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Greedy Goose and Bon Appetit, both highly recommended

Beann Éadair in Howth, Dublin

It's all the dinosaurs in the Gah who do this

2 u13's told if they were joining a Dublin school boy club to give up all other sport as a condition of them joining

Currently 5 u15's in Offaly barred by Athlone Town from playing GAA

GAA as per usual held to a different standard than the rugby and soccer

Unsourced whataboutery

Except it's not,in the instance of the 2 u13's I can name both the players the soccer club and the manager as the manager was my brother in law

If my claim about the 5 u15s in Clara is wrong

prove me wrong

I presume this is referring to the same?
https://twitter.com/pauldeeh19/status/1512177760088829957

I'm not sure what more evidence is needed as I'd also know those involved and it stacks up.

I'd expect BB2 is in denial of anything that might run counter his perma-victim mindset when it comes to Irish domestic soccer.

Again. A bloke on Twitter.

I'm not in denial. I'm asking for people to back up their claims. But it's whataboutery. We are on a GAA forum discussing an incident in the GAA.

Not just any bloke

Paul Deehan is the manager of that particular Clara team and he has said on Twitter that it's 100% that 5 of his u15 team are being prevented from playing Gaelic Football by Athlone Town Fc

The question for you now is quite simple

Do you want to climb out of the hole  you've dug for yourself

Or

Do you want to stay digging and look an even bigger fool than you already are?

If that is true he needs to kick up a fuss. The FAI will not back that position.

But just because other codes may or may not be doing something does not deflect from the topic in hand and the contradictory statements from the Offaly CB.

Sligo Rovers at it as well

asking players to sign contracts at u15 and instructing them to play no other sport

That's the case alright. WE lost a few lads to them over the years.

Also if you go to the Grammar in Sligo there's no GAA or soccer for you. Just rugby.

But of course it's just the "Gah" that does this sort of thing 

Schools such as Belvedere College ban GAA too.

Kerry win by a point, and the analysis is all about how much superior Kerry are. If Keegans shot was a foot to the left, the game was a draw, or if DOCs shot wasn't saved, it was a Mayo win. In either scenario the analysis would be completely different. It's just so lazy - winner is great, loser is bad.

There is a definitely an unconscious bias in the sports media and especially in RTE about the natural genius of Kerry football. However one All Ireland in 12 years suggests something else.

If you actually knew and understood what the Nazis did, you either are extremely stupid or you would be a Nazi sympathiser yourself. #logicdenier

Meh! Kildare were competitive enough. Accuracy was not where it needs be but with Division 1 football next season Feeley, Doyle and Cribben to return I am optimistic that we can close the gap as Dublin will transition for a year or two before kicking on. The mad Flynn brothers were class, Dan best player on the pitch and Luke marked Fenton out of the game. A decent year. Everyone was expecting a trimming so confidence maintained. Only 2 goals conceded all year.

As a Dub, it was good to see Kildare make an attempt today. A county of Kildare's size, genuine support and heritage should be closer to the top table than they have been over the past 10 years. Perhaps like Pat Gilroy in 2010, Jack O' Connor has made Kildare tough to beat first and perhaps there might be a way to utilise the talents of Daniel Flynn etc next.
There was a complete lack of goal threat from Dublin today. Rediscovering that is the real key to winning the All Ireland.

Jobs for the boys 🙄🙄

https://www.newstalk.com/news/government-may-be-having-second-thoughts-on-robert-watt-e292k-salary-ross-1181758

Actually Robert Watt is neither Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael in his politics but there you go

Some points here about the population of Dublin and the relative lack of penetration of the GAA there. Traditionally GAA would be a minority in Dublin compared to rugby in middle and upper class areas and soccer in working class areas.
Balbriggan which has a population of almost 22,000 in the 2016 census has one GAA club currently competing at Junior level in adult competition and I think plays at Division.6 in league. Tallaght with a population of 76,000 has two clubs competing at senior adult men's level in football. Clondalkin with a population of 47,000 has one club.There is an absolute multitude of soccer clubs in these areas.
If you take a DART from say Pearse to Dalkey, you encounter two GAA clubs, Clann na nGael in Ringsend which traditionally would have many non Dubs amongst it players and Cuala which has got its act together incredibly well in recent times in fairness. Yet it has many rugby clubs and schools that discriminate openly against Gaelic games.
If anything the GAA has gone into decline in some areas, reflected for example in how some colleges previously competitive at provincial level now play at Dublin 'C' level. In fact only about 5 or 6 schools now play at 'A' level.
About the GPOs, I know of one who spends a significant amount of time in schools for children with learning difficulties, encouraging movement and participation at a most basic level. We're not talking about All Ireland winners here and that is the case in terms of a sizable portion of the work that GPOs do.
Of course that these facts don't suit some of the begrudgery, wumming and in some cases, unhinged bitterness that some people come out with.
Have a lovely New Year everyone.

https://twitter.com/offtheball/status/1341137619204284416?s=19

So are Galway. JJ Kavanangh provide free transport to Kilkenny GAA just to give two examples.

Laughable stuff. Paul mescal!! Heard it all now 

There is a point there though. There is a discernable lack of activity from too many county boards.

I know what you mean. Dublin took in 161k from fundraising from 2015-2017 according to their own accounts. Desperately short of more active county boards like Mayo who took in 1.761 million from 2015-2016.

Their volunteers need to work harder

No need to bother fundraising when the gaa hands you so much money every year and you've every large business looking to sponsor them (15 at the last count).
They even have a semi state company, Bus Eireann giving them money!
Official transport partner of Dublin GAA.

. There's not many Leitrim players who will get ambassadorial jobs like the majority of the Dublin team.

Hmm. I'd love to see you in charge of Cluxton's classes in St. David's CBS for example. Culchie bollixology.

Dublin fans are a bit like unionists. They want the ascendancy and everything stacked in their favour and are not interested in a level playing field.

The GAA see Dublin GAA as a cashcow and that's all that matters to them.

And you wonder why Dubs don't want to know.

The howl of culchie losers.

I've put up the reason they don't want to know. They don't want a fair fight, they want every single factor tilted in their favour before a ball is kicked. You just validate that viewpoint.

You're whining as bad as any unionist could. And as bitter!

Got an offer of sky sports for €1 per month from Vodafone this week which might be of use.

Anyone unable to connect?

At least Mayo are still in the Connacht Championship

Whats the scéal there? She did particularly poorly in the Westminster election.