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48 days ago by deiseach

Amidst the chorus of acclaim for Shane Lowry on his remarkable win in the Irish Open this weekend, it is most curious that none of the media outlets I checked (RTÉ, Indo, Irish Times, BBC, Grauniad) seemed to think there was anything outrageous that the runner-up should pick up the winner’s cheque w ...

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59 days ago by admin

The GAA’s 125 Celebrations will take on a special club focus this weekend when clubs the length and breadth of the country and those overseas celebrate Lá na gClub. Association President Criostóir Ó Cuana has called on members everywhere to engage with their local clubs next Sunday. Clubs have been ...

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74 days ago by admin

The GAA are certainly going all out to celebrate their one and a quarter centuries of existence. Some weeks ago we had the incredible fireworks display at the start of the league campaign at Croke Park. No harm in that, but one must ask the question about the cost of all this and the possibility of ...

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84 days ago by admin

This is the last week of the reign of Nicky Brennan as President of the GAA and as far as this column is concerned it couldn’t come too soon. He will not be missed for you never knew he was there, really. I suppose it is hard to compare any Presidency with the reforming, no bullshit tenure of the pr ...

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85 days ago by admin

The GAA, in conjunction with Ladies Gaelic Football and the Camogie Association, today launched its Inclusion and Integration Strategy 2009-2015 at Croke Park in the company of Mr. Conor Lenihan TD who underlined the government’s support for the project. The aim of the strategy is to offer an inclus ...

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89 days ago by admin

Former Louth great Ollie Reilly Louth’s 1957 All-Ireland SFC winner Ollie Reilly passed away on 5th April 2009. Hunterstown Rovers clubman Reilly wore the No.2 shirt as the Wee County beat Cork by two points at Croke Park to lift the Sam Maguire Cup 52 years ago. He was an ever-present for Louth thr ...

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111 days ago by supremerat

The Guardian Newspaper of the Communist Party of Australia: With the second G20 summit set for early April in London to deal with the financial turmoil, work on international rules has begun with a view to restructuring the global financial markets. The European Union (EU) held an emergency meeting ...

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111 days ago by admin

The light of Colm Cooper shone as bright as ever in Tralee on Sunday as he knocked over eight points in Kerry’s 0-13 to 0-11 triumph over Mayo. Cooper was at his absolute best as he put the Mayo defences to tangles, constantly chipping in with points at key times to keep Kerry in front. Mayo missed ...

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130 days ago by admin

Kerry people can breathe again! Just when they got Tadgh Kenneally back from the Australian AFL, it looked like they were going to lose another star to the southern hemisphere. But now Tommy Walsh, the Young Footballer of the Year, says he is glad that the saga over his on-off move to the AFL side S ...

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143 days ago by feefeeontour

Today we got the train from City West to Subiaco to do some grocery shopping for our Christmas Feast. Although we decided to get a chicken instead of a turkey as we both prefer it (it must be all those chicken dinners you do Dad, just kidding). The Subiaco Oval in this suburb of Perth [...]

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