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"Very frosty again on Saturday night and Sunday morning with more bright and showery weather to follow on into daytime Sunday. Temperatures through the weekend will only be in low single figures during the day and the showers will turn to snow on the hills."

Well it may be twilight, but it will not be warm!!

We'll all lose something if this appeal bears fruit.

How can we all lose something if a team is required to keep to the rules. The GAA introduced this rule for a reason, if Ballinderry would like to change it they can put a motion before Congress, not play an illegal player and hope that nobody notices. The rule is based on calender years so if a person is born after a particular year he is ineligible, easy enough to understand.

as a committed Atheist

If I had to bet I'd say you are a Protestant Atheist.

One benefit of FF involvement in the North is that this 26 countyism will have to stop. The SDLP have lost momentum and SF are basically a party of protest without proper policies on normal matters, creating an opening for pragmatism.

There is a Bobby Sands street in Tehran.

Your man with the cafe will probably show "Hunger" on the big screen.

Is there a smoker in existence that doesn't just throw their butts on the ground littering up the place? Even at a funeral they just throw the butts on a neighbouring grave.

I was thinking how lucky I have been to witness some of the great teams from the Kingdom and also some of their fantastic achievements over the last 125 years.

And of course Kerry's getting into 3 figures in the BullSh*tting championship.
You got to love yez.

Brith rates by health board 2005
Eastern 12.1
Northern 12.8
Southern 14.7
Western 13.5

ponder the nature of voting support in these regions and if it means anything. Mind you there are more births in Eastern than Southern and Western put together.

Today the €uro is £0.87755, or £1 - €1.13954.
Had we still a Punt it would be 11.5p over Sterling.
I predict some traffic in Newry in the next week or two.

The right to purchase a second ticket beside you for certain reserved seating fixtures

This is good. Some provision for a season ticket holder to take part in family tickets would also be welcome, even in less favourable seats. You might want to bring the brood to a big summer game but not to every league game.

Right to renew for any similar Season Ticket scheme in 2010

this might prove useful if the thing is a success and there are more people involved.

hopefully the crowds at league games will pick up as a result...

250 per county won't have that much impact on home league attendance, it might lead to a few more making the longer trips e.g. Ulster to Kerry/Cork or vv.

from todays Belly Telly

my question is that if Windsor is getting substantial public funds instead of the new stadium, will the GAA and Rugby also be getting something to invest in their facilities.
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The prospects of a multi-sports stadium being built at the Maze appeared doomed today after a new deal between Sinn Fein and the DUP ruled it out for another four years, The Belfast Telegraph can reveal.

However, the two parties have agreed that a Conflict Resolution Centre will be built on the former prison site near Lisburn.

According to senior Stormont sources, the deal surrounding the Maze blueprint will rule out a stadium for at least another four years, casting serious doubt over whether it will ever be built. Instead, early in the New Year, Sports Minister Gregory Campbell will confirm that a major refurbishment of Windsor Park will go ahead.

The business plan for the stadium will include the building of a new 4,000 seat capacity stand.

There will be a commitment from the minister to re-visit the issue of a national stadium once the overall world and local economic situation improves.

But there will be significant additions to the overall infrastructure of the Maze site to help with the projection of a united political front between the DUP and Sinn Fein.

However, DUP Junior Minister Jeffrey Donaldson today denied that a final agreement about the development at the former Maze Prison had been reached.

"The current situation is that discussions are ongoing between departments about the development of the Maze site and while some progress has been made, no decisions have been made yet in terms of either the Conflict Transformation Centre or the Stadium," he said.

But the Telegraph has learned that final touches to the redrawn Maze master plan were discussed during the visit to the United States earlier this month by Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness.

The changes were central to talks held with potential investors.

According to the government source, part of the package will include a reappraisal of the needs of the three main sports. It will include individual deals being struck or a link up between two of the sports. The most likely option is that a smaller stadium to cope with the requirements of soccer and rugby will be developed.

As the strongest supporter of the Maze stadium the GAA continues to refuse to speculate publicly on its alternative option choice.

The funding of the controversial Conflict Resolution Centre will come from various sources including the European Community. The prospect of additional funding from the United States is also on the cards.

The agreement between the two main political blocs in relation to the Conflict Resolution Centre was a necessary marriage of convenience in order to break the long running Executive logjam and the funding from outside sources will help protect the DUP's against allegations being directly involved with a "shrine to terrorism."

Despite comments from Junior Minister Gerry Kelly that there would be no political deal unless the Maze Stadium went ahead at the original site, the Telegraph understands that from a Sinn Fein perspective the "building of a sports stadium was always secondary to the Conflict Resolution Centre being a pivotal part of the redevelopment programme".

Mr Campbell will address the Department of Culture, Art and Leisure committee tomorrow morning. His agenda will be the issue of Sports Stadia Safety legislation and its implementation across the province. However, the legislation will be tied-in with a decision to go ahead with the scheme at Windsor Park. The pressing need for spectator safety at the home of international football will be used as justification for the project going ahead.

according to the paper today, Dublin football season tickets are sold out and Tyrone football and Kilkenny hurling are well on the way to selling out. This is logical enough as Dublin tickets will always be in short supply and teams likely to reach the final are going to sell more of these season tickets.

Your average day in Lurgan.

Last week the lights fused - I had to go down and tackle the fuse box, and did so successfully.

I'd expect women to be able for this, but I thought you were an accountant.

when the hard fact of the matter remains tickets for an all ireland final should be no less than €200

this bit alone makes some sense, charge €200 and an give a discount for people who've already attended a large number of games. If you haven't already put your hand in your pocket during the year then €200 it is.