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I didn't realise the last episode was out already, usually watch it on Friday and had it in my head there were a few to go as last week's (Episode 5) was the first decent one yet.

There is some serious vermin in our society, it is a pity that there is not a big hole to just throw them all into.  The world would be a better place without them:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62g4wnelvqo

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y97wgv5kno

Could've done without reading those to be fair...scum of the earth

Some get a rough deal as to their genetic ''Guardians''.

The word Guardian has no meaning to these people.

Whose child was it in the Fulton case?

I think they're the biggest club in the county by membership.

They won this year's minor championship, they're in the SFC final, their second string reached the IFC semifinals, their ladies are LGFA SFC champions, their junior ladies reached the final as well. They also won the LGFA minor championship.

How does having their affairs in order and seemingly being a well run club to achieve that make them a super club like in Dublin? Are they getting on outside players, big managers etc?

They've had outside players in the past. They've had outside managers in the past. They were coached last year by an outsider, not sure if this is still the case. Some of their best players' parents wouldn't be locals either. Of course none of these are pre-requisites for super-club status (imo). They're a big club with a big catchment area and they're well run as you say.

I'd say they have had as many outside players as any other club in Ireland.

Similar to the players parents point, where again a lot of people on any team will have a parent from another area.

On their catchment area, I wouldn't call it big whatsoever, especially in comparison with other town teams. Also, their catchment area also has a club from half a mile away competing for players too.

Out of the Lurgan clubs they've always got the blow-ins transfer wise, not that there are too many that come to Lurgan to begin with.

I'd love to know what you call a big catchment area if you don't think theirs is big. Majority of all new build development in the last 30 years has happened in north Lurgan. When the Heffrons, Turbitts, McCambridges et al settled in Lurgan with a choice between St Peter's & CE, there's only ever going to be one winner.

Their catchment area isn't big when you compare it to other town teams. Think of the likes of Portadown, Dungannon, Omagh, Cookstown or Strabane who would all have the pick of their towns.

Lurgan is bigger than all those towns bar Portadown. The electoral wards that make up Lurgan amount to a population just over 30k, approx 62% of which we can allow for GAA (18k). Clann Éireann have the lion's share of this.

My point is that most bigger towns usually have 1 team in the town, which would definitely give them as big a pick, if not bigger, than Clann Eireann, especially given the fact you have 4 other clubs in the area. Anybody got the member numbers per club in each county?

A 3 mile radius from CE club and you have St. Peter's, St Mary's Aghagallon, St Paul's, Clan Na Gael, Eire Og, Wolfe Tones. And then Sarsfields a few mile further out the road. CE are a great club even outside of football when you consider they have a thriving netball club and successful handball club too. Lurgan is very much a GAA town now! You see nothing but children running about in their GAA club and county gear. Great to see.

I think they're the biggest club in the county by membership.

They won this year's minor championship, they're in the SFC final, their second string reached the IFC semifinals, their ladies are LGFA SFC champions, their junior ladies reached the final as well. They also won the LGFA minor championship.

How does having their affairs in order and seemingly being a well run club to achieve that make them a super club like in Dublin? Are they getting on outside players, big managers etc?

They've had outside players in the past. They've had outside managers in the past. They were coached last year by an outsider, not sure if this is still the case. Some of their best players' parents wouldn't be locals either. Of course none of these are pre-requisites for super-club status (imo). They're a big club with a big catchment area and they're well run as you say.

I'd say they have had as many outside players as any other club in Ireland.

Similar to the players parents point, where again a lot of people on any team will have a parent from another area.

On their catchment area, I wouldn't call it big whatsoever, especially in comparison with other town teams. Also, their catchment area also has a club from half a mile away competing for players

I think they're the biggest club in the county by membership.

They won this year's minor championship, they're in the SFC final, their second string reached the IFC semifinals, their ladies are LGFA SFC champions, their junior ladies reached the final as well. They also won the LGFA minor championship.

How does having their affairs in order and seemingly being a well run club to achieve that make them a super club like in Dublin? Are they getting on outside players, big managers etc?

They've had outside players in the past. They've had outside managers in the past. They were coached last year by an outsider, not sure if this is still the case. Some of their best players' parents wouldn't be locals either. Of course none of these are pre-requisites for super-club status (imo). They're a big club with a big catchment area and they're well run as you say.

I'd say they have had as many outside players as any other club in Ireland.

Similar to the players parents point, where again a lot of people on any team will have a parent from another area.

On their catchment area, I wouldn't call it big whatsoever, especially in comparison with other town teams. Also, their catchment area also has a club from half a mile away competing for players too.

Out of the Lurgan clubs they've always got the blow-ins transfer wise, not that there are too many that come to Lurgan to begin with.

I'd love to know what you call a big catchment area if you don't think theirs is big. Majority of all new build development in the last 30 years has happened in north Lurgan. When the Heffrons, Turbitts, McCambridges et al settled in Lurgan with a choice between St Peter's & CE, there's only ever going to be one winner.

Their catchment area isn't big when you compare it to other town teams. Think of the likes of Portadown, Dungannon, Omagh, Cookstown or Strabane who would all have the pick of their towns.

Lurgan is bigger than all those towns bar Portadown. The electoral wards that make up Lurgan amount to a population just over 30k, approx 62% of which we can allow for GAA (18k). Clann Éireann have the lion's share of this.

My point is that most bigger towns usually have 1 team in the town, which would definitely give them as big a pick, if not bigger, than Clann Eireann, especially given the fact you have 4 other clubs in the area. Anybody got the member numbers per club in each county?

A 3 mile radius from CE club and you have St. Peter's, St Mary's Aghagallon, St Paul's, Clan Na Gael, Eire Og, Wolfe Tones. And then Sarsfields a few mile further out the road. CE are a great club even outside of football when you consider they have a thriving netball club and successful handball club too. Lurgan is very much a GAA town now! You see nothing but children running about in their GAA club and county gear. Great to see.

too.

Out of the Lurgan clubs they've always got the blow-ins transfer wise, not that there are too many that come to Lurgan to begin with.

I'd love to know what you call a big catchment area if you don't think theirs is big. Majority of all new build development in the last 30 years has happened in north Lurgan. When the Heffrons, Turbitts, McCambridges et al settled in Lurgan with a choice between St Peter's & CE, there's only ever going to be one winner.

Their catchment area isn't big when you compare it to other town teams. Think of the likes of Portadown, Dungannon, Omagh, Cookstown or Strabane who would all have the pick of their towns.

Lurgan is bigger than all those towns bar Portadown. The electoral wards that make up Lurgan amount to a population just over 30k, approx 62% of which we can allow for GAA (18k). Clann Éireann have the lion's share of this.

My point is that most bigger towns usually have 1 team in the town, which would definitely give them as big a pick, if not bigger, than Clann Eireann, especially given the fact you have 4 other clubs in the area. Anybody got the member numbers per club in each county?

A 3 mile radius from CE club and you have St. Peter's, St Mary's Aghagallon, St Paul's, Clan Na Gael, Eire Og, Wolfe Tones. And then Sarsfields a few mile further out the road. CE are a great club even outside of football when you consider they have a thriving netball club and successful handball club too. Lurgan is very much a GAA town now! You see nothing but children running about in their GAA club and county gear. Great to see.

You can throw St Michaels in there too.

Happy Valley was surprisingly unreal, as good as, if not better, than LOD.

Watched it after reading this, v.good show.

Anyone watched the Menendez series yet on Netflix ?

I've 5 of them watched so far. I knew nothing of this story. It's a difficult watch at times. I just finished one episode where Eric talks for 35 mins uncut. I thought it an incredible performance.

No need for all the episodes, could have been half the size.

New film on Netflix now in their own words.

I think they're the biggest club in the county by membership.

They won this year's minor championship, they're in the SFC final, their second string reached the IFC semifinals, their ladies are LGFA SFC champions, their junior ladies reached the final as well. They also won the LGFA minor championship.

How does having their affairs in order and seemingly being a well run club to achieve that make them a super club like in Dublin? Are they getting on outside players, big managers etc?

They've had outside players in the past. They've had outside managers in the past. They were coached last year by an outsider, not sure if this is still the case. Some of their best players' parents wouldn't be locals either. Of course none of these are pre-requisites for super-club status (imo). They're a big club with a big catchment area and they're well run as you say.

I'd say they have had as many outside players as any other club in Ireland.

Similar to the players parents point, where again a lot of people on any team will have a parent from another area.

On their catchment area, I wouldn't call it big whatsoever, especially in comparison with other town teams. Also, their catchment area also has a club from half a mile away competing for players too.

Out of the Lurgan clubs they've always got the blow-ins transfer wise, not that there are too many that come to Lurgan to begin with.

I'd love to know what you call a big catchment area if you don't think theirs is big. Majority of all new build development in the last 30 years has happened in north Lurgan. When the Heffrons, Turbitts, McCambridges et al settled in Lurgan with a choice between St Peter's & CE, there's only ever going to be one winner.

Their catchment area isn't big when you compare it to other town teams. Think of the likes of Portadown, Dungannon, Omagh, Cookstown or Strabane who would all have the pick of their towns.

Lurgan is bigger than all those towns bar Portadown. The electoral wards that make up Lurgan amount to a population just over 30k, approx 62% of which we can allow for GAA (18k). Clann Éireann have the lion's share of this.

My point is that most bigger towns usually have 1 team in the town, which would definitely give them as big a pick, if not bigger, than Clann Eireann, especially given the fact you have 4 other clubs in the area. Anybody got the member numbers per club in each county?

I think they're the biggest club in the county by membership.

They won this year's minor championship, they're in the SFC final, their second string reached the IFC semifinals, their ladies are LGFA SFC champions, their junior ladies reached the final as well. They also won the LGFA minor championship.

How does having their affairs in order and seemingly being a well run club to achieve that make them a super club like in Dublin? Are they getting on outside players, big managers etc?

They've had outside players in the past. They've had outside managers in the past. They were coached last year by an outsider, not sure if this is still the case. Some of their best players' parents wouldn't be locals either. Of course none of these are pre-requisites for super-club status (imo). They're a big club with a big catchment area and they're well run as you say.

I'd say they have had as many outside players as any other club in Ireland.

Similar to the players parents point, where again a lot of people on any team will have a parent from another area.

On their catchment area, I wouldn't call it big whatsoever, especially in comparison with other town teams. Also, their catchment area also has a club from half a mile away competing for players too.

Out of the Lurgan clubs they've always got the blow-ins transfer wise, not that there are too many that come to Lurgan to begin with.

I'd love to know what you call a big catchment area if you don't think theirs is big. Majority of all new build development in the last 30 years has happened in north Lurgan. When the Heffrons, Turbitts, McCambridges et al settled in Lurgan with a choice between St Peter's & CE, there's only ever going to be one winner.

Their catchment area isn't big when you compare it to other town teams. Think of the likes of Portadown, Dungannon, Omagh, Cookstown or Strabane who would all have the pick of their towns.

I think they're the biggest club in the county by membership.

They won this year's minor championship, they're in the SFC final, their second string reached the IFC semifinals, their ladies are LGFA SFC champions, their junior ladies reached the final as well. They also won the LGFA minor championship.

How does having their affairs in order and seemingly being a well run club to achieve that make them a super club like in Dublin? Are they getting on outside players, big managers etc?

They've had outside players in the past. They've had outside managers in the past. They were coached last year by an outsider, not sure if this is still the case. Some of their best players' parents wouldn't be locals either. Of course none of these are pre-requisites for super-club status (imo). They're a big club with a big catchment area and they're well run as you say.

I'd say they have had as many outside players as any other club in Ireland.

Similar to the players parents point, where again a lot of people on any team will have a parent from another area.

On their catchment area, I wouldn't call it big whatsoever, especially in comparison with other town teams. Also, their catchment area also has a club from half a mile away competing for players too.

The Malcolm McKeown murder trial was ending in June, but it just seemingly disappeared. Not a peep anywhere online since. What's that all about?

Not unusual. It was a diplock trial. Judges would often take months to formulate a judgement. I'd be surprised if the verdict was delivered this side of Christmas

Crazy, lots of reporting on in at the end of June but then nothing on the main suspect beyond that point.

The Malcolm McKeown murder trial was ending in June, but it just seemingly disappeared. Not a peep anywhere online since. What's that all about?

Always thought there should be some cap that warrants a big sentence, i.e. 5 convictions and you get 5 years lol.

Mandatory minimums often result in increased crime and are counterproductive to what they are trying to achieve

Surely the fact that the repeat offenders are out of the picture for large periods of time will reduce the number of crimes?

Always thought there should be some cap that warrants a big sentence, i.e. 5 convictions and you get 5 years lol.

Saw a story last week too where a ma murdered her child then killed herself. You would swear both of them died in an accident with the reaction towards the ma, 'she was the best mum' etc. No, she wasn't. She murdered her child. Nothing worse can be done to a human.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/26/woman-believed-to-have-killed-herself-and-her-child-not-a-monster-says-friend

Not exactly what I'd call 'normal murder' circumstances. When there's a murder\suicide the person committing the acts has just lost the plot. I don't think there's any evil intent.

Difference in viewpoint when the culprit is the father though. The man is usually classed as the epitome of evil, whereas the woman is viewed through a different lens.

Always thought there should be some cap that warrants a big sentence, i.e. 5 convictions and you get 5 years lol.

Saw a story last week too where a ma murdered her child then killed herself. You would swear both of them died in an accident with the reaction towards the ma, 'she was the best mum' etc. No, she wasn't. She murdered her child. Nothing worse can be done to a human.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/26/woman-believed-to-have-killed-herself-and-her-child-not-a-monster-says-friend

New Pitt and Clooney film was enjoyable.

A bit shocked at the teacher getting jail time for this compared to other, more serious offences that result in suspended sentences.

The video in this link, showing his arrest, is hilarious.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gxxjxgzjyo.amp

Speak no Evil is pretty good. Funny in parts. Awkward, unsettling and weird. James McEvoy puts in a decent performance.

I remember watching the original which I thought was brilliant.