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Benny Tierney writes a decent piece in today's Irish News backing up the gist of what Brolly said (although criticising the way he went about it and the personal attack of McGeeney).

Donegal also got that criticism, and it is a county of the Free State.

A competitive provincial championship.

Union Jack flying high above Newry court house today.  Is there any call for this really?

If Newry is 90%  nationalist why doesn't some of ye remove the fcukn thing?

Have you ever seen the courthouse?

Not in recent years Still a fortress I take it.
How about someone  on the inside doing a job on the flagpole....

I think the last car bomb left there barely took the gates off the hinges - if it even did that!

We'd need a sneaky westerner that nobody would suspect, considering 2km down the road is a different country, a Roscommon man would have no motive to be at that sort of craic 

Union Jack flying high above Newry court house today.  Is there any call for this really?

If Newry is 90%  nationalist why doesn't some of ye remove the fcukn thing?

Have you ever seen the courthouse? It would be like a second Siege of Derry.

Union Jack flying high above Newry court house today.  Is there any call for this really?

It happens every year around this time, do you get annoyed at seeing Tricolours flying?? I doubt it, their culture is flying flags, being royalist and Loyalist and Marching....

Its been happening for years and every year people get annoyed about it... Its been eroding slowly but surely every year as younger kids become less interested in following their dad's footsteps...

You can't get annoyed at it because a tricolour never flies above any courthouse in the 6 counties. Wullie would be annoyed if another primary school put up an Italian flag for the Euros though.

If that's the case why did the South's Taoiseach,while trying to persuade Irish diaspora in England last weekend to vote stay,say a Brexit would have a devastating effect on "Ireland and the North?" Does this not indicate that the leader of the south even thinks the North is a different place from "Ireland".Sharing interests and concerns with fellow students does not mean you are one and the same.

Admittedly Fine Gael and their diehard supporters are different and are a disgrace to Ireland and the men and women who died to allow FG to even exist. However you can't just pass over the rest of the point like that. Thankfully Tony, I have more in common with the average young UUP supporter in Banbridge than I do with an ultra-conservative nutcase like yourself.

On a normal day to day issues you could find common ground with any nationality,concern about health,liking for sunshine,similar foods,sport etc.Moreso if living together means shared interest in the upkeep of an abode,or sustaining an intimate relationship.But that does not alter the fact that northerners and southerners have little in common in terms of outlook (how could they when they've led separate lives?).Same applies to Northerners and English people too.

Absolute rubbish. I've been placed randomly with people through college accommodation and the housing crisis where we could be worlds apart on a lot of issues. This idea that you have been propagating over the last few months about a "Northern Ireland identity" is nonsense, we are of the same blood, attitudes, culture, sport, religion (mostly) etc. The same left/right divides exist, the same differing shades of green (strength of nationalism). There may be a certain ignorance among some of the populace as regards the situation in the north, but this absurd notion that I am somehow different to another person living in Carlingford, Carrickmacross, Kenmare or Cork is either a great wind up for you, or a bitterness that the south is now a modern and liberal state - which the O6 would be if the likes of the DUP were not holding it back.

No.But I've spent a lot of time there,in practically every county.The difference to the North is discernible,sadly you get the feeling you are in a different country.

Well I do Tony. I've lived with people from Monaghan, Wexford, Kildare, Roscommon etc, and I have found absolutely feck all difference in their attitudes, opinions and beliefs than the people I grew up with in Down.

No the Athletic Grounds in Armagh

That's right. The escape from Armagh.

That was a sore day from a Monaghan perspective, ye were 9 points down at half-time if I remember correctly.. Laverty was absolutely everywhere and on fire!

It was also Eamonn McEnaney's last Ulster Championship game as manager, which wasn't a bad thing in most peoples opinion..

9 points up after some absolutely criminal refereeing decisions.

Freeman's 'questionable' goal from the quickly taken free is the only one I can think of, but you'd hardly expect me to remember them.. 

I found the highlights on Youtube and going by them you are spot on, I had it in my head that there was more than that though....

The people of the south have not had the same life experiences,particularly of the older generation of the North.There is no real empathy, as a result of 100 years of partition,when we effectively went our separate ways.There isnt even any real desire for unity apart from diehards and those who just want to wind up the prods.Bertie Ahern aspires to be a good neighbour,Enda talks about North and South,not the island as one entity.

Tony, have you ever lived in the south?

It's in Friar Tucks during the Blues on the Bay I'm pretty sure. I haven't a clue who the little scumbags are but I was reading through Facebook comments under the video that was posted (the BT picked it up from Facebook) and they seem to be causing a bit of havoc in the Point. Some day they will choose the wrong person and receive their comeuppance.

We , as a county face a problem next year , there's no minor football , clubs will have to provide football for the guys from age 18 to 20 , otherwise clubs could potentially lose players to other sports , am I right in thinking this or has there been a u turn , I'm confused and worried at the same time, any body any solutions or thoughts?

Cut the crap,what do you mean no Minor Football?

I think he means plans to move minor to U17, but is that not for county football only? This year minors was meant to be U19 but that decision was reversed as well?

[Newry was always a West Brit town, obviously nothing has changed]

Why wouldnt a Newry bar fly these flags? After all Pat Jennings and Peter Mc Parland come from Newry.I was in Drogheda on Monday,and a bar on the way into the town had a bunting featuring flags of all finalists including NI.

Newry was always a West Brit town, obviously nothing has changed.

ye whattt!! cant see too many round newry cheering on owc.

Was thinking very much the same myself. I'd say you'd be set right very quickly if you said that in Barcroft, Derrybeg, Parkhead, etc...

No the Athletic Grounds in Armagh

That's right. The escape from Armagh.

That was a sore day from a Monaghan perspective, ye were 9 points down at half-time if I remember correctly.. Laverty was absolutely everywhere and on fire!

It was also Eamonn McEnaney's last Ulster Championship game as manager, which wasn't a bad thing in most peoples opinion..

9 points up after some absolutely criminal refereeing decisions.