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Very interesting, ideal size of a stadium for some irish matches I would think.


Thomond Park to host soccer
Thursday, 11 December 2008 10:12
Officials at Thomond Park are ready to open their doors to soccer after UEFA approved the venue as an international soccer venue.

The stadium is believed to be in serious talks with some of the leading European soccer clubs about hosting a pre-season tournament in the near future.

Stadium Director John Cantwell has confirmed that such a move would be subject to ratification by the IRFU and the FAI.

Officials hope to announce more details early in the new year.

Kirby takes up club reins
Will be interesting to see how Kirby gets on with his home club on his own, possibly he could be back with Limerick as his own man in a few years time. will be keeping tabs on how the d'well perform.



Former Limerick hurling star and selector Gary Kirby will manage his home club Patrickswell next year.

Kirby, who was Richie Bennis' right-hand man in the outgoing Limerick management set-up, will be assisted by Paul Foley, Ger Hurley, Pat Lillis and former All-Ireland referee Terence Murray, whose son Brian is the Limerick goalkeeper.

Meanwhile, Richie Bennis has defended the Limerick hurling team holiday to Cancun and Florida earlier this year, which cost EUR200,000.

He said: "The players raised EUR100,000 with a golf outing and a car raffle brought in EUR15,000. As far as I can see, the county board didn't contribute a whole lot."

I might aswell start a thread on this, it is really getting down the the business end of the competition, Ulster and Connacht are already completed and both Munster and Leinster are down to the provincial finals.

Here is a summary

Ulster          - Cushendall (Antrim)
Connacht     - Portumna (Galway)
Leinster       - Birr (Offaly) or Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny)
Munster       - De la Salle (Waterford) or Adare (Limerick)

The last six has a very familiar look, with only the Musnter pairing have a novel pairing,

[The munster team named as follows:]

The munster team named as follows:McGahan Names His Side For The Zurich Challenge
17 November 2008, 1:42 pm
By Fiona Murphy

The Munster side named today by coach Tony McGahan for the Zurich Challenge tomorrow evening will be led by Mick O'Driscoll.
McGahan named the side this afternoon at a media briefiing held at Thomond Park Stadium just after New Zealand had completed their Captain's Run.
Munster: D Howlett; B Murphy, R Tipoki, L Mafi, I Dowling; P Warwick, P Stringer; F Pucciariello, F Sheahan, T Ryan; M O'Driscoll capt, D Ryan; J Coughlan, N Ronan, D Leamy. Replacements:  D Fogarty, T Buckley, M Melbourne, B Holland, J O'Sullivan, M Prendergast, J Manning.


A fairly strong team, with The three Kiwi's, Dowling, Murphy, Stringer, Sheahan, O'Driscoll & Leamy in the starting fifteen so should give a all blacks a good game.

For the all-blacks Rokocoko & Weepu are the two main players for the team, with the likes of Thorn and Muliaina on the bench if needed.


The all-blacks team is
The team is:

1.    Jamie Mackintosh
2.    Corey Flynn
3.    Ben Franks
4.    Ross Filipo
5.    Jason Eaton
6.    Adam Thomson
7.    Scott Waldrom
8.    Liam Messam
9.    Piri Weepu – Captain
10.  Stephen Donald
11.  Josevata Rokocoko
12.  Isaia Toeava
13.  Anthony Tuitavake
14.  Hosea Gear
15.  Cory Jane

Reserves:

16.  Hikawera Elliott
17.  John Afoa
18.  Brad Thorn
19.  Kieran Read
20.  Alby Mathewson
21.  Richard Kahui
22.  Mils Muliaina

The GAA has confirmed that a sample recently provided by one of its players as part of the Irish Sports Council's Anti-Doping Programme has revealed an adverse analytical finding regarding the use of Salbutamol.

The finding will require the player to show that the result was the consequence of the therapeutic use of inhaled Salbutamol.

Salbutamol is a commonly prescribed treatment for asthma, but it is a banned substance, and players are only allowed to take the drug under strictly controlled guidelines.

The player involved has not been named.

In accordance with the provisions of the Irish Anti-Doping Rules, the GAA are obliged to provisionally suspend the player involved pending the outcome of a hearing of the Anti-Doping Hearings Committee.

A date for this meeting has not yet been scheduled

I think this is a very good appointment. Bonnar has been around for a long time on the college hurling scene and should know his stuff regarding wexford, players, as the majority wexford students go to WIT.


Bonnar takes charge of Wexford
12 November 2008


Former Tipperary star Colm Bonnar was last night named as the new Wexford hurling manager in succession to John Meyler.

One of the stars of Tipp's All-Ireland victories of 1989 and '91, Bonnar has been appointed for an initial two-year term and takes over at a time when many in the county are still smarting over the controversial dismissal of John Meyler last night. Meyler was sacked after a four-player delegation met Wexford chairman Ger Doyle to seek a change of management.



After an illustrious inter-county career which ended in 1998, Bonnar has since built up an impressive CV as a coach and physical trainer. Living in Waterford where he works as Sport and Student Development Officer in Waterford IT, he trained the Deise hurlers from 1999 to 2002 and later fulfilled a similar role with his native Tipperary in 2004 and 2005.

He has been manager of Waterford IT's Fitzgibbon Cup for the past six years, winning the competition four times in that period. He played in 10 All-Ireland finals with Tipp at all levels from 1982 to '98, and is also the holder of five Munster medals.

A member of one of Tipperary's most famous GAA families, Bonnar won an All-Star in 1988 and captained Cashel King Cormaces to their first county and Munster club senior hurling wins in 1991, which gave him the Tipp captaincy the following year.

What are the avenues, a friend of a friend, got charged extortionate prices for work done, what can be done?

[Limerick]

October is the month for manager appointments or reappointments (if your lucky) We should get a list going so we can see who is going where for both codes.

starting off,
Limerick
Hurling: Justin McCarthy (new appointment),
Football: Mickey Ned O' Sullivan (reappointment)
Cork
Hurling:      ?       looking unlikely that Gerald McCarthy will go back
Football: Conor Counihan (reappointment)     
Tipperary
Hurling: Liam Sheehy (reapponintment)
Football: John Evans (reappointment)     
Waterford
Hurling: Davy Fitzgerald, more than likely to stay on.
Football:       
Clare
Hurling:
Football:   
Kerry
Hurling:
Football: Pat O' Shea     


Dublin
Hurling:
Football:   
Laois
Hurling:
Football: Sean Dempsey (new appointment)
Wexford
Hurling:
Football: Jason Ryan
Kildare
Hurling:
Football: Kieran McGeeney
Wicklow
Hurling:
Football: Mick O' Dwyer
Kilkenny
Hurling: Brian Cody
Football:   
Meath
Hurling:
Football:   
Longford
Hurling:
Football: Glenn Ryan (new appointment)
Westmeath
Hurling:
Football: Tomas O Flatherta
Carlow
Hurling:
Football:   
Louth
Hurling:
Football: 



Mayo
Hurling:
Football: 
New York
Football: 
London
Football:
Galway
Hurling: Ger Loughnane, should be decided later this week.
Football: Liam Sammon
Roscommon
Hurling:
Football:   
Sligo
Hurling:
Football:   
Leitrim
Hurling:
Football: Micky Moran & John Morrison          

Antrim
Hurling:
Football:   
Donegal
Hurling:
Football:   
Monaghan
Hurling:
Football:   
Fermanagh
Hurling:
Football:   
Cavan
Hurling:
Football:   
Derry
Hurling:
Football:   
Armagh
Hurling:
Football: Peter McDonnell 
Tyrone
Hurling:
Football: Micky Harte
London
Hurling:
New York
Hurling:
Down
Hurling:
Football: Ross Carr  

           

Anybody know any real good quotes, when trying to motivate an individual or a team.

ARFLI News: Start A New Club Today

ARFLI are looking to hear from anybody interested in forming a new club for the 2009 Season. Last year new clubs were formed in Mayo and Kerry but were not up and running in time for the season start. Both these clubs will participate in the 2009 Campaign, but now we want to hear from anybody with an interest in setting up new clubs in other areas. We're particularly interested in hearing from individuals in Down & Armagh, Galway, Belfast and the Southeast. For more details simply e-mail us at arflipr@yahoo.com and we'll be more than willing to help anyone get things off the ground and get out on the paddock next season.


picked this up off their website, anybody involved with this or know anything about the standard?

Lads/Lassies


I have a mate of mine, who is heading out in Belfast in a few weeks time, and was looking for suggestions on where best to head in belfast for a night out, in particular areas with a late 20's/to mid 30's crowd.

thanks in advance

Loughnane to stay on as Galway hurling boss
20/08/2008 - 08:54:45

Ger Loughnane has agreed to remain as Galway senior hurling manager following talks with the County Board last night.

The Clare man's future in the job had been in doubt following the side's elimination from the Championship in the final round of qualifiers.

Loughnane has already completed two years of his three-year term, but there was a stipulation that his contract would be reviewed after the second year.

Probably a good thing, and if Galway move into Leinster next year, along with Antrim it would definitely help both counties, Also on a side note Westmeath and Carlow should be invited into the Leinster championship aswell.

Hey Lads,

Anybody got experience in using this software when building websites, downloaded a book and was going through it and trying to learn myself,  but getting stuck on how to do somethings.

[Verdict Waterford win]

1st June
Munster Senior Hurling Championship Quarter Final
Clare v Waterford (TBC)
Verdict Waterford win

8th June
Munster Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Final
Cork v Tipperary (Páirc Uí Chaoimh)
Verdict Tipperary win

22nd June
Munster Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Final
Limerick v Clare/Waterford (TBC)
Verdict Limerick win

13th July
Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final
Limerick v Tipperary
Verdict Tipperary win

Loughnane confirms Canning's inclusion
24 March 2008


Galway hurling boss Ger Loughnane has confirmed that teenage star Joe Canning will be joining up with the county senior squad this coming weekend.

"I'll just be straight honest with you lads," Loughnane told reporters.

"The story is we invited six Portumna lads onto the panel. Everybody that is brought into the Galway panel this year, they have been brought in for a chat beforehand.

"Ollie (Canning) is taking a bit of time to consider whether he will come back or not because it's a very big decision for him. It's a very big chance for him to take.

"We had all the other fellas in - Kevin Hayes, Damien Hayes, Eoin Lynch, Andy Smith and Joe (Canning).

"Joe will be back in. They're all back next weekend."

Well the GAA season has begun in Oz, THe Melbourne 7's took place in February and the winners were as follows
Hurling                  - Central Coast                             (beat Sydney Shamrocks)
Men's Football        - Cormac McAnallen's                    (beat Young Irelands)
Ladies Football        - Central Coast                            (beat Cormac McAnallens)

The second Tournament start today 9th March 2008, in Wollongong
This is a NSW tournament with teams competing:
Men's Football
Clan Na Gael
Michael Cusacks
Cormac McAnallens
Young Irelands
Penrith Gaels
Wollongong

Ladies Football
Central Coast
Michael Cusacks
Cormac McAnallens
Wollongong
Clan Na Gael

Anybody in the know, regarding whether sanctions are necessary for playing GAA in Oz, I have heard they is a 60 day rule, like in the US, can anybody confirm this?

Anybody got any idea where you can buy hurls in australia, preferably in the sydney area?

Anybody do it yet?


GAA Online Questionnaire

The GAA have announced details of a new online questionnaire which seeks the opinions of GAA members and the general public on how the Association is perceived and on its role in moden Irish society.

The exercise is part of a broader review in this context which has seen the Association carry out in-depth research among its clubs, players, officials, members and among supporters of the Asscoiation as well as key political and media figures.

The President of the GAA. Mr Nickey Brennan said: "It is important that we consult with our members and the wider community so that we can take as broad a range of views as possible into consideration in terms of how the Association is perceived by our own members and indeed the general public. As part of the process we have prepared a short questionnaire to enable us to get a real insight into opinions about the GAA. It is intended to aid us in understanding where we stand at present and how we can develop in the future and we would welcome the participation of interested parties in helping us acheive this goal."

The GAA have held a series of consultations with its members at all levels in recent months which included nation-wide workshops which sought the opinions of club members of all ages (from 12 years of age upwards) from all over the country. The views of major figures in Irish public life were also canvassed as part of this process and an omnibus national market research programme has been commissioned. A questionnaire has been sent to each club in the country and the online survey represents the final strand in the programme.

The questionnaire is currently available to complete at www.gaa.ie or directly at www.questionnaire.gaa.ie and has already generated a huge amount of interest among individuals wishing to have their say in relation to the ongoing development of the Association.

[BRISBANE LIONS]

Considering the amount of Irish players involved these days, and it is the beginning of pre-season at the moment, A sepearate thread I believe is necessary in order to keep up to date with all the news down under.
I came across a number of articles., will post them when I get a chance.
So the list is getting longer, and here it is at the minute.
IRISH PLAYERS IN THE AFL

BRISBANE LIONS
Colm Begley (played 19 games in 2007) - (Laois)
Pearce Hanley (international rookie 2008) - (Mayo)

CARLTON
Setanta O'hAilpin (22 games in 2007, 34 career games) - (Cork)
Aisake O'hAilpin (promoted to senior list) - (Cork)
Michael Shields (international rookie 2008) - (Cork)
Brendan Quigley (international rookie 2008 possibly) - (Laois)

COLLINGWOOD
Martin Clarke (12 games in 2007) - (Down)
Kevin Dyas (international rookie 2008) - (Armagh)

SYDNEY
Tadhg Kennelly (13 games in 2007, 136 career games) - (Kerry)
Brendan Murphy (international rookie 2008) - (Carlow)