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Why don't the 50% of the 6Co electorate that doesn't vote come out and vote Alliance if they don't want to
be Unionist or Nationalist?
Maybe they're waiting for Tony to start a new party ? Northern Irish Tony Party??
Fearonistas? Pro life anti Irishness and Homosexuality Confederation or Plaihc for short?

Saw Seamus Sweeney's statement. Will they be removing some of the open seats and laying the pitch nearer the stand I wonder?

weave the best elements of both communties' cultures into a common Northern Irish culture? No brainer.

Who would implement that?
Who will decide what are the best elements of both cultures?
Will there be a Culture Commission?
Will Tony be a Commissioner?
What will happen to those who don't adopt this new culture?

Does this proposed "NI culture"  simply entail the Nationalist/Irish/Catholic people dumping all the things that make them NIC while the Unionists/British/Protestants keep all the things that make them UBP?
Or is it a case of - you lot stop parading and we'll stop learning/ using Irish? And so on?
What if a Cavan woman marries a Fermanagh man and moves 2 miles to live in his home place? Will she have to formally become "Northern Irish".
If an Inishowen native moves to South Armagh......

Our 2nd game is away to the kutehoors on 8th February.
I was hoping that they'd only be back from holiday on the 7th.
Hope we can keep the losing margin under 20 points.

Do the Players Union still have a representative on Central Council, and if they do, where was their delegate last Saturday?

How many people on CC?
Does 1 GPA delegate's vote exceed all the others?
The GPA hysteria is getting worse by the hour!!

How many times has that lad contradicted himself.
And of course there's the standard hysteria about the GPA and paying players thrown in

Read my posts first buck. I said I had left the car at Maynooth and got the train. To avoid a long wait for the train back I went to get a BÉ bus to Maynooth but they couldn't oblige.....

The 6 Cos will never be a separate State.
It will always be an unwanted part of the UK or a quasi autonomous part of an All Ireland political entity.
As for a separate "Northern Irish culture".....
What the Hell does it consist of?
6,000 Orange parades, pissing on Catholic Churches, Willie Frazer, Jamie Bwyson?
I think that would exclude 750,000 people at least from this new Identity/culture.

They'll only pick you up if you're going somewhere outside Dublin.
They won't let you get a Bus from Busàras to the Lucan Spa e.g even though the Bus stops there - but only to pick up people heading West.

Sure you could just hop on the 25B or the 66A

Won't be asking you for directions anyway.
I see  neither of those serve Maynooth 

He had a good article on Sunday which pointed out that there are many organisations catering to people in trouble and that the GPa doesn't have any special expertise in this regard.

No, but the GPA are increasing awareness among the players and helping facilitate faster access for those in need to see the right people. O'Rourke painted that as a negative!

It was just another load of bluster, carrying on his anti-GPA agenda.

Indeed.
Only for that oul GPA ....sure the GAA world would be a great place altogether.

I don't think that's fair Rossfan. I think the GPA has done some real good for Inter County players. I said as much. Also, I don't think Colm was right to poke fun at the various supports the GPA provide.

Tongue somewhat in cheek and just a general ob on the anti GPA bias/hysteria of a number of GaaBoarders
See how quickly some lad is off blathering about players getting paid.

What will we do if it's approved ?

He had a good article on Sunday which pointed out that there are many organisations catering to people in trouble and that the GPa doesn't have any special expertise in this regard.

No, but the GPA are increasing awareness among the players and helping facilitate faster access for those in need to see the right people. O'Rourke painted that as a negative!

It was just another load of bluster, carrying on his anti-GPA agenda.

Indeed.
Only for that oul GPA ....sure the GAA world would be a great place altogether.

To clarify what I was told - they couldn't pick me up AND drop me off in the DBus area. They could do one or the other but not both!
Maybe its changed now - that was 3 years ago.
Anyway I hope to be using the Maynooth/Drumcondra train a few time next Aug/Sept

Hopkins who showed herself to just be another FG yes-man. Feighan in a dress.

Straying into dangerous territory now Syfín.......
There's every chance this could go ahead - a new Minister in for a potential 5 years, a recommendation from a Commission/Committee(operating out of Westmeath CoCo HQ), no Govt TD or a backbench one from our Constituency with no influence .....
Time to get logical submissions in and remember 27 Jan is last date to get them in.
Meanwhile every FG and any Labour supporter in Ros need to bombard their party HQs on the issue.