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[A few execs staying 4 star instead of 3 star?? Hardly a ground-breaking bombshell!]

Have to disagree; It's GAA coverage is second to none and news wise it recently exclusively revealed the health department expenses scandal. Personally I find Paddy Heaney, Brian Feeney and Newton Emerson to be worth the 70p alone.

It's GAA coverage is totally dependent on who is writing it and the same goes for soccer.  Emerson is amusing and Feeney writes a decent but small column.  Heaney whilst his tongue-in-cheek delivery gets a wind-up out of a few he is is about as balanced as a one legged stilt-walker.

Health Dept Scandal exclusive?? A few execs staying 4 star instead of 3 star??  Hardly a ground-breaking bombshell!  Under FOI this info can be obtained by anyone sending a letter to the Dept Health requesting it.

If that was what had of been printed then I might be inclined to agree with you

[Oh indeed we would have made it past offaly without a bother]

Oh indeed we would have made it past offaly without a bother... Dont get me wrong - i am a big carr supporter but his demeanour and attitude bother me - dont think he can cut it at the top level with that attitude he has...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n897FUMIiFI

Has anyone else noticed how disappointing the Irish News has become as a paper?  When I lived on the Ravenhill Road I used to get the Newsletter on free door-to-door delivery and wondered how on earth anyone would pay for it.  Now the Irish News is not far behind.  Todays edition was thinner than most free papers and not much better in terms of quality journalism and it has been that way for some time. 

Have to disagree; It's GAA coverage is second to none and news wise it recently exclusively revealed the health department expenses scandal. Personally I find Paddy Heaney, Brian Feeney and Newton Emerson to be worth the 70p alone.

[FF to win 5 seats at the GE]

Sorry, I forgot

Meath to win Leinster playing fuball.

FF to win 5 seats at the GE

that would be 5 too many

[A Carr]

Thoughts about the panel for the year ahead...


D Alder     - great keeper but needs a chance. 2005 u21 keeeper and had great season bar the all ireland final
G McArdle  - tried and tested - not good enuf
D Gordon - has it all - just hope his head is in it from the start of the year
A Brannigan - not good enough. How many chances is he gonna have
D Rooney  - bit erratic - good passer of the ball though.  Will he stay in the team all yr tho?? i doubt it
A Carr  - Didnt get a look in last year. has a serious attitude problem when playin club footy - must have this at county too
P Fitzpatrick - a class act. showed against the big guns last year he can cut it at the top level
K King - a revelation last year and would have got all star had down won the all ireland
L Doyle - a class act - but has injuries finished him to being a bit part player?
M Poland - a true footballer and a real leader on and off the pitch
B Coulter - been there done that - still needs the medals at this level to retire in style though
P Devlin - good player - but a far cry from the underage talent he was.
J Clarke - not good enough for this level - all ireland series showed that this year
M Clarke - has it all - but head needs to be right from the start of the season
C Murdock - good keeper and had reasonable year with club. Should do well
K Anderson - transfer caused a bit of havoc for him this year - should c the real kevin this season
J Colgan - has all the talent in the world - but i know that - you know that - only prob is James also knows that - big headed
B McArdle - not good enough for this level - was found wanting at various stages throughout the season
C Laverty - too small - too light - too greedy - why did he get on in the final???
R Sexton - at 29/30 has seen his best play behind him - needs to move on
C Maginn - class player and one for this season to establish himself
R Murtagh - done well in games when introduced this year - bit part player at best
M McCartan - didn shine in club games this year - why is he in panel
C Poland - didnt shine for his club either and another player in the colgan mould.  Will never be a Mark...
P McPolin - A great player but has a serious amount of bulking up to do for this level of football. def worth his place
D Sheerin - are you serious... Why oh why is he there.. seen him getting cleaned in division 3 this year at times and          the championship. also has been tried and tested and failed the test miserably.


players missing form panel:

Eamon Toner - Burren - has it all and has the class to be a county footballer for many years
Seamus Grant - Bridge - tight man marker and hasnt got a look in yet for some reason
Ryan Brady - Bridge - great finisher and talented player
Jason Brown - Clonduff - very talented and needds to step

Were it not for Aidan we probably wouldn't have made it past Offaly

Back in 2005 these allegations were being made, strange how the news is protraying them as leaks. Just old news really.

Maybe your thoughts would be best kept to yourself, for your own sake.

Is that a threat of violence? From a Sinn Fein supporter, they still haven't gone away

Not a threat of violence, just a helpful suggestion to a fellow board member who is making a fool of himself. You are of course free to ignore my advice. Why did you presume I'm a Sinn Fein supporter?

latest opinion poll suggests that support for sinn fein is growing with more voters opting for Gerry that ever before. sinn fein are now the 3rd largest party according to this poll, behind right wing finn gael and the right of centre labour party. when questioned today on rte radio FG's Micheal noonan said that only his party provided a viable alternative to FF he made no mention of labour but said he would be supporting the FF budget, and that Irish voters should think of their "OWN SAFETY" when thinking of voting sinn fein of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Labour's Joan burton said that her party would not be supporting biffos plan and that labour intended to undo the knot that tied the Irish state to the bank debt and that labour had its own budget. when it was put to her that her party had more in common with Sinn fein than FG she dodged the question further pressed about a possible coalition with sinn fein she said that at present labour had no "proposals" in that direction.

the plot thickens in other words if labour don't get enough votes themselves to become the largest party they will join sinn fein to form a government where they would not be subordinate to fine gael. well  thats whats it sounds like to me.. this would put sinn fein in power north and south of the border  and probably the biggest party in the 32 counties.

this would be a huge step for the shinners and i wonder if they wouldnt be spreading themselves a wee bit thin. this election could be coming a wee bit too soon for sinn fein but for the people of ireland it cant come soon enough

Do you understand what left wing, centre and right wing means in politics or is it just you nordies butting into business that doest concern you?

I thought FG were "republican" and titled themselves "The United Ireland Party"?

Peter Sloan the Goat - The true face of FG "republicanism". Partitionist low lives.

Your a bitter little man. I suppose now since the savagery has abated in your country you have to hold it all in. Its not healthy so I welcome the opportunity to vent here.

Mayo, I was actually going to fire a post your way along those lines. Our politics are chalk and cheese in a lot of ways and we have had several aul digs back and forth. There are certain things on which we will clearly never agree but, speaking as a SF supporter, you are first hardcore FGer that I have ever had respect for to be honest. Especially when compared to FG clowns like PSTG who regards the 6 counties as a different country altogether which is inhabited by "savages" who have no right to have any say into the 26 counties.

Who are you voting for in the general election? or can you vote?

I thought of a new campaign slogan for Sinn fein. "Sinn Fein and the Catholic Church hand in hand protecting the youth of Ireland"

Maybe your thoughts would be best kept to yourself, for your own sake. By the way, from what I've read and listened about Fine Gael's economic policies, they wouldn't do much to protect the youth of Ireland

While the positives for Sinn Fein were he to be elected are obvious, how will grass root members in louth feel about him being parachuted in? Was there another obvious local choice after Morgan?

Was it not Co. Louth that Gerry's brother Liam was parachuted into all those years ago.  And looks what's happening to him.

I'm not sure what the connection is you're trying to draw here.

The connection is the word "parachuted".

WUM

While the positives for Sinn Fein were he to be elected are obvious, how will grass root members in louth feel about him being parachuted in? Was there another obvious local choice after Morgan?

I too am of the same generation as gallsman and his comments would be fairly accurate. There actually was a survey carried out which found that 25% of the students would support sinn fein, and the three other main parties fared around 10%-14% or so. A large proportion of students didn't care

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[Burren]

SFC Quarter finals
Burren v Ballyholland
Mayobridge v Longstone

IFC Quarter finals
Annaclone v Darragh Cross
Kilclief v Tullylish
Carryduff v Glenn
Drumgath v St Johns

JFC Final
St John Bosco v Drumaness

[Rostrevor]

RFC Final
24/09 Warrenpoint v Rostrevor
PRFC Final
24/09 An Riocht v Mayobridge

JFC Semi-finals
26/09 Bright v St John Bosco
26/09 Drumaness v Aughlisnafinn

MFC
Kilcoo v Rostrevor