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That's a bit creepy!! Big Brother is watching you!!!

All to play for at this early stage!!

Am I missing something? That was heartbreaking!! A nice, good, decent, GAA family destroyed and the GAA and the wider community rallied round them. Is that not what the association is all about? Good luck to the family in their dark hours

(Tongue in cheek) I thought that it had been done away with a few years ago!

I've never met the man, but I congratulate him wholeheartedly!

Should there not be an "allegedly" in there somewhere!!! Made my night!!

Match report from another forum.

From the reports that have reached me I can tell you that the game started with a lively to-and-fro. Before too long the Gardai seemingly began to get the upper hand. In an attempt to prevent the further progress of the Gardai towards winning the day, the RUC quickly condensed themselves into one small corner of the field, claiming that this is their section of the field, always has been their section of the field, and that it has no connection to the popish majority of the field. Rather than push the issue any further the Gardai seemed content to fall back on their own larger section of the pitch, and began to distance themselves from the 'black' section. They renamed the remainder of the pitch 'Croke Park' and refused point black to accept that there was ever another Croke Park before this or that their section is not the legitimate Croke Park. After a tough game, the British Parliament were said to be very happy with their decisive victory.

Piss myself laughing!!!

Is there any county team NOT training at the moment? I know both Sligo and Leitrim are flat out and Mayo are having trials and fitness tests. Training ban? It should be called rest ban!

Thanks ck, is that not the point that myself and others are making? Too much for amateurs

I realise that this is a total novelty match. But has anyone heard the final score? RTE and BBC have nothing on their websites about it.

Agree totally. People forget that inter county (and club) players are amateurs and work (if they're lucky enough to have a job). Burnout is recognized as a serious problem with professional sports people, what about amateurs?

Rest is recognized as being just as being important as good training and matches. Needs to be looked at within the Gaa

Good luck to the man. His medals are his legacy!!!!

I heard today that the All Ireland Finals (both Hurling and Football) are going to be put back a week because of an American Football College game being played at the Aviva. Is this true?

LOL Hoof Hearted! I'm maybe getting too old to play (the wrong side of 30 bigtime) but I have a good friend from Co. Derry that got married to a girl from Tyrone (Carrickmore) - interesting wedding!!!! But they both (good GAA backgrounds) want to come back to Ireland too, but jobs aren't there and they're gutted!!!

These are just anecdotal stories, but I would say are typical of the Irish in britain wanting (desperately to come back home). The government needs to do something to get good people to stay and to get people with skills back

I left in 1997 to go to University in Scotland and got into the GAA scene there quite quickly. However, I stayed because of a woman and a job. However, I would really like to come back and (hopefully) have a job lined up at home. I personally am desperate to get back to Ireland, but the job opportunites (North or South) are not there.

My younger sister is a qualified physiotherapist and has been bumped about every health board in the 6 counties in the last 2 years which gives no stability for her. Also her boyfriend is a school teacher from Glasgow and the poor sod can't get a job anywhere in Britain or Ireland. They're talking of going to Australia or New Zealand next year.

This seems to be a worrying trend developing and all of Ireland's best young people are leaving. What will we be left with?

From being in and about Glasgow, I know that there are a lot of Irish people that want to come back and pine for home (and free cooking and washing)

The Dail and northern government need to get something sorted soon or we're going to lose a generation of good people, but also a good generation of footballers/hurlers/camogs!

Yeah is not exactly user friendly!! But a good deal if you can make all the fixtures