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following michael o muircheartaigh thro the 2006 championship... should be very good

uefa in their wisdom announced today that they have awardrd sweden a 3-0 win over denmark in their euro 2008 quilifier. hardly a satisfactory outcome from denmark, ni or spains point of view or soccer in general. the ref imo overreacted and could have finished the game, it was in the 89 min and he wasnt actually injured or anything like that. it might encourage other lunatics who want to influence matches in the future.... now wheres my czeck jersey i'm off to prague in sept   

register at ulsterbankgolf.ie or call into any ulster bank. its for thursday July 5th and will be a great day out at a great venue..

with all the talk about mcdowell losing out no one seems to notice joe higgins lost as well. a far bigger loss imo to the dail then mcdowell. here is a guy who really said what he meant and meant what he said. kept a lot closer watch on bertie than the flea dees ever did...

i see the nhl final last sunday brought tg4 its biggest audience yet for any programme - 309,000. while its great for tg4 i think the gaa should demand that national league finals be carried on rte1 or 2.

i know albert reynolds just sold his house for E15m but theres one in the irish times today for E25m. got all of an acre and a half with it. anyone going to view....

Hope someone in gaa hq is bidding on these, they go on sale at the tara towers hotel, merrion rd, next tuesday. the bloody sunday match ticket must be fairly unique at this stage (E2-3k) while everyone in kerry knows the ai medals (1915-1918) are priceless!!

just to let everyone know that tomorrows irish examiner will have a 2007 sports calender, in previous years its been very good. i think the sunday times did one last year as well....

the gaa said today that while there will be no tour at junior or senior level to austrialia in 2007 a consultation process will begin outlining what is needed if the series is to continue and when this process is finished the final document will be presented to the afl for their view......

i see clones is in line for a 30m upgrade following hot on the heels of westmeath and kildares stadium plans. surely its time for some sort of central stadium planning body in the gaa. what this country needs is one centrally located stadium with a roof that can seat 25,000 and finally weather proof our games. how about the athlone arena, a central enough location where every sunday a double header top league games can be played. giving up all these town center locations for stadiums that will be empty for 99% of the time may be a bad idea in the longterm... what do others think?

the gpa and the afl players association today came out in favour of the ir series. they said that the series has the overwhelming support of both codes players and that the refereeing of the series is an area that needs attention. just looking at the start of the ashes series in cricket it would be an awful shame if the gaa (ie nicky) were to let our own series go down the tube....