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Micko was spotted in the Canal Court this afternoon having lunch, I'm told he had the carvery, exceptional value at £8.95. Don't think the selection of freshly prepared desserts were to his taste, but he left in a large Merc with a private plate. Could be expecting an audit, you never know.

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Sturridge is injured AGAIN.

Legendary Everton manager Howard Kendall has passed away at the age of 69.

X v Down (after too many seasons away from home) or Down v X (a home Draw at last)

Away to Monaghan. At least we'll get a day out in Clones.

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 Looking on the bright side for a change, we are guaranteed to have one team at next years All Ireland final.

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You weren't joking when you said the tickets were expensive. https://tickets.rugbyworldcup.com/site/assets/FixtureList.pdf

PERHAPS it was the sight of Kilkenny winning yet another All-Ireland hurling title, but UK viewers of Sky's GAA coverage appear to have been turning off in droves.

Just 32,000 people – roughly the population of Carrickfergus – tuned into Sky's coverage of Kilkenny against Galway in the Croke Park decider on September 6th, according to Paul Rouse, a professor at University College Dublin.

Kilkenny's four point win saw them collect their eleventh title in 16 years.

Sky has reportedly haemorrhaged viewers since the 2014 showpiece between Kilkenny and Tipperary, with the figure 70 percent lower this September than last.

The 2014 final attracted a peak audience of over 100,000 on Sky, which aims to bring GAA to the British market as part of a three-year deal agreed in April 2014.

http://www.irishnews.com/news/2015/09/17/news/sky-viewing-figures-slump-by-70-percent-for-all-ireland-hurling-final-264121/

Twenty one years ago today we won our last silverware at senior level. Two Ulster titles and two All Irelands in three years and then nothing, nadda, zip, zilch. We've seen Armagh come and go, the rise of Tyrone, the Dublin drought 1995 - 2011. Kerry have won six All Irelands in that time, could be seven before the weekend is over. Meath won a couple, even Galway managed one. We came agonisingly close in 2010, close but no cigar.
We've seen managers come and go, from Pete McGrath to Jim McCorry. The highs of beating Kerry in Croke Park again, Kalum King's finger tips against Kildare. We repaid Sligo with interest and then some, to the lows of Aughrim, Enniskillen and the Boyne Wexford.

We have no strategy in place at any level, no training facilities of our own, no management. We managed to make a complete cluster f**k of the sale of Newcastle and we won't mention the fiasco of the purchase of land and planning at Bryansford, but every little helps. I could go on, but I'd be here to next Friday, but no worries there for our highly paid county secretary. It's time for change.

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Down twitter feed is quite good i thought??

It's ok for anything played in Pair Esler, forget about anything else, even senior county away games are sometimes ignored.

When you see what is going on with the the likes of Cavan, Armagh, Derry and Tyrone it shows just how far behind the times we are. We had some coverage a couple of years back from Destination Newry, but it was stopped because it was allegedly effecting attendances. Luckily I can get home for most games and was in Pairc Esler at the weekend, but it would be nice if those further afield could watch a game or two. "Watching" a game on twitter is like watching a game on ceefax, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

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Down GAA update their twitter page, infrequently. We really are the poor relations.

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I see an RTE presenter wishes to be known as two Christian names one male and one female to reflect his/her gender fluidity?

Can this world get any more insane or confused?

Was St Gerard Majella gender fluid or just confused Tony?

Its all going on at RTE these days, they'll be doing away with the angelus next. http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2015/0914/727658-jenny-greene/

Penalty, let Christy take it.

Best of Luck to Jim McCorry, he probably over achieved in getting this Down panel promoted to Division 1 in his first year in charge. We were comprehensively outplayed by Roscommon and the referee in the league final, kicked ourselves out of it against Derry, who again were helped no end by some poor refereeing. Maybe with 15 men on the field in both games we wouldn't be having this conversation. Unlike some, we don't go running to Croke Park to complain, it isn't the Down way, maybe there are some lessons there, maybe not.
However there are no excuses for our performance against Wexford, we were simply out played and yet again lost out in the physical aspect of the game, to a bigger side who wanted it more. As the old saying goes a good big'un beats a good wee'un. Should Jim have gone on the back of that one result? I'm not so sure. What I am sure of is that until changes are made at county board level, then nothing is ever going to change. It's time for a fresh approach, some new ideas, some fresh faces.

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Hope he is ok. Great player, sound lad.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/gaelic-games/33947769

Shamrocks have great facilities, just saying like. 

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