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General discussion / Re: The far right

Last post by bennydorano - Today at 02:59:06 PM

Immigration is an issue that could completely derail Sinn Fein (or any political party for that matter) in a similar way that Brexit created gaping holes in traditional voting patterns in the UK.

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Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Footba...

Last post by Caitlin - Today at 02:57:33 PM

why would anyone in Down want to become a referee when they seen how our best ref was treated and after all the talk of rigorous investigation its now been brushed under the carpet and why would the county board not hush it when the clubs and current referees stand by and let that happen. 

Not sure it was brushed under the carpet as I think the outcomes were shared with the referees during a meeting at the start of the year.

One of Paul Faloons requests to have all championship referee's mic'd up and recorded is to be introduced this year I believe.

Surely with such a robust investigation being carried out by croke park on behalf of down into how the county board handled the process then all clubs would be privy to the findings of that report? I dont think such a report even exists or any investigation was carried out.
officials are micd up anyway in championship but there isnt enough to go around on big match weekends , and as for recording everything im not sure how that happens without all new gear purchased.

the very fact no one knows exactly whats gone on 7 months later is a disgrace.

i agree completely wobbler, it has to be on coaches and club to enforce

The report findings were shared with our county board rep.

There are two different issues here; the report reflects a sad chapter in our county's history where there were no winners. The recommendations should be implemented and we move on.

Each club has a responsibility to develop referees and , more importantly, develop respect for referees. We can learn from the LGFA; at a game on Saturday one of our players got injured and the ref handled the situation very well, both teams gave and got respect.

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GAA Discussion / Re: All Ireland U20 football c...

Last post by Milltown Row2 - Today at 02:48:41 PM

Right, nearly sure I did Dublin v Derry in a challenge game before Derry played Dublin in the senior league and they beat Derry handy enough that day, sure only a challenge game and all that.. but they looked decent..

Maybe it was minor, not sure now!

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GAA Discussion / Re: All Ireland U20 football c...

Last post by reddgnhand - Today at 02:43:39 PM

Who beat Dublin in this competition?

Louth as far as I recall.

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GAA Discussion / Re: All Ireland U20 football c...

Last post by Milltown Row2 - Today at 02:39:02 PM

Who beat Dublin in this competition?

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GAA Discussion / Re: GAA moneybags and Sean Cav...

Last post by Truthsayer - Today at 02:38:51 PM

I don't know what the motivation was but there certainly is some logic in the 3 teams going through other than money. It greatly reduces the number of dead rubbers and increases the importance of topping the group.

It also evens up provincial issues.

I suppose how we view things: I view it as extra games more £££ for GAA: extra games I'd like to see is replays rather than penalty shoot-outs, certainly for a Provincial final and from AI quarter-finals on..

[Springstein]

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GAA Discussion / Re: All Ireland U20 football c...

Last post by omagh_gael - Today at 02:29:30 PM

All Ireland final at 1pm in Portloaise then back up the road to Croke Park for Springstein in the evening. Not a bad Sunday.

Is that a Jewish cover band for the Boss?

Autocorrect obviously a part of the zionist elite 🤣

["52% of Sinn Fein supporters want checkpoints at the border with Northern Ireland to limit the number of asylum-seekers coming from the U.K.?LOLCouldn't make it up"]

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General discussion / Re: The far right

Last post by armaghniac - Today at 02:29:20 PM

No hes not right. He said the below. If you honestly believe that you are completely detached from reality. Its actually quite staggering that anybody would believe that given our very recent history involving border checkpoints. LOL indeed.

"52% of Sinn Fein supporters want checkpoints at the border with Northern Ireland to limit the number of asylum-seekers coming from the U.K.?

LOL

Couldn't make it up"

This is not "very recent" to most SF voters in the 26 counties, at best they were in national school then, and of course they didn't think deeply about the issue, they have a twitter approach to politics.

#9

Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Footba...

Last post by johnnycool - Today at 02:26:27 PM

No Johnny. There's been various motions by clubs over the year at convention along those lines, but to the best of my knowledge, none have succeeded.

I do wonder when I see such motions. While I get the gist of what they're trying to achieve, those clubs who currently have multiple referees, do they have an active policy of encouraging and fostering referees, or are they just lucky?

I'm not sure, refereeing appeals (I'll use the word lightly) to a certain type of person or persons but probably easier if a group of people do it together as I see Dromara have 4 people starting the training together.

More power to them.

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General discussion / Re: Artificial Intelligence/As...

Last post by HiMucker - Today at 02:25:07 PM

Had a look around but couldn't find a specific topic on this. The pace of change is absolutely absurd. Chat-GPT 4o announced this week and then Google come out with this. Terrifying/fascinating.

https://x.com/GoogleDeepMind/status/1790433540548558853

What if anything is anyone using these for? thinking more in the work setting

"tell me is that work related what NAG1 is doing on his computer...."