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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmdkyjvgpzo

Fermanagh now included in Fáilte Ireland's 'Hidden Heartlands' campaign.

Unionists will not be happy. 

Enjoyable match in poor conditions.. Glenullin excellent in patches in the 2nd half, serious pace.

Alan and Paddy great re commentary, but that camera work, must have the L plates on. But I watched it on the firestick so can't humble too much 😬

Is Alan a Derry man?

Paddy Sheanon always good on commentary in local Cavan matches.

Monaghan.

Scotstown?

Thought he sounded more Monaghan than Derry alright.

But there's a Derry lad that does a podcast with Mal McMullan and he doesn't have that strong Derry accent either thought it was him

That is him.

Enjoyable match in poor conditions.. Glenullin excellent in patches in the 2nd half, serious pace.

Alan and Paddy great re commentary, but that camera work, must have the L plates on. But I watched it on the firestick so can't humble too much 😬

Is Alan a Derry man?

Paddy Sheanon always good on commentary in local Cavan matches.

Monaghan.

Scotstown?

Well, that's the implication. Still have to go and win the thing, and they've a really historically poor return at AI level.

They have one all Ireland from 5 attempts.

That's still hanging over them. Teams on a roll like that need to win at least 2 to cement themselves in
greatness.

Will it be a burden or spur them on?Time will tell.

You could hear the players after the Ennis game - it was clear they were hurting after last year and they spoke about how hungry they were.

They're clearly referencing 2024 as a wasted year. 

Ballyhale missed Adrian Mullan badly yesterday. Bad stroke V KK ruled him out. He would have been that extra bit of quality they would have needed yesterday.

Saying that, Martin's deserved their win. Hung in the game when it was slipping and hd Jack O'C in top form. What a great winner by Stafford with his first touch. Took it very well. He was doing well off the bench in the Leinster campaign so big credit to manager to leave him off as a starter, then on at the death - impact sub alright.

Game was nip and tuck in second half. It was a fantastic game of hurling I thought. Some great high fielding, heavy hits and some outstanding scores. Really top level stuff and very enjoyable. Could have went either way at the end.

BG will, no doubt, be favourites but that game will hve gave Martin's confidence. But it's hard to repeat it but they did it in the final after a big semi-final win. 

I think it's all underfunded by the Brits regardless. Historically and now.

The NHS is clearly broke. It's a mess and I woukdn't know where even to start to fix it. How would you even start restructure it?

Education is a mess. Schools having to close because of leaks in the roof. Other schools have mould and damp etc. in classrooms. Mobiles falling apart. Again, how and where do you start to fix that?

Housing is a big issue. Not many houses being built nowadays. House prices are crazy now. Where does that end? Another recession?

Public servants e.g. teachersand nurses etc. all looking for more pay. Where does that stop?

Prices of everything going up....from food to car insurance. When's that going to stop?

I'd stick a £20 fee on going to see a doctor. That would help to cut down on the number of 'no shows'. Trying to get an appointment these days is crazy. People decide to just go to AE and at least, after a huge wait, they'll be seen there.

When you think of the billions that has been sent to support Israel in their genocide campaign in the middle east etc., that could have been better spent on the NHS.

Would people on here be happy to pay water charges for example? Or would here be uproar?

We can't have it every way.   

Any word on what the GAA plan to do in areas where there are 'too many' people?

Are they talking about splitting the Dublin super clubs and starting another club in the likes of Portlaoise, Naas and Kilkenny City etc.?

What are there plans for the over population areas?

Anybody know?

Everybody knows what it is.  Light entertainment with a super charity fundraiser attached to it.

Great for everyone in the run up to Christmas.

Some nice gifts for people in the audience also. 

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2025/1205/1547491-garda-trial-limerick/

This is all a bit dodgy.

More gardaí related than anything else.

Honestly didn't expect to see Derry so low down. But maybe I should have, with participation in the city.

Add into that half the County wouldn't even be too GAA friendly, still wouldnt have thought it'd be so low
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It's all about quality, rather than quantity.

Funny I was checking the BBC ni website yesterday and there was 2 stories side by side.

1. Woman trying to hold back the tide in reference to the Irish language policy in BCC.

I think she is the woman who was offeded by the Palestine flag going up in at City Hall the other day.

*checks notes* Judge says she couldn't be offended as she was away on holiday when it was up.

Is that not f"&king embarassing?

2. As above poster mentioned, the lad, bombs and EB GAA.

The cultural war on anything Irish continues in late 2025. 

You need minimum of ten years contributions to qualify for a partial pension. Between 16 and finishing school you'll have received credit, so I imagine like me you'll get 3 qualifying years.

You can choose to voluntarily pay contributions like a lot of us did a few months back to make up the shortfall, although you can now only go back six years and they're closing the loophole where you can pay a cheaper class.

Did the one close in April?

It can't be re-visited again now?

Before April you could buy back years 2006-2019, which I did. But you can still go back 6 years.

Ahh, ok. Thanks.

And what would that get you roughly?

Although it's starting in under 2 years, and a lot can change in between, England look to be in a very strong position with their group and their knock out fixtures.

Need to define what exactly happens at the end of the match with the hooter.
I would say if the hooter sounds while a kick is being attempted or the ball is mid-flight, those shots are allowed.
Likewise any deadball situation where an attempt at a score is being taken, they get to take their kick.

Yep, those last 2 lines are exactly what has been defined.  Although in both those cases the scores only count if no other player from the attacking team touch the ball in flight after the hooter. A free, 45 or sideline awarded before the hooter can be taken but must be scored directly.

So a bit like an U11.5 "unoffical" tournament.  . If it's a free and whistle then goes, a point can be scored directly from the free. 

You need minimum of ten years contributions to qualify for a partial pension. Between 16 and finishing school you'll have received credit, so I imagine like me you'll get 3 qualifying years.

You can choose to voluntarily pay contributions like a lot of us did a few months back to make up the shortfall, although you can now only go back six years and they're closing the loophole where you can pay a cheaper class.

Did the one close in April?

It can't be re-visited again now?