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#1
GAA Discussion / Next President
November 16, 2016, 01:42:03 AM
Field filling up now, 5 candidates 2 Leinster, 2 Connaught and 1 from Munster.
#2
GAA Discussion / best wishes
February 22, 2014, 04:41:01 PM
Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery to Tomas Beirne Leitrim's full forward seriously injured in a road traffic accident yesterday afternoon outside Ballyleague Co Roscommon . Rushed to Galway hospital and faces a long recovery
#3
GAA Discussion / Centers of excellance
September 12, 2013, 09:26:39 PM
In the last couple of days the the center of excellence in Sligo has been abandoned while in the process of being built, the proposed one in Longford has been abandoned before machinery moved in . Last time i passed by the Leitrim one , it to looked like it was at a standstill with the dressing rooms yet to be completed . Should any other project like these ever  be allowed to go ahead again by Croke Park ?. Would be aware of the Longford situation , they purchased 42 acres apx around 2006/2007for around €320k .since then they have spent about €70k in planning and consultancy fee's. The projected costs of the project as disclosed to meeting last night would be north of €3,000,000 . Promised grants were in the region of €1,250,000 leaving a minimum shortfall in the region of €2,000,000 . In the current climate the present executive felt it was unsustainable to proceed any further at this time, a correct decision i feel . If the land is sold in the future  I would expect 70/80% of purchase price could be recovered leaving a loss in the region of around €150k and not the €400k as reported on various websites today .
No more than the Banks there was a system of checks clubs and counties had to go through when seeking to borrow/invest . There was 3 levels , at first level a county board could give permission, above a second level of spending it had to go to provincial level and after that Croke Park had to approve . All these committees change every 3 to 5 years , is it not about time that a specific full time management team is put in place to sign off of any project exceeding €100,000 . Latest rumour in the corridors of power is that 16 counties are now being moniterred by the finance committee in hq.
#4
GAA Discussion / U-16 County tournaments
April 11, 2013, 10:31:06 PM
At this weekend's central council meeting the future of competitions like the Fr Manning competition in Longford and the Gerry O Reilly in Meath are up for decision. The National Games Development body have to date refused permission to Longford to allow this competition which began in 1965 involving 6 counties playing on a league basis to proceed in it's traditional manner and decreed that it and all other tournaments are run on a "blitz" basis. Blitz day's are ok at U-14 level, but do not work at older grades. The Fr Manning comp ran in its traditional manner from 1965 to 2006 from 2007 to 2011 it was only allowed to run with 2 groups of 3 , while in 2012 permission was got to return to the full competition which had Longford beating Roscommon in the final and Leitrim defeating Sligo in the Shield final Westmeath and Offaly were the other 2 entrants. Should permission not be granted it looks like the organising committee will have no cchoice but to abandon  the competition 2 years short of it's 50th anniversary . The only reason given by the GDC to date is player welfare.They don't  appreciate the value of competitions like this to the Longford's , Leitrim's and Sligo's
#5
GAA Discussion / Leinster Minor 2013
April 10, 2013, 08:58:01 PM
The 2013 Leinster minor championship starts tomorrow night followed by 3 games on Saturday and final 2 games next week. Any chance of a new county emerging to win , the following is the 1st rd draw.
1 Killkenny v Kildare
2 Longford v Laois
3 Offaly v Meath
4 Westmeath v Wexford
5 Louth v Dublin
6 Wicklow v Carlow
Qualifiers draw Loser 3 v Loser 2 , winner v loser 1 . Loser 6 v loser 4 , winner v loser 5.
Can anyone see beyond a Dublin , Meath or Kildare winner . Kildare must surely soon win one .
#6
GAA Discussion / Leinster U-21
March 19, 2013, 09:51:28 PM
Best wishes to Longford tomorrow night in Portlaoise, up against Wexford bit of a bogey side in championship . Beat us in 2011 decider at this level , and have fallen to them in the senior over the last few years as well,