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He's coming home? https://bit.ly/2zgNqY8

A private plate 'valued' at £400 is worth very little in real terms, the company who valued it won't buy it from you but will sell it on your behalf on commission. Unless it is meaning to you or car specific I'd let it go. If you really want to hold on to it, retention now lasts for 10 years and includes the forward transfer fee.

Eamon Burns has stepped down as manager.

Good interview with steven poacher in the newry reporter over the last 2 weeks. No matter what anyone thinks of him, you cant deny he is a real passionate and committed gaa man and speaks a lot of sense regarding the state of football in the county.

Great interview, something we need to see more of from the local press. Poacher comes across very well and you can't certainly can't deny that he is a passionate GAA man, but he just wouldn't fit with the current administration, but we've been down this road too many times before. "You can't live off history and tradition forever." 

So what has changed in the evidence in 30 years?

It'll be like Bloody Sunday. Oops, sorry about that, but still no convictions.

New evidence from the PSNI that it couldn't have been an accidental shooting. Still can't understand how it isn't a murder charge but the family seem ok with the decision.

Antrim? Looks more like Bangor. 

Its better than nothing I suppose. What's the chances of the soldier doing any time behind bars?

I would guess absolutely no chance.

If found guilty he will serve a maximum of two years.  He is only 48 now which means he was 18 at the time of this incident. Isn't it madness to think that an 18 year old was sitting there with a machine gun, though we just took it for granted at the time.

You'd think someone would invent something to answer simple questions like the one in the OP, could be a few euro in it as well. Just a thought.

The panel of 3-5 does not work as 4 of them are normally on the executive. Go out and find the best possible candidate for the job and stop giving it to the easy option who will be a yes man to the top man.
This has been another depressing season for all our teams
Seniors relagated and hammered by Donegal in the championship
Under 20s just about overcome Antrim and beat by Derry
Under 17s beat Armagh in a dire match and lost to both Tyrone and Monaghan
When are the executives going to sit up and take notice?

If you add the hurlers in to that mix, it really hasn't been a great year for anyone in Down.

Talk of Deegan being given the job at this stage is premature, though it wouldn't surprise me in the least, I'm sure we will get our man. Anyone even bothering to go to Enniskillen on Saturday. I can't see anything but a comfortable win for Cavan.

Hello all,

I have imported a vehicle from the north to the south and have a VRT inspection set up. Does anybody know if I have to fill in the V5C form and send it off to the address in Swansea? The form asks for a UK address, which won't work for me being based in Dublin.

TIA

You will need the V5 when you VRT the car.

Slightly off topic but can anyone remember who was Down manager in 1986.

Ambrose name me young people who you think should take over or would want to? Give us some answers

Honestly don't have the answers Jim, but we are setting ourselves up for failure time and again by allowing the same people to continue unchallenged. You won't attract new people the way things currently stand.
People like me refuse to contribute financially for obvious reasons and as you stated in your previous post players are staying away for one reason or another. I took a walk down to the Point v KIlcoo game recently and not one of those players, the current top two in the league are represented at county level. It was a cracking game, both sides showed plenty of fight, literally and no one bats an eyelid when these same players don't want to play for the county?

The sad thing is that I can guarantee that we will be having the same conversation this time next year as nothing will have changed.

As for people mentioning the likes of Jim McGuinness - they need to understand that the County do not have the finances for someone from outside the county.

Why don't we have the finances and we don't have to include Burrenbridge in the debate, but where does the money go? Also why aren't we able to attract more money in to the county coffers, we have a very marketable product, but as I see it no strategy or imagination. A lot of people, myself included, simply will not give another penny while the likes of McAteer and co have any involvement.

How many more years are we going to talk about this while nothing changes?

That'll be 25 years and counting since we last won an Ulster title at senior level. If you had said that leaving Clones in 94 you'd have been given a job as county secretary.

Credit to Donegal they are a well organised side, but that was very poor today from Down.  1-08 to 0-00 at one stage and the scoreline still flattered us.  We were beaten all over the park and you would have thought Donegal had the extra man for most of the game and not Down.

I'm sure people at county board level and above will tell us that we are getting great value for money but it is really hard to watch the same sh*te over and over again and still come back for more. We've been relegated to Division 3 and other than an unimpressive win over Antrim that's it for another year. Division 4 beckons if we cannot open our eyes and see that we have as many problems off the field as we have on it. Until we rid ourselves of the nodding dogs and the man in the untouchable job for life on £50 grand a year and all his cronies and yes men then we may as well do a Ballyholland and promote the soccer.

Of course there could really be a long term plan and we are investing in Ballykinlar so we can hide out in a nuclear bunker each and every summer for the next 50 years but other than that I cannot see any plan for the future. If Poacher has any sense he'll stay in Carlow. If Down had any sense..........