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Balls.ie reporting that it's his Irish passport that will allow the 15 yr old to leave the UK before he is 18 with the likes of Barca sniffing around

If the Irish passport gets him to Spain at 16 (as a free agent too) least the father can do is have him switch allegiance to the country that gave him a couple of caps. Probably easier to do that than change his name.

Michael O'Niell is the manager of N.I played for them also, his paymasters are the IFA, I'm not sure what he's supposed to say?

If you trained a lad up in your business, spent thousands on them, crafted their skill and he joined your competitors up the road you'd be grand?

Will all the catholic NI players past and present be voting for staying in the union?

I suppose the Liverpool lad has GSTK tattooed on his back

I hear you but saying the FAI has an unfair advantage when UK get four teams (for legacy reasons). If there was one UK team lots of those players would be glad to get the chance to represent Ireland. A lot of those lads were already good athletes (GAA helps make good footballers too) before they spent a couple months at an academy program. But its more the lack of sensitivity to identity in a region where partition was unfair on nationalist community. But lookit i'm sure the FAI made a pig's ear of selling him and probably told him if he switched he'd be in with a half decent chance of making the U-19s but not to get too big for his boots, the standard was far higher in south.

Shitty enough comments by Michael O'Neill that Céadach O'Neill doesn't have a bloodline to represent Ireland (Republic team). I'd say he won't be voting for a United Ireland when the day comes.

The next LucidTalk united Ireland poll will likely be published late October. There was a 7 point margin in Feb 2025 (if a vote held now) question. 48-41. Should be interesting.

Hope he enjoys playing at Windsor Park

And GSTK
Wherebis he from?

Kilrea, Derry, nephew of Paddy Bradley, spells name with a fada. I am still hopeful he'll report an injury and buy himself more time. Michael O'Neill is a bit of a bollocks to be capping players so young to tie then to IFA.

Irish News reporting Céadach O'Neill expected to stay with IFA team after a meeting with Michael O'Neill. Two more caps would tie him to North as he already has two caps. Certainly a great prospect.

Turns out culturally Irish Ed Sheeran is not culturally Irish at all.

It will have to be cold turkey. Bin Stormont. Unionists will eventually enjoy the Dáil and the power it brings, just like they never shy to hop on a plane for St. Paddy's Day in Washington. In Stormont they have crumbs and all they can do is debate on identity/culture and events of no relevance to their department, while the MPs only ever speak to an empty house of commons, not surprising because the English/Scots/Welsh don't want to listen to their auld blather about the windsor framework and the "sangle" market for the thousandth time.

If that was the attitude that US/EU/UK were confronted with (and I'm not saying it is/will be) then there would never be a united ireland as the referendum would never take place.

This is why there is going to need to be a discussion on what a new Ireland looks like. Anthems and football teams will come up and no doubt be contentious but they are not remotely close to the real meat of this. If you ponder this for a while you will probably see why no party has yet set out any detail of what it would look like.

Having Unionists in Dáil from Day 1 does not exclude any of that.

For Association Football, I'd disband the FAI and let IFA run an All-Ireland team again, keep the IFA Celtic Cross (in fairness a very nice crest). Neither org great. It's like the tourist in Ireland who arrived at a crossroads and there was a restaurant a mile each way. He asked a local which one was the best to which the local replied - whichever one you pick, you'll be wishing you picked the other one.

This was actually quite funny and will trigger the Unionists/British Right even more.

https://www.rte.ie/news/post/104993504

It will have to be cold turkey. Bin Stormont. Unionists will eventually enjoy the Dáil and the power it brings, just like they never shy to hop on a plane for St. Paddy's Day in Washington. In Stormont they have crumbs and all they can do is debate on identity/culture and events of no relevance to their department, while the MPs only ever speak to an empty house of commons, not surprising because the English/Scots/Welsh don't want to listen to their auld blather about the windsor framework and the "sangle" market for the thousandth time.

Flag - probably green with that red X (St Patrick's Cross apparently) from the Union Jack.

Ah Jaysus, bad enough having Ballaghaderreen festooned in green and red besides making the national flag green and red too.

Everyone seems to have had a great time, Katie got the moment she clearly wanted so much and the GAA will have made a tidy little sum off it.

Great work all round.

And it's pissed off a lot of backward thinking begrudging c***ts on here so yeah, great work all around.

Someone who wears a poppy on British TV should never, ever get a payday in Croke Park. Take that shite to the Aviva.

Was Lansdowne Road famously a bastion of the British Army or the RIC or something? Put the warm Stella down and go to bed you mad pillock.

It's a cold Hoyne actually in tribute to the Croker Olé bandwagon.

Everyone seems to have had a great time, Katie got the moment she clearly wanted so much and the GAA will have made a tidy little sum off it.

Great work all round.

And it's pissed off a lot of backward thinking begrudging c***ts on here so yeah, great work all around.

Someone who wears a poppy on British TV should never, ever get a payday in Croke Park. Take that shite to the Aviva.

An Olé Olé Olé crowd I see.

What a time for Troy Parrott to score his first goal in La Liga, substitute against Real Madrid.

The winner too, against Mourinho's Real Madrid (who gave him his debut).