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What sort of crowd were Newry getting before they went under? Realistically, how many of them will be back to support the new club when they're playing intermediate football in Mid Ulster or Ballymena or wherever they end up?

They may think that Warrenpoint playing at the showgrounds will attract fans from Newry's catchment area but realistically there is no real competition between the clubs to attract support. These new "fans" may come out to watch Warrenpoint v Linfield or Cliftonville but they're not going to be rushing to the showgrounds to see Newry v Broomhedge or Seagoe. Allowing Warrenpoint to groundshare may increase the general interest in local soccer within the town, which may benefit Newry in the long term.

[All the examples you used are completely irrelevant.]

All the examples you used are completely irrelevant. Not one of them are an example of an IFA premiership side using the ground of a team who compete under the auspices of the MUFA. When Carrick played at Seaview it was clear who owned the ground and with both sides competing in the same division there wouldn't be an issue as to who had first preference.

Hardly irrelevent, they're examples of clubs at a higher level than Newry that were able to accomodate a ground share. Two of the cases involved clubs from different divisions using the same pitch, so there is no issue regarding ground ownership or fixture clashes. As is the case with Oxford, the MUFL secretaries have no issue with co-ordinating fixtures to accomodate ground shares.

Ownership of your ground is not a requirement of entry to MUFL so ground sharing would not have an effect on Newry's application. However financial competency is an entry requirement and experience of competing as a football club is also desirable. Newco Newry have neither of these!

Don't worry though, the application will no doubt be approved, just as in the case of Omagh Utd. I expect a similar outcome!

[they'll be competing in the Mid Ulster Intermediate League next season.]

First of all you know fine rightly Newry have reformed, so they do "exist at the moment."

It's Newry's home ground and they'll be competing in the Mid Ulster Intermediate League next season.

That hasn't been confirmed yet!

This means they'll also be in a heap of different cup competitions as well as their league games. With Warrenpoint being a potential top flight club the IFA would have sought assurances that their fixtures would take priority. They were in no position to do this. At least get your facts right before posting nonsense.

Why can Dungannon accomodate them but Newry can't? There have been plenty of examples of clubs doing this; Carrick played at Crusaders, Ballinamallard played at Armagh City, Lurgan Celtic play at Oxford Sunnyside (who are in the division Newry are hoping to be admitted to next season).

[that she hadn't eaten in a long time,]

Do normal guards on the beat carry around Breathalyzers? Did she take the wrong turn to avoid a checkpoint?  Im pretty sure she would have had to go to the station for the 'proper' test which should have given plenty of time for a single measure to be under the limit ( unless it was a huge house measure!!!)

This might read as an anti-woman rant and you might be right.
I don't think the omens are good for Clare.
She did feel it necessary to provide us with extra information,  that she was ill,  that she hadn't eaten in a long time, that she drank it just before she departed and she was given the 'house measure' indicating a good measure, an act of generosity from a grateful and caring host.
Therein lies a hat full of excuses (reducers), all prepared should she be found to be over the limit. Although I have never had to take a breathalyser, I would imagine that she would have benefitted from drinking as much water as she could until she was tested at the station and perhaps she should have asked for a blood sample to be taken to gain time. Maybe that's just myth.

Personally I don't think she had any malicious intent with getting her excuses in early, but rather that's just a natural woman's/wife's instinct to never ever take responsibility for ones actions  
Furthermore, she makes a mistake while driving,
try and ask a woman, well what did you do? did you not see the sign? and the answer will sound like the whole universe conspired to make her take that wrong turn.
Lastly, the Gardai probably leaked out the info, not nice but that's just the way it is, she was perceived as criticising the Gardai in the Dail and the Gardai take this kind of thing personal.

Not eating in a long time may speed up the process of becoming "drunk" but surely it wouldn't have any bearing on the level of alcohol in your system. So I don't see the reason for mentioning it at all.  Not eating before drinking may be the difference between waking up with a sore head or waking up in the garden with a sore head, but it couldn't be the differnce between being fit to drive and being over the limit.

[You need to wind your necks in]

Love the comment on screen below her - "The protests have to stop. You need to wind your necks in"

Aaron Beattie - Abbey
Jamie Cosgrove - St. Paul's

Fill in the rest.

3. Shea Heffron - St Michaels Lurgan & Clann Eireann
9. Oisin Lenaghan - St Michaels Lurgan & St Mary's Aghagallon

Benny, like ITG, I had very similar issues with an alignment problem.  Initially it started with pain at the back of the knee then developed into pain in the glute, hamstring tendon and even the tendon in my foot all down one side. I went to an osteopath/physio Jonathon Sinclair from the W.Ryan Back Clinic in Dunmurry (I would definitely recommend him but not neccessarily the others in that practice) who treated it initially to relieve the tightness in the muscles/ tendons. He also told me to get orthotics, which have made a massive difference. These along with the stretching exercises he gave me have kept me fairly pain free for the past year.  Although, if your going to play/ train it is vital that you do all the specific stretches before you go and even when you get home. Trying to do them as part of the team warm up/down is not enough!

Possibly they saw my wife going to lock up (or were disturbed by someone else) and ran for it. Cars could easily have been taken as gate was open. Possibly it was just the purse they were after and the house keys. Hard to know what it was they were after.

Same thing happened to sister in law. They took both sets of house keys so they could basically lock everyone in their own house, then drove away in the car knowing that anyone realising what was happening would be helpless to stop them. Sounds like you disturbed them just in time.

Belfast Telegraph coverage of the championships.  The image used to represent the sport sums up their knowledge and interest:

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/gaa/bradys-quadruple-quest-continues-16223979.html

Yep, some steak & anti-freeze to deal with a dog that makes a bit of noise. A nice measured response to a problem that can be dealt with a talk hopefully, or at worst with the local council. 
If some dog or cat this halloween gets a lit bottle rocket shoved up their backsides by local knuckledraggers somehow I'd doubt they'd be looked upon as cute hoors.

I'm certainly not condoning it. I'm just stating that by speaking to the owner Lecale has made himself number one suspect/target should the dog end up dead.

Talking to these people is pointless. You only have to look at the amount of dog shite on the pavements to know most dog owners couldn't give a toss about anyone else.

[Anyway I called around to see the new neighbour]

Thanks for all the advice. The dogs still barking away for hours on end. Do they never get horse?

Anyway I called around to see the new neighbour and they came to the door stripped to the waist and carrying a large knife. I explained the problem with the barking and they told me they 'd "cut my b*lls off with this f**king bread knife and feed them to the dog" if I came to their door again.

I'll maybe try talking to the husband. He might be more seasonable. Or maybe I could fit one of the barking collars myself and fit it very tightly?

Don't tell any other disgruntled neighbours you did this. It will leave them free to go down the steak antifreeze route Aerlik has heard of (or even something less subtle), knowing that you will get the blame.

I'll be at the Germany game but I'm definitely not as entusiastic about attending games this year as I was for the euro qualifiers.  The football wasn't any better during the last campaign but at least you could see the reasons behind it.  Trap was playing a system that could get results based on the abilities of the senior players he had available to him. It worked and those players got to a major tournament with, what should have been for many, their last opportunity.

This year is a much bigger test for Trap as he needs to bring through a new generation of players and get the best out of their abilities.  Instead of changing the style of play to suit the players, he is forcing them to change their natural playing style to suit his direct system.  Those who won't or can't adapt are being kept out of the team by players who have significantly less ability (or are completely finished).  What is that going to achieve medium to long term?

Grammar school teachers are dealing with a more able and more motivated class of pupil and can get reasonable outcomes without any great pedagogy.
There is a broader problem in society that teaching is not especially valued and standards have declined in many cases.

Agree with most of that with the exception that teaching is not valued by society, in fact I think the teaching profession is held in far too high a regard. If someone possess a high level of expertise in their chosen field then they will use this skill to create or manage a profitable enterprise which will in turn benefit others and help boost the economy. However if they only have a basic theoretic knowledge of the subject and lack the ability or drive to make something of this knowledge then they become a teacher.

[perceived]

Simple - They go to England to do a PGCE and return a year later to a teaching job. (GAA ability will probably mean this will be in the perceived elite profession of grammar school teacher)

Why do you use the word perceived? You have yet to produce any evidence to disprove ONeill's theory.

O'Neills theory was that grammar school teachers are best. That's definitely debatable but I think its obvious that it certainly isn't an elite profession.

[The elitist arrogance being shown on this tread epitomises all that is sad in our education system. Some posters have dropped in my estimation with silly generalisations and nasty comments.]

Some of the worst teachers also teach in Grammar Schools and some of the most inept, incompetent teachers I have ever met worked/work in Grammar Schools. That's not even taking in the lazy, drunken and mentally unbalanced members of staff.

The elitist arrogance being shown on this tread epitomises all that is sad in our education system. Some posters have dropped in my estimation with silly generalisations and nasty comments.
I think a lot of posters do not have children at a Grammar School yet.

Think you're being a bit hard on O'Neill there. His comments seem to be a piss take - it's just not as obvious when he's not being Olly.