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Jesus lads some harsh enough comments on 16/17/18 year olds there.

Young O'Rourkes interview was fantastic, hope he can be a big player for Armagh in years to come.

Eurovision came under a lot of pressure to boycott, and did, but as I suspected the soccer lads won't come under the same pressure.

Those are our principles, and if you don't like them... well, we have others.
The FAI

Harsh. They are the only European association to directly take on Israel. The consequences for Irish soccer to refuse to play are deliberately extreme. How many jobs go and what happens to youth development if Irish football is cut adrift for 8 years?

Word on the street is the FAI will concede home advantage and play it in Paris or whatnot. So a statement will be made and they avoid an Amsterdam scenario.

Let them kick us out. Call their bluff. FiFA and UEFA have been going down a road of cozying up to tyrants. Infantino and his peace award. We look like we folded like a cheap suit if we don't boycott this fixture.

100%.

Look at the teams being given tournamnets, Qatar, Saudi, Russia, Trump's new reich. Be no bad thing being banned from that shite.

Looking at that Armagh team and bench, how are they entering the game as favourites? They need men back. Maybe Grugan will be added Sunday.

Still reasonably strong bar the full back line, but would rather see a few more experienced heads back in. Grugan and Crealey can't be far away. Hopefully Galvin gets some gametime off the bench

[invade and occupy the pitch to stop it.]

Game clearly shouldn't go ahead. If it does, fans should take a leaf out of Israels book invade and occupy the pitch to stop it.

When did that happen?

They've been invading and occupying for years! Our own wannabe facists will probably be cheering for Israel.

Humpf. As if Europeans should be blamed for wanting to keep a homeland for themselves.

They shouldn't have invaded and colonised Africa, the Middle East, Asia and beyond then.

So, if my grandfather robbed from your grandfather, your son should be allowed to rape my daughter? Nah.

That's some logic. Would love to see where anyone wants that

[Simon Jordan outed himself this week as a man who will readily punch down, and only respects one thing, moneyThe Aluko content was a hard listen, a pure bullying beat down, unnecessary on a number of levels]

The Aluko one is some dose. Simon Jordan put her back in her box.

Simon Jordan outed himself this week as a man who will readily punch down, and only respects one thing, money

The Aluko content was a hard listen, a pure bullying beat down, unnecessary on a number of levels

To hear him defend Jim Ratcliffe today, the basis being that he didnt mean to say colonise was rank in equal measure

Bluenose Jim White was outstanding a few times holding SJ to account as he tried to whitewash the issue

Sir Jim wants a government to make hard decisions, with Farage waiting in the wings you know what that means, tacit racism and corruption, a pair of gouls

He was 100% right on that one, she is an absolute dose and clean useless as a pundit. He's wrong to defend Ratcliffe though

Better not play them. Should be chased out of Dublin if thats where the game is.

Ukrainian Olympian banned from competing for wearing a helmet with images of athletes who had been murdered by Russia   

NF owner is a complete lunatic.

Saying on x last nite rumours the whole team was locked in by this eejit for an hour last night, bit of roaring and few bangs heard lol. No surprise if true

Can't imagine that'll go down too well with the players. Depending on who he now recruits, morale could drop through the floor. 5/2 odds for relegation very good price.

It seems common enough to down tools for the manager, but downing tools to the person that pays your wages is different craic

They'll get paid regardless. Elliot Anderson could be a bargain buy in the summer linked with United and City

NF owner is a complete lunatic.

Saying on x last nite rumours the whole team was locked in by this eejit for an hour last night, bit of roaring and few bangs heard lol. No surprise if true

Mad how they were sitting in round champions league places for most of last year, owner is some looper it seems

Won't go down well with the bulk of United fans you'd imagine.

Very few if any get to be that wealthy without being a p***k.

My position is that I think Burns intervening in this process came to the right outcome - regardless of due process or whatever protocols might be needed. That for me is something going down the line.


What Gallagher has been accused for me is monstrous and there is no extenuating circumstance for those actions he has been accused of as it was sustained over a long number of years. There are only the extreme scale as far as active GAA members go. Only he and his wife will know the full story but the people who seem willing to give him the benefit of the doubt look to be hiding behind technicalities. The allegations are there, they will never go away and due to the commentary around it seem very well supported and credible.

I don't think Burns comes out badly of it, I think the clubs and counties still courting him with all this in the public domain come out horribly. It's a place Burns should never have needed to intervene but these clubs put him in that spot.

What technicalities are people hiding behind?

He hasn't been convicted so the allegations should hold no weight.

The exact same thing applies in the Mason Greenwood case. Some clubs won't touch him and rightly so, others do and shame on them.

An acquittal should hold little weight but we aren't just dealing with an acquittal.

We are dealing with a case that was, as I understand investigated by the Guards and twice by the PSNI. All three investigations after looking at all the evidence recommended no prosecution and didn't even think to charge RG which is a very low threshold. From there the PPS, who in my experience would be overly cautious and would almost always err on the side of prosecuting in domestic abuse cases decided not once but four times (twice on consideration of initial files and twice on review) not to prosecute. That added to the determination of the family court are all factors that have to be taken into consideration.

These aren't technicalities and whilst none are determinative of the matter, particularly as we aren't privy to the reasons for each, they are relevant factors that ought to be taken into account.

Certainly wouldn't be letting whether the police have decided not to charge him or not have any bearing on what you think of the whole thing. They wouldn't exactly be known for competency, look at the whole Johnathan Cresswell situation for starters.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41791670.html

Football championship total crowds being up by a quarter is absolutely massive.

Absolutely crazy to think that for every 4 people who went to a championship game in 2024, 5 people went in 2025.

The Sam Maguire Cup race drew in a total of 641,429 spectators in 2025, compared with 512,001 in 2024, a jump of 25.33%.

I'd say Meaths run had a big say in that, brilliant support in Croker.

42,000 more at  last years Leinster final than 2024

Meath brought 15,000 more to semi

And Kerry folk were shamed into  attending by David  Clifford

They all made a difference

Yeah great to see it.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41791670.html

Football championship total crowds being up by a quarter is absolutely massive.

Absolutely crazy to think that for every 4 people who went to a championship game in 2024, 5 people went in 2025.

The Sam Maguire Cup race drew in a total of 641,429 spectators in 2025, compared with 512,001 in 2024, a jump of 25.33%.

I'd say Meaths run had a big say in that, brilliant support in Croker.

"The Labour Party is the Nonce Party"

Zarah Sultana MP

Not wrong is she.