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Sinn Fein may struggle to keep the high polling numbers.
The Monk and Dowdall trial may have caused a slight dent but very few of their supporters are naïve enough not to be aware of the links to criminality many of their members will have.

The bigger problem is that up till now Sinn Fein have been the umbrella party for the disaffected. But now as we see a greater break out into the far left, far right politics like in other countries, they can't be all things to all men.
The recent protests against migrants have exposed how flag shagger, Irish "patriots" are very much at odds with the open door migration ideals of the woke Sinn Fein leadership. There were chants against the party in the East Wall and Drimnagh protests.

Remember when Gemma O'Doherty and Sinn Fein were best friends. When it was anti-water charges and anti-corruption, Sinn Fein were happy. Now the loons are anti-vaccine and anti-foreigner.

I dunno. The right wing groups are funded by the rich and tend to be single issue with no solutions to the issues that working class people are worried about.
SF is more like a Government in exile.

If a populist right wing party emerged and started campaigning on slogans like social housing for locals first, caps on immigration etc there would have to be some sort of impact on Sinn Fein.
It's no accident that the government are shipping migrants in to Sinn Fein strongholds and pitting them against the locals who see them as competition for resources.

Sinn Fein may struggle to keep the high polling numbers.
The Monk and Dowdall trial may have caused a slight dent but very few of their supporters are naïve enough not to be aware of the links to criminality many of their members will have.

The bigger problem is that up till now Sinn Fein have been the umbrella party for the disaffected. But now as we see a greater break out into the far left, far right politics like in other countries, they can't be all things to all men.
The recent protests against migrants have exposed how flag shagger, Irish "patriots" are very much at odds with the open door migration ideals of the woke Sinn Fein leadership. There were chants against the party in the East Wall and Drimnagh protests.

Remember when Gemma O'Doherty and Sinn Fein were best friends. When it was anti-water charges and anti-corruption, Sinn Fein were happy. Now the loons are anti-vaccine and anti-foreigner.

Galway are always a danger. They just pick and choose what years to turn up.

You're getting old when you see members of the Roscommon 2006 minor team retiring.

McGregor is still at it. Laying into Paul McGrath now.
Does he not have any handlers, managers, PR people to help him out?

It is extremely bad form that players are getting abuse directed at them and place like Twitter and Facebook have no moderation of comments.
Are players getting the abuse directed to their accounts, or are they going to social media sites and searching for their name though?

Dinosaurs are alive and well and running U14 development squads in Offaly I see.

Soccer and rugby teams do it as well but it doesn't seem to attract the same outrage.

Children at that age should be encouraged to play a range sports. Dinosaurs shouldn't be tolerated in any sporting body.

Zelensky may well be shady, as a lot of politicians are, especially in that region.
But it takes a serious stretch to try and whitewash what Putin is doing by continually pointing at Zelensky.

There are a few in Ireland who clearly have a sneaking admiration for what is Putin doing.
The far left and far right are almost indistinguishable at times.

Waterford have peaked too early and set unreal expectations among their supporters.

The usual suspects from the People Before Profit - Anti Everything Alliance refuse to applaud to Zelensky in the Dail today.

Brooks get 5 nights in Croker, how has things changed?

A large majority of the residents are furious the gigs are going ahead. Aiken promotions held a meeting and told the residents they had confirmed 2 gigs and were looking to confirm another 3. Residents were told licencing laws have changed so they couldn't go to court like they did the last time to stop the shows. Cocky twats were only short of gloating about it.

Wouldn't give a guarantee that croker would be limited to 3 concerts per year anymore either from 2022 onwards

Iwhile garth isn't my cup an tae. What do these residents expect  they live beside a stadium that was there long b4 any off them were. Live with it. Sorry if that sounds harsh but it's reality. Thry knew where was a stadium there.

Usage of Croke Park has fundamentally changed since tbe rebuild. We have gone from 8 games a year to dozens, some under lights, with gigs and conferences

When was Croke Park only 8 games a year?
It has always been in regular use.

Before the rebuild. Dubs, Leinster x2, Leinster Final, 4x semi finals and 2x finals. So 9 games plus replays. Some cumann na mbunscoil stuff during the day, but nothing like current use.

The idea that locals knew there was a stadium there and should zip it is half the story and quite simply no other sports have these persistent resident problems

Dublin played league games there also.

Brooks get 5 nights in Croker, how has things changed?

A large majority of the residents are furious the gigs are going ahead. Aiken promotions held a meeting and told the residents they had confirmed 2 gigs and were looking to confirm another 3. Residents were told licencing laws have changed so they couldn't go to court like they did the last time to stop the shows. Cocky twats were only short of gloating about it.

Wouldn't give a guarantee that croker would be limited to 3 concerts per year anymore either from 2022 onwards

Iwhile garth isn't my cup an tae. What do these residents expect  they live beside a stadium that was there long b4 any off them were. Live with it. Sorry if that sounds harsh but it's reality. Thry knew where was a stadium there.

Usage of Croke Park has fundamentally changed since tbe rebuild. We have gone from 8 games a year to dozens, some under lights, with gigs and conferences

When was Croke Park only 8 games a year?
It has always been in regular use.

Rassie won't care. The end justifies the means. He manged to soften up the officiating enough to swing the series.

The downside of professionalism is that New Zealand come up too often nowadays.
Years ago it was a hallmark occasion for the All Blacks to come on tour and play in Ireland.

My own profile name comes from my home club, Mullahoran Dreadnoughts. Not a chance I'd want that name to change, think it's one of the best and most iconic of GAA names out there.

A club in landlocked Cavan calls itself after a battleship!