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Downgaa.net is now down and out of service, has the county changed its domain?

More than likely they haven't paid their domain name renewal

Working fine

Count starts tonight after polls close

That team smacks of running up the same white flag as for the first National League game v Fermanagh

Final on June 11th before cavan v Monaghan/Fermanagh ulster championship quarter final. Unfair on Tyrone.

Why is unfair on Tyrone ?

Who wears the ring? One of them or two of them?

If it's both, Jewellers must be raking it in!!

FFS don't mention their rings

Can't believe "Naoimh Domhnaill" has let his halo slip

The only thing worse than Meath tonight was the referee. Some baffling calls.

Certainly didn't do Down a lot of favours.

Correct me if I'm wrong but the last 5 winning managers haven't been there 12 months later
Mancini 2012
Ferguson 2013
Pellegrini 2014
Jose 2015
Ranieiri 2016

I think Alex was right - win it then go

Amazing what you can pick up from 5 live

danny hughes on newstalk this evening....


Almost seven years ago, Down reached an All Ireland final, narrowly losing to Cork in the September 2010 Croke Park decider.

Fast forward to this year and the Allianz National Football League campaign is already beginning to look like a write off for a county that won All Irelands as recently as 1991 and 1994. The last Ulster title arrived back in 1994.

They are rock bottom of Division 2 after decisively losing their opening two matches to Clare and Fermanagh and it follows a 2016 championship when they were hammered by Monaghan in the Ulster championship and were eliminated in the first round of the qualifiers by Longford.

But what is at the heart of Down GAA's malaise?

Former Down footballer Danny Hughes joined Off The Ball to share is view on what's going on in the county.

He shared one anecdote to illustrate his point.

"The convention last year, there was a lovely couple of quips coming out of it like 'it's always darkest before the dawn'. That was one of them," he said.

"This year it's 'a rising tide lifts all boats'. So what they're doing is, before the meeting, they're Googling motivational quips and they're using these things as brilliant things to put out into the media. Absolutely fantastic sayings but a complete load of horsesh*t and excuse my language but that's the reality. People are fed up with it.

"Everybody has so much respect for what the '90s team's done and what the '60s team done and stuff like that. But slowly our legacy as a county is becoming a laughing stock.

"You can make an argument that we've - and I don't want to be disrespectful to Antrim - but we're sitting round about that type of level... Division 3, Division 4 type stuff. That's where we are."

And your solution is Danny?

Any truth in a rumour he could be considering doing the Irish news.

Please. Anything would better than the drivel they put out at the minute. Kernan about the only one worth reading.

The whole fricking  thing's  cowped I tell ye, cowped

The words Pig and Grunt come immediately to mind

Incredible tribute paid on "The View" to Martin McGuinness by Ian Paisley (jnr). Never for one minute thought that he had that amount of warmth.

Good to see a few new faces involved. Looking forward to seeing how big Cathal Magee gets on. Any idea if many Down boys involved with the universities?

Queens: John O'Hare, Donal McKeever, Ciaran McCartan, Anthony Doherty, Aaron Morgan, Marty Clarke, Aaron Clements, Aiden Fegan, Ciaran Harney, Conor McGrady

UUJ: Damien McKeown, Niall Madine, Sean McGonigle and Kory Golgan.

That's what's printed in the Irish News anyway.

Do St Marys players not count?

Fecking teachers moaning again !

Must have missed the Referendum on gay marriage in the 6 Cos?
The 6Cos residents need to grow up and start paying their way like normal people and societies do.

Did you miss how Roscommon voted on Gay Marriage. Think you should engage your brain before you come out with crap like that.