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21% of people surveyed during the referendums believed that vaccines are dangerous,  per the Irish Times.

Israel denying there is a ceasefire sez RTÉ.
Israel doesn't want to stop killing Palestinians. It's the same people who executed the O'Kellys on the hanging hill  in Knockcroghery back in the day, more or less.

Those goalline dramas are never going to be given. There was another one in the club hurling final.

Does anyone have the statistics? Galway seemed to have been more efficient. Neither team were in peak condition either. Mayo lacked a bit of energy towards the end I thought.
Ultimately this match was only an appetiser

RTÉ stats.

GRMA

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Only allows Dubs to

(i) Field previous years county champions as their teams less culchies with culchie clubs in previous 3 years.
(ii) Allow 3 wildcards to join them.
(iii) Play ALL their Leinster games outside of Croke Park. Make Portlaoise designated finals stadium for next 10 years.

Play leinster final as a surprise  in January so Longford can finally call a halt to the 15 in a row charade. 

Does anyone have the statistics? Galway seemed to have been more efficient. Neither team were in peak condition either. Mayo lacked a bit of energy towards the end I thought.
Ultimately this match was only an appetiser

Make Dublin a Province with 4 County Boards and 4 County teams.

at least 4.

It only gets going with the 3rd set of games in the round Robin.

Not what I would tend to associate with Tipperary hurling

https://m.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/we-tend-to-love-a-good-failure-in-tipp-that-is-what-disappoints-me-the-most-liam-cahill-hits-back-at-critics/a966970394.html

Taking a swipe at his critics in the county he declared: "We tend to love a good failure in Tipp. That is what disappoints me the most. We tend to love a good failure."

Comer and Finnerty both had good games for Galway and Walsh made a telling impact from the bench.Galway to me have better forwards and that helped them get  over the line.Could they be getting players back at the right time?

Medical teams are timing recoveries for around now according to Enda McGinley

https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2024/0505/1447393-format-forces-football-into-mid-season-doldrums/

Galway justified the faith of the bookies that the injury situation was not permanent and that cometh the hour, cometh the football.

Mayo weren't very off either. It was a compelling match.

Its a bit one sided. The home draw for the semi final significant.
Lucky in the GAA that we don't have home semi finals where blue teams can fill the stadium with their supporters and overawe the opposition.

the Dubs can't fill croke Park this time of the year after 14 in a row. Who is responsible for this?

The stadium is never going to be filled unless it's an AI final or at a stretch Dublin against either Mayo or Armagh in a semi final.
When has it ever been any different?
Croke Park has rarely ever sold out for anything but an All Ireland final. This isn't a new phenomenon.

The state of leinster football attendances certainly is.

Galway are creating chances . Mayo are up for it. It's a decent match.

Two Galway shots in a row dropped short. Aside from Comer would any of their forwards make the Galway team?

Which team?
Mayo have loads of wides but are doing well at the back
The last 10 mins will be interesting

Getting a shot away
Pops it over the bar