=SwXGpkmPxexCP05vZkLzPA&s=19

Thankfully didn't cost us in the end, but how did the referee give Mogan a black card for O'Donoghue tripping over Mogan's legs after he himself had shouldered Mogan to the ground?

Am I missing something?

Yes, you are missing that Mogan clearly raised his leg, so to better trip O'Donoghue.

Donegal not that composed, if Mayo get a bit chaos going then they have a chance.

Good crowd in the Hyde.

That's a whole lot of hubris in one short message.

What better day for hubris than beating Kerry, who exhibited hubris in relation to this game?

With the best will in the world it's this design or the project will be scrapped altogether.

A load of FUD.


And to be brutally honest, if it's a choice of this design or nothing - the long term health of the GAA in Ulster is better served by nothing.


(Yes, that's how bad the ongoing financial burden it'll incur is being misread by the hopeless optimists)

While the concern about a financial burden brought about by hubris is a real one, the GAA needs something there in the second city in the country.