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there is no chance john o donoghue is going to lose his seat over this, hes done a lot for the gaa over the years and he himself will tell you he comes from a gaa background. i read his reasons a while back and (for the life of me i cant remember them!) i remember thinking he had some good points but i do think he has called this wrong. az makes a good point that this may yet effect his future prospects, messy squabbles aint berties style....

mid louth, imo everyone must be welcome on the board otherwise its useless..

dublinfella, would you be happy if the stadium was shared with the gaa? rovers would have their home and the gaa would not be at a disadvantage..... imo until this happens td are dead right to fight as long as they can

thats desperate news, may he rest in peace...

5times is spot on, mealys are the sellers. fridays irish times pg 20 has a bit on it.....

Hope someone in gaa hq is bidding on these, they go on sale at the tara towers hotel, merrion rd, next tuesday. the bloody sunday match ticket must be fairly unique at this stage (E2-3k) while everyone in kerry knows the ai medals (1915-1918) are priceless!!

legends!!! listened to it on newstalk and it was brilliant esp after the rugby...

over 25,000 at the game which is a 'good' crowd considering the rugby was going on. think there was 38,000 last year or the year before. croker really needs to get 40,000 to have a good athmosphere... (look at the athmosphere in rome yesterday with 25,000)

dublinfella, you aint quite right with a lot of your points

"Are we still persisting with this innaccurate line that Rovers, and now Athlone, are getting 'free' stadia? Its just patently innaccurate. All the indignation seems to stem from this incorrect premise"

how is it inaccurate?

"I'm not defending shamrock rovers, but to suggest the club itself sold milltown is a bizarre interpretation of the whole KRAM events"

did the owners of the club not sell the ground

"What you are saying magick is that when a GAA club draw down lotto funding its all right and proper, but when athlone town do it they are getting 'handed a stadium'? Its this hypocricy that drives me nuts."

my point is these are PROFESSIONAL clubs. a business if you want to be precise. i have no problem with lotto money or gov money going to amature soccer clubs

"quid pro quo on CP opening is not the GAA going to court to get free access to soccer stadiums. "

its not a soccer stadium. the gaa are actually trying to SHARE the stadium. i'm delighted cp is open.


"minister for finance"

hes not minister for finance

phew!

have to say i'm really looking forward to this game, been at a few club finals lately anf its a great day out. fancy cross with all their experience but deep down i just KNOW crokes are going to do it....

dublinfella, correct me if i'm wrong on any of this. rovers are a professional soccer club, not in public ownership, who a no. of years ago sold their home to a developer and now what to be given a free facility to continue on running a professional club from it. none of the other banana republic on this planet would put up with that crap. athlone town were just handed a stadium after twenty five years of unbelievable incompetence.....

what a bullsh..e decision. why in Gods name did the ulster council not throw them out before the final? Once they let them play in the final the result should stand. as for all the 'little' comments about tyrone not helping revive the mckenna cup more bull. tyrone have brought so much to football this past decade. i hope they appeal and good luck to micky harte a true gentleman......

thats some achievement by artfert these past two years......

thanks jack, they got that right....

thought this game was to be in tralee but todays papers say killarney... anyone know for sure

whats with this, i'm able to log on from home today for only the second time in a month! i love this move... anyway 86 medals (not medalists) have been won by austin stacks players. what they did was any player who played with tralee mitchels who went on to play with stacks (eg purty landers) they included in the stacks total.  now they are a lot more than 86 medals in tralee (thread heading) as the stacks are one of 4 clubs in town, john mitchels, keirns o rahilleys, na gael and stacks (5 if st pats are included who are in blenerville on the outskirts). finally just to add a bit of confusion austin stacks park in tralee has nothing to do with austin stacks club (who play in connoly park) but is a county ground....