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Mayo GAA Thread - 4 Like(s)
Replying To S1234: "You have some cheek did ye not crash out to Down??..." You have some cheek belittling Roscommon on their win and basically having a pop and everyone on this forum. Show some class. You giving the rest of the Mayo posters here a bad name.
yew_tree (National) - 29/04/2026 10:08:55
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Westmeath Football thread - 3 Like(s)
First and foremost best wishes to Luke on his recovery from injury , devastating blow ahead of Sunday , but I have faith in mark and the lads to dig in put the shoulder to the wheel and get the job done , it won't be easy by any means but let's all get out and get behind the lads and make tullamore a sea of maroon and white Sunday IARMHI ABU
TheGaaMan77 (National) - 29/04/2026 20:11:02
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Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Best of luck to the lads, lets start off a super week in style.
monaghanmad (National) - 29/04/2026 14:22:20
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Mayo GAA Thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To yew_tree: "You have some cheek belittling Roscommon on their win and basically having a pop and everyone on this forum. Show some class. You giving the rest of the Mayo posters here a bad name." I would question where that poster is from, very quick to get replies on the Galway forum and its around long enough now to just be ignored.
tommy132 (National) - 29/04/2026 13:21:09
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Croke Park expansion - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "https://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2026/0428/1570621-croker-or-nowhere-as-deal-nears-for-taylors-final-bout/
Hopefully Katie gets her wish for her Final fight to be held in Croke Park." But not at the expense of the GAA, if Eddie can't stump up the money, the Aviva is available but I can't see that being much cheaper.
Square_B (National) - 29/04/2026 12:52:56
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To The_analyser: "Majority of your posting on here over the years has been on the Longford thread than on here. Have you even posted during the league campaign on here, I don't recall any post yet now you are very excitable now and even on the Galway thread trying to get a rise out of them." Oddball is free to express himself on this forum as a Roscommon supporter, or as a gael in general. Let's not police each other on how often we post, or try to suppress each other's excitement after such a spectacular win like that. There's so much positivity with our team at the moment and that's where our energy should be going.
SpanishRossie (National) - 29/04/2026 12:04:57
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
you are going far too authoritarian and draconian at what cost?
There is far more effective means to change behaviour and it isnt simply lock them up and throw away the key.
expecting these people who are imprisoned to pay these costs isnt right either. and jailing them without parole just reinforces a sense of betrayel from the system and you are not encouraging any change in behaviour from them
its so trump like and wrong.
A man with 179 previous convictions was recently caught stealing a caravan from a house in Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal. People like this are causing financial and mental health stress to the victims of their crimes, and are generally a scourge to society.
If he only got 3 months jail for every conviction, he would spend almost 45 years in prison, 20 years without parole is quite lenient given the number of convictions and evident unwillingness to rehab.
The people incarcarated are paying the state through their time in prison. they shouldnt be fined on top of it.
what happens when they cant afford it?
No they aren't paying the State at all, we the tax paying people are picking up the bill for their prison stay. Do you really think that is fair?
Are they sent back to jail again for non payment of fines?
the data indicates that the vast majority of Irish prisoners come from backgrounds of extreme economic disadvantage so expecting them to pay isnt the answer.
KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3971 - 28/04/2026 21:58:30
I am talking about exceptional circumstances here, for people that clock up over 100 previous criminal convictions, they know the craic by that stage. Most are committing crimes for profit, they can pay their way. Can you share links to data or stats on convicted criminals in Ireland, it would be interested to see if there are any common denominators with those with over 100 criminal convictions.
Commodore (National) - 29/04/2026 16:43:06
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To bloodandbandage: "You're free to dislike whom ever you wish yank! Although, I have noted your silence on Limerick's defeat last Sunday. Do you only sing when your winning???" Always good to get a reaction from you B n B.
I did respond, wishing both Cork players the best of their injuries and recoveries.
As regards the match, Cork deserved it: better team on the day and better discipline. Lynch's red card was the correct and only decision there. Another Limk player might have gone for elbowing back (2nd half...could be Daragh O'Donovan but not 100% on that).
But we didn't like to see a big strong man like Sean O'Donoghue fall down like a stuck pig when Shane O'Brien didn't even make contact. You never saw the Rock at that lark. You can say that every team does it, but of late most teams don't; Clare still at it, though. In fairness to Tipp, and I dislike them too, they have never done it. That's why teams like Cork when they do it, it turns ppl against them. Even the commentator mentioned it, that there is no place in the game for falling around like that.
Could be a blessing in disguise for Limerick. They blew the heads off Cork last year in the round robin. What good did that do Limerick in the long run? It just lulled them into a sense of false security, thinking that they could produce such a performance any day they go out. They can't. No team is able to constantly repeat such a performance---but they had been waiting since the semi-final the previous year and were gunning for Cork.
Lots of hurling to be done yet, boy.
foreveryoung (National) - 29/04/2026 16:02:45
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Viking66: "You seem to think Munster is seperate to the rest of Ireland, and doesn't include Kerry.
The Munster championship is part of the All Ireland series, same as the Leinster Championship. The Munster and Leinster Councils have to get approval from every other county at home and abroad, or a majority thereof, to change anything. Changes are made at Congress.
If someone proposed a motion at Congress that Kerry isnt allowed to compete in Leinster competitions any more, and a majority approved, then the Munster Council would have to facilitate Kerrys hurlers at underage." "The Munster championship is part of the All Ireland series, same as the Leinster Championship."
And therein lies the problem. All this arguing, back and forth, on here about the make-up of the Munster and Leinster Championships misses the point; they are intrinsically different and not fit for purpose, nor fair nowadays, for deciding the make-up of the All-Ireland Championship.
The provisional Championships should be separated from, and played before the All-Ireland series. Probably instead of the National League.
The All-Ireland series should have equal number seeded groups, followed by a knock-out phase. You can debate about how many counties qualify, and from where, and how they are seeded, but that's a minor and easily sorted issue.
Cockney_Cat (National) - 29/04/2026 15:57:58
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pikeman96: "In fairness, don't think anyone would argue that whoever ends up relegated from Leinster this year would have survived in Munster instead. And therefore, couldn't argue that sixth in Leinster isn't the weakest of the 11 teams in the top tier hurling championship.
But also in fairness, it's not as simple as saying that if one competition has a smaller number of teams, another competition has a greater number, and the competitions aren't played to the same format, then the weakest team in the larger competition is the weakest overall.
There are 11 teams in the Leinster Senior Football Championship. There are just six in Munster. By that "logic", the 11th-best (i.e. worst) in Leinster would be worst overall. Where would that leave Waterford?" In my opinion Galway are the elephant in the room. There is a good chance they will win Minor 20s and Senior hurling Leinster this year and probably will be in the majority of finals for the next few years. Will that do Wexford, Offaly, Dublin any good. No. 100%.
And the argument of sure just get better is not the answer. We cannot expect those Counties to turn it around without some experience and expectations of big days out.
Let Galway play in Leinster if needs be but don't let them play a Leinster Final??
I can guarantee you no Munster County wants them in Munster say as a replacement for Waterford as it makes their chances of success less. No different to any Leinster County at this stage. Kilkenny an execption maybe
Paull (National) - 29/04/2026 17:31:02
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To CleanShoulder: "Don't forget Dessie" Look, we'll throw him on the 26, but we'll only bring him in if we have a 21-yard free to win the game.
Fighting-Cocks69 (National) - 29/04/2026 15:56:38
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8 Hurling Rules Changes - 1 Like(s)
Disagree on all 8 and particularly strongly on any notion of banning the handpass.
I'm in a minority of 2 with Derek McGrath on that one -
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/sports/gaa/derek-mcgrath-protect-hurlings-handpass-every-free-given-for-a-throw-last-season-was-wrong/ar-AA215IXY?ocid=BingNewsSerp
Too great a skill to ever consider removing it from the game.
We were right to remove scoring from a handpass, like Johnny Flaherty's goal v Galway in 1981 but just look at his handpass to assist for Offaly's goal in the first half and then tell me that type of play should be removed from our game.
Maroooned (National) - 29/04/2026 15:35:49
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Football Format Changes Discussion - 1 Like(s)
Replying To trimmer: "Ok here's my idea for what its worth. The goals are as follows:
1 remove long gaps between early provincial defeat until the next game
2 same amount matches for all teams at provincial level with a baseline of 3 for everyone and maximum of 4 for all finalists.
3 guarantee at least one home and away game for everyone.
4 base All Ireland series qualification primarily on provincial performance with NFL just used as a tie breaker (we'll get to that)
5 give certainty to all teams at the start of year of which competition they'll actually be in with clear promotion/relegation pathways
6 make the Tailteann an achievable objective for genuine minnows and not middle tier fallen giants
This will have some controversies and the sheer nature of varying qualities in different provinces remain an issue but here goes.
24 team All Ireland with 4 in Munster/Connacht and 8 in Leinster/Ulster. 9 team Tailteann Cup.
Provincial championships like in Hurling get played as round robins. Munster/Connacht straight 4 teams groups while Leinster/Ulster 2 groups of 4 each.
So for example:
Connacht: Galway Roscommon Mayo Sligo
Leinster: Group 1 Dublin Louth Offaly Wexford
Group 2 Kildare Laois Meath Westmeath
Munster: Cork Clare Kerry Limerick
Ulster: Group 1 Derry Monaghan Tyrone Fermanagh
Group 2 Armagh Down Donegal Cavan
In Munster/Connacht the top two qualify for the provincial final and All Ireland series
In Leinster/Ulster the two group winners qualify for provincial final and All Ireland series while the 4 group runners up across the two provinces qualify for All Ireland series
The 4 third place teams across the 6 provincial groups with the highest NFL placings also qualify for the All Ireland series giving us 16 teams.
The 2 third place teams across the 6 provincial groups with the lowest NFL placings and all 4th place teams are eliminated from the championship.
You now have 16 teams and can use any number of formats here to whittle down to 2 for an All Ireland final.
A simple idea (but not revenue contusive) would be
Round 1 the 8 qualifiers who are not provincial finalists drawn against each other
Round 2 the 4 provincial final losers v 4 Round 1 winners.
QF the provincial champions v 4 Round 2 winners.
Or you can use the '2026' format or even a second All Ireland series 4x4 group stage like 2023-2025.
16 teams is a useful number to work off anyway.
Tailteann Cup of 9 teams. One group of 4 teams and another of 5.
For logistical reasons keep London and New York in separate groups and always have New York in the 4 team group.
NY would have two home games to compensate for loss of Connacht championship game and one in Ireland.
Top two from each group reach the semis with the two winners contesting the final.
The Tailteann Cup champion is promoted back to their home province for the following season replacing the worst performing team in their home province.
So for example if Tipperary win it and Limerick are bottom in Munster then Tipp return to Munster and Limerick are relegated to the TC.
If Longford with it and Offaly and Westmeath are both bottom of their respective Leinster groups Longford replaces the team with the lowest amount of points. If the same then score difference. If the same lowest NFL ranking.
OK what do you think?
Freezing some teams out of the All Ireland may not go down well but overall I feel this is workable.
Extra provincial games compensates the councils for loss of January tournaments. (Ticket prices might go down in Connacht god forbid)" I'll give you a quick example of why it definitely doesn't work.
What if say you have Connacht and it's Galway, Roscommon, Mayo and Sligo to begin with.
Sligo's ongoing place in Connacht isn't determined by their own performance.
They could go through 20 seasons of losing all 3 of their games, they could go through a bad patch and be finishing towards the bottom of division 4 most years they would not be relegated unless Leitrim or London win the Tailteann cup.
Whammo86 (National) - 29/04/2026 17:45:20
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Dublin GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Fionn: "Our midfield and over reliance on Con will be our undoing though.
I think the Louth game could give is a true indication of where we are at....
Hearing Con is a major doubt for it.
Injuries seem to be happening very regularly to him this last couple of seasons, unfortunately.
As for our hurlers, thankfully we have Kilkenny in the Neller. The place will be packed.
The game away to Wexford will be a cracker also tbh.
With away to Galway sandwiched in between.
A tough 3 consecutive weeks..." Yeah the Con issue keeps rearing it's head re injuries. Tbh I wouldn't be surprised if he jacks it in after this season. I do think we will beat Louth on Saturday though, if all the negative talk since the win over Wicklow does not light a fire inside each and every squad member then I don't know what will! A good win against tough opposition would be just what's needed to get this squad up and running, build some confidence and start looking ahead. I don't even want to contemplate a loss.
TrueBlue35 (National) - 29/04/2026 09:35:30
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Tadhg2020: "Again you are putting words in my mouth. Ive already said many times that Kerry will play in Munster if they ever win the Joe McDonagh Cup. How many different ways do you want me to say it???
You conveniently dodge the prevailing point though. There are 6 teams in Leinster. There are , currently, only 5 in Munster. That means that both championships are not played to the same format. It also, currently, means that the weakest team in the overall competition is the 6th team in Leinster. Therefore, in a system that requires promotion and relegation, the 6th team in Leinster should be relegated." In fairness, don't think anyone would argue that whoever ends up relegated from Leinster this year would have survived in Munster instead. And therefore, couldn't argue that sixth in Leinster isn't the weakest of the 11 teams in the top tier hurling championship.
But also in fairness, it's not as simple as saying that if one competition has a smaller number of teams, another competition has a greater number, and the competitions aren't played to the same format, then the weakest team in the larger competition is the weakest overall.
There are 11 teams in the Leinster Senior Football Championship. There are just six in Munster. By that "logic", the 11th-best (i.e. worst) in Leinster would be worst overall. Where would that leave Waterford?
Pikeman96 (National) - 29/04/2026 15:17:19
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Hurling Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Tadhg2020: "Offaly were protected from relegation. They were then relegated as soon as relegation was introduced. I think they were relegated again the following year. Thats how far they had allowed themselves to fall. It took them 3 or 4 years of team building to return. I dont recall them winning a leinster minor or u20 title prior to relegation so I suppose it depends on how you define things.
If you guys get your way there will be no end to the amount of teams in leinster. If there is only promotion and no relegation then, by logic, a team is added every year to your championship. If that's what yoi want then knock yourself out but I believe that a lone has to be drawn somewhere and that should have been at 5 participating teams
Thats how it was intended to be. Its now at 6 so, in my opinion, ye own promotion and relegation now.
On population, wexford has a similar population to Tipperary Clare and Waterford have smaller populations. Kilkenny is smaller but look at their success. Offaly is smaller alright but you also have Dublin which is 3 times Cork. We all have other sports to contend with etc so a lot of it comes down to how hard you work at grass roots and academy level to promote hurling." Wexfords population has dropped in most of the GAA strongholds. The population has surged in the North of the county, which has become a bit of a dormitory for lads working in Dublin. All 3 of the big clubs up that way would be Football 1st, or dual Senior.
The number of players, adult and underage, that we have who only play hurling would likely be around the same as Kerry have. It would be significantly less than there are in Tipp, Waterford, or Clare.
On top of that we have way more adult and underage soccer teams, more than double the number there are in Tipp or Clare. Probably more than both of them put together. Soccer has always been huge in the county.
Agree with your last point though, the work has to go in at grassroots level.
Viking66 (National) - 29/04/2026 15:15:41
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Croke Park expansion - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Pikeman96: "I also agree.
Fact of the matter is Croke Park was open to the promoters the previous time, but they decided they didn't want to stump up for all the costs that would be associated with it, and wanted others to meet some of those costs instead.
Am sure it would be made available again this time - if the costs can be met this time.
And as blunt as it may sound, surely it's up to the promoters to meet all the costs. Neither the GAA nor the taxpayer should be expected to subsidise the cost of event which (let's face it) would basically be arranged primarily to line the pockets of a small number of individuals." And whose pockets have already been well and truly lined, throughout the career of Katie.
Fionn (National) - 29/04/2026 15:13:55
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Carlow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To hurlingguru: "You'd hope the GAA have our hurlers and footballers playing on different days on the 9th and 10th of May. I know the crowd travelling to Ballycran will be small but there are some of us that would like to attend both!!" Wish granted!
Hurlers on Saturday 9th May at 1.30pm
Footballers on Sunday 10th May at 1.30pm
hurlingguru (National) - 29/04/2026 15:12:52
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Wicklow GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Many of us remember a very colourful presentation compiled years ago by a group appointed to put in place structures for the future of gaelic football in Wicklow. The structure laid out aspirations aims and objectives which would guide our teams to compete at the highest level in Leinster with the initial goal of reaching Leinster finals ìn all grades. The academy idea may have come about from that study. I wonder how many copies are still in existence. Needless to remark we haven't come remotely close to achieving these lofty deals.
Last year I left Cullen park dejected hearing that 6-8 of the team were under 16.....this has been mentioned again in one of the posts for this year's team. Are we delusional if this true to expect under 16s to compete against stronger older players . Are we trying to sow defeat in the minds of our players at an early age?If we can't find 25 players that are on the cusp of 17 throughout the county we should just forget about taking part as it is unfair on young lads to have to endure what happened last night. They and their families deserve better.
Optimisticobserver (National) - 29/04/2026 21:10:43
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Croke Park expansion - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Square_B: "Why would the GAA have to compromise? The event list for 2026 is done & dusted... this is icing on the cake. The GAA is in a position of strength, she badly wants the venue. Not being funny but the GAA owes Katie nothing." I also agree.
Fact of the matter is Croke Park was open to the promoters the previous time, but they decided they didn't want to stump up for all the costs that would be associated with it, and wanted others to meet some of those costs instead.
Am sure it would be made available again this time - if the costs can be met this time.
And as blunt as it may sound, surely it's up to the promoters to meet all the costs. Neither the GAA nor the taxpayer should be expected to subsidise the cost of event which (let's face it) would basically be arranged primarily to line the pockets of a small number of individuals.
Pikeman96 (National) - 29/04/2026 14:03:46
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