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Seems the new senior management said that Neil McManus & Johnny Campbell were part of their setup, only for it to be clarified (after the votes were counted) that this wasn't the case 

It's also a lot easier to drop a fringe player than someone like Hayes or Gillane, I would say about Hayes - this happened in 2019, so he would have been 19/20. Probably not the same person he is now

Clarinbridge in Galway ?

[move of working for a bit to show a work history and the downing tools when he was entitled to benefits]

He was an EU National, probably here for years.

2013 he came over. Was working on a building site when he got injured and started to claim disability benefits. He must have had legal status then

Aye injured ffs, do you believe in Santa? Bad back but able to ride about on a bike stalking women and hold down one and murder them. He seemed like a real good guy. He probably did the usual roma/Slovak move of working for a bit to show a work history and the downing tools when he was entitled to benefits.

He'd fit in in west Belfast then 

No a UK citizen is entitled from the get go friend 👍

He was an EU National, probably here for years.

2013 he came over. Was working on a building site when he got injured and started to claim disability benefits. He must have had legal status then

Aye injured ffs, do you believe in Santa? Bad back but able to ride about on a bike stalking women and hold down one and murder them. He seemed like a real good guy. He probably did the usual roma/Slovak move of working for a bit to show a work history and the downing tools when he was entitled to benefits.

https://ulster.gaa.ie/2023/11/ulster-gaa-statement-on-casement-park-project/

Heron Bros not proceeding as contractor 

I am not sure the Uk benefits system would be particularly hot at all tbh. The Irish one is probably more so.

It can be when you factor in PIP, disabled child premiums on Universal Credit. You would be surprised

Know of a couple who got tens of thousands of a claim this past year shall we say due to quite a bad bit of damage, burst pipe if I can recall. Great for them but I shudder to think what their renewal will be....

I had a significant claim a few years ago, tens of thousands, burst pipe. That year the renewal was fine, even after declaring the claim, last year it more than doubled, it's down a bit this year.

My current insurer actually refused to give me a renewal this year for some reason. It is all a con.

Who are you with if you don't mind me asking Saffron? I tried compare the market etc... Some were £1600 for the year.

Does the fact I've claimed reset after 5 years?

MBNA, I got it through MoneySuperMarket, the other comparison websites were twice that.

Some comparison sites are 5 years but I think one of them is 3 years so I will have to check that out next year.

Know of a couple who got tens of thousands of a claim this past year shall we say due to quite a bad bit of damage, burst pipe if I can recall. Great for them but I shudder to think what their renewal will be....

I had a significant claim a few years ago, tens of thousands, burst pipe. That year the renewal was fine, even after declaring the claim, last year it more than doubled, it's down a bit this year.

My current insurer actually refused to give me a renewal this year for some reason. It is all a con.

Toss a coin for Owenbeg or Corrigan.
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Toss a coin for Owenbeg or Corrigan.

Nearly all ulster games used to be in casement. Was no home advantage back then!

I beg to differ and was pretty vocal on here at the time about the advantage afforded to the Antrim club champions who'd already had competitive club games there prior to playing the Derry or Down club champions.
And don't start me on the stewards etc etc who refused the disabled brother of three of our players a parking permit inside the ground only to be met by all the Dunloy team getting allowed to drive in past them.

Most of the same stewards are on the loose in Corrigan as well

[I'd put Paddy Burke on Rodgers]

I'd put Paddy Burke on Rodgers. Campbell got it tight against James McNaughton in the county final so I'd probably prefer to try something else. Either way though you're losing a bit going the other way by having one of them doing a man marking job.

Cant see that happening.

Rodgers would drag his marker all over the pitch. If you watch Rodgers, he might have No 11 on his back but one minute he'd be in at full forward, next minute he'd be in at his own corner back position.

A bit like Danny Cullen of Setanta and Donegal if you have ever seen him hurl. Impossible to mark.

To put Paddy Burke to man mark Rodgers would leave a massive gap in the Cushendall full back line which would be exploited by Slaughtneil and you can bet Mickey McShane and Nander would be cute enough to have them do just that.

Id say Cushendall will go with the same defensive set up as the Portaferry match.

If Eoghan Campbell is detailed to man mark any Slaughtneil player, that takes away part of Cushendall's attacking threat, as a lot of ball out of defence goes through Eoghan Campbell who sets up several Cushendall attacks, although he was quiet during the Antrim final.

Regardless of the match ups, if Cushendall turn up and play the way they played on Sunday past, it is going to be a long afternoon.

True.

The Portaferry match will have given Cushendall the opportunity to have shaken a lot of rust from the undercarraige but if they play like that against Slaughtneil they'll be in for a tough shift.

I wonder how the long lay off will affect Slaughtneil. They never got out of second gear in the Derry final against Lynches. I suppose we wont know until throw in.

Normally I would agree but thinking back to last year you would have thought Sneill  v Portaferry in Ulster semi was a good tune up for them before Dunloy and it was advantageous to have that extra game but I thought they were really rusty in Ulster final. Missed pick ups, handling errors etc.

I would say we will know within 10 mins what way the layoff has affected them but I'm sure they have been busy enough & I expect a really big performance from Slaughneil 

Why was there only 5 portaferry men on the line with the keeper, is that rule for all fouls? I thought it was just for technical fouls

Footage of Hamas fighters taking abducted Israelis into Shifaa hospital on 7 October

https://twitter.com/ShaneSaint/status/1725590429783986442

Sambo seems very sure where the problem lies. You would think he knows the problems with hurling more than most in that part of the country/

Sambo good for a sound byte, but if you want serious analysis best look elsewhere

The ref was playing until Cushendall equalised in normal time, though Portaferry should have kept that free out. Wasn't the sweetest strike you will see