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To best of my knowledge, these jobs are not hugely well paid but they would be a decent salary all the same - probably in the region of a starting nurses or civil servants salary. The money as far as I know is met by Leinster GAA, Offaly GAA and club concerned, with Leinster putting up half the ...

Fair enough LS, good to know we haven’t fallen out fully yet!


Probably best, I've enough enemies from all the Israeli bots that are coming after me on Twitter, no need to pick more fights among the real people on here.... :P


I cannot fathom how people running underage sport would not ...

Ferbane and Tullamore played a belter of an U14A county final last weekend. How many off both teams are in development squads V how many should be. Answer that question and you'd get a very clear picture of how far off we are. Previously, lads had to be making their school and club teams to be ...

For me, 'working with other sports' is quite simple.

A. Firstly do not scratch them off the list forever if they fail to attend the first trial at U14.
B. Schedule development squad sessions at times where they don't clash with elite level soccer or rugby where possible, particularly at ...

When I say work with clubs, I don’t mean Connacht or Athlone. I mean the local clubs. Athlone and similar are going to ask what Offaly asks of their players.

The burnout I mean is mental, how many kids have just get sick of it? I know it goes on in every club and county, but again Offaly’s ...

So if you were in charge of say, Offaly u15 football squad, you'd be satisfied to let lads come and go, depending on what Club soccer fixtures are on.

Hypothetically, you go to Kildare for an u15 development match with a either a full match day panel or alternatively, a weakened reduced panel ...

15 - 20 hrs, are you having a laugh? Ferbane is a 15 min drive to Athlone town. There are ways around everything. So if Athlone or any other LOI want to make big demands, then should Offaly bow down and cut our own throats by saying, 'yea young talented lad, off you go there and play your soccer or ...

More than him that 'didn't make the cut' by all accounts. I'd imagine there were 5 or 6 players off both Tullamore and Ferbane squads that'd be good enough for an Offaly U14 squad that were not included. This has been replicated across most of the squads in both hurling and football and Offaly ...

Would imagine it's more to do with going back again to pacifying the South Offaly brigade who'd be slow to pass Kilcormac to attend a match, bar their own club were playing and think all the hurling should be in Birr. While OCP is county ground, I'd imagine fixtures people are trying to cover both ...

There is no counter argument tho in my opinion . And everybody is entitled to one
Cormac Egan Jack Bryant John furlong Lee Pearson Cathal flynn etc etc played other sports till they were 14/15 and some others later and they are our best players so like a bit common sense is needed here and let ...

There is no counter argument tho in my opinion . And everybody is entitled to one
Cormac Egan Jack Bryant John furlong Lee Pearson Cathal flynn etc etc played other sports till they were 14/15 and some others later and they are our best players so like a bit common sense is needed here and let ...

I just hope this isn't a retrograde step towards something that did not work previously, that attempts to divert attention away from the actual source of the problem of our development squads standards slipping. Are they trying to distract from the ELEPHANT in the room or what?

Whats the ...

There are concerning elements around aspects of this. Firstly, from a HR perspective, are there reasons that so many are leaving in the volumes they are leaving at the same time? It certainly is unusual. If the monetary recompense for such roles are not great, there will be a degree of change within ...

Some bizarre odds in Paddy Power I think re football and hurling championships. Shamrocks set at 12/1 while Clara are rank outsiders at 100/1. I'd fancy Clara to have right shot at Shamrocks at weekend and fancy them to just about edge it.

I'd fancy Ballycommon to get within 6 or 7 of Tullamore too ...

I certainly do not. This has been mentioned to me by three people in last fortnight - maybe it is an untrue rumour. I just asked a question regarding its validity. To best of my knowledge, this is a forum for discussion of Offaly GAA issues and if a recent senior manager, who was removed by senior ...