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Sligo GAA thread - 4 Like(s)
Please admin. Can you at least suspend Gantrics account until he adds anything constructive. Enough is enough.
SligoScot (National) - 12/05/2026 15:10:43
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Roscommon GAA thread - 3 Like(s)
The Roscommon published U20 team for the trip to Tipp.
Patrick Gaynor - Western Gaels
Diarmuid O'Higgins - Clann na nGael
Michael Gillooly - Roscommon Gaels
Nikita Berzins - Shannon Gaels
Keelan Kelly - Pádraig Pearses
Eoghan Carthy - Roscommon Gaels
Colin Murray - St Ciarans
Niall Heneghan - Michael Glaveys
Cathal Enright - Elphin
Cathal McKeon - Boyle
Dean Casey - Ballinameen
Eoin Collins - St Croans
John Curran - Castlerea St Kevins
Charlie O'Carroll - St Brigids
John McGuinness - Roscommon Gaels
Subs Mark Carroll - Kilmore, Conor Grogan - Roscommon Gaels, Rory Coyle St Aidans. Kevin Hester - Castlerea St Kevins, Ruairi Kicline - St Dominic's,Stephen Tighe - Strokestown, Liam Finneran Castlerea St Kevins, David Higgins - Western Gaels. Declan Kennedy - Shannon Gaels
The very best of luck to Cian Smith his management and all Roscommon players in Semple Stadium tomorrow night against Kerry.
The_analyser (National) - 12/05/2026 20:38:06
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Claretandblue: "What's management meant to do? Niall, Aonghus, Jogger, Liam V, Joey B, Robbie G, Cormac B, Noel C, all retired from inter county, none of those lads dropped, all gave great service, Ciaran O' Brien, Conor Murphy and David Hickey emigrated. Who else should be on panel who's not there and hasn't retired?" How many of the Players above asked into the Panel. 4 of the above longer retired some going back to 2020. So just more pointless garbage.
Loughlenegale (National) - 12/05/2026 16:04:32
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Non-Gaa Forum - 2 Like(s)
Replying To Commodore: "No, not for political gain, I have no membership or affiliation with any political party and no allegiance to any specific political party. I am not running for election, I have no political ambitions. I am aware of maximum sentences, and that max/min sentences can be changed by the State legislators (Government).
I just can't understand why a 47 year old Irish man with 179 previous convictions who was caught stealing from the home of law abiding tax payers recently in Co Donegal, seems to be immune from maximum sentences repeatedly, we are talking about serious crimes. If he only even got 3 months jail for each of the last 150 convictions (Ignore the first 29), he would have spent 37.5 years in jail. But he hasn't spent remotely anywhere near that amount of time in jail, he and many others seem to be protected from serious sentences and that makes me want to get more detailed stats to understand the full scale of this.
Stop trying to protect serious criminals, the law is supposed to protect the people, but it seems that the Government secretly have exemptions for some, and that is not currently public knowledge and voters should be aware of this, as its enabling crime across the Country." Now how can anyone respond to one anecdotal example without knowing anything about the offence charged with, offender, probation report, mitigating circumstances etc.
As I've said before, serious criminals dont tend to accumulate 147 previous convictions. Habitual petty criminals do. Thats just a fact. Serious crimes carry lengthy sentences. Less serious crimes carry shorter or non custodial sentences. Then there is the entitlement to bail and the presumption of innocence.
Nobody wants dangerous convicted criminals in society but there is due process. There is also a limited number of prison spaces. Thats a reality.
Tadhg2020 (National) - 12/05/2026 16:55:20
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Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Replying To endgame: "Tyrone haven't won the 2026 U20 All Ireland title. We're in the U 20 semi final tomorrow night as are Tyrone who play Kildare. Tyrone have won the U 20 All Ireland in the other years you say and it's a serious record for them. They're trying to translate it now in to senior success which isn't always easy. Kerry haven't won an U20/21 All Ireland title since 2008 but it doesn't seem to effect them at senior level. The match against Tyrone is a big test for Roscommon. It'll be hard after the high of the Connacht Final victory but hopefully another big home support will drive the lads forward. These are great days for Roscommon football and I'm loving every minute of it." As a passionate supporter of Galway , i am also excited, as a Connacht person, to look forward to what Roscommon can do in the AI series. Whilst we know in Galway that we a have a chunk of marquee players who will always enter us into discussions re SAM, in reality we dont appear to have the overall pace necessary to seal that deal. Ros on the other hand do. As much as i dont like saying it i think ( unlike 2001) if we were to meet again that ye would take us. Tyrone are a tough test but i think ros will get over the line in, possibly, a different style to the last 2 games as ye wont be facing as leaky a defence as Mayo or Galway. The other thing i like about all 3 roscommon teams is the goal hungriness. All 3 finals were won by registering less points than the opposition but by scoring lots more goals, and thats a real threat to any opposition. Best of luck.
anotheralias (National) - 12/05/2026 17:34:20
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Kickitout: "The big issue with opposition kickouts is Galway mark zones and are not tuned in we lost all Ireland v Armagh by giving up kickouts no other team does it ,, In the league when the 2 Mcdonnagh were playing and o connaghile they put serious pressure on defenders coming out with ball it's a nightmare for a defender when no pressure put on ball going into forwards personally I think Galway need make 2 changes in defence and 2 in forwards the team is like see start next day
Flaherty
Glynn. Hernon. Silke / McGrath
Mchugh. Kelly. O Laoi
Maher / tierney
Mcdaid. Finnerty. Mcdaid
O connaghile. Walsh. Mcdonnagh
I'd put Finnerty centre forward he good vision but in the corner 2 easy to contain him o Laoi need pace in half back line Mchugh be lucky start but unfortunately management have not tried to find anyone in last 5 years with pace for both wing back position definitely need try something different and push up on all kickouts it's not rocket science ,,, or at least it should not be ,,," yikes
cavan.galway (National) - 12/05/2026 17:11:24
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ohwow: "I would argue we should be following a county like Louth more so, after all we beat them by 10 points in the championship just eight years ago and look at how they have come on at all age levels." The content from you boyos gets better and better. Strange ramblings. The great Leitrim team of eight years ago can't be underestimated. Lol. Love to all.
moros (National) - 13/05/2026 12:01:11
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Tailteann Cup 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To legendzxix: "The majority of Tailteann counties exited their provincial championship by weekend 3 of 6. Teams will start exiting the All Ireland championship on June 13th/14th, 3 weeks after counties start being knocked out of the Tailteann. GPA wanted a 30 week intercounty playing season. It runs from the start of January to the end of July. Will anyone think of the clubs..." Why?
Can they not play football and hurling without their one or 2 county players?
Are the clubs only about the county players?
The club championship starts in August just as the CPA campaigned for. Its up to each respective county board to fill the intercounty season with meaningful games. Some counties do a great job of that and its rare that you hear a current club player complain about the current schedule. I know that in Roscommon they get a minimum of 9 league games from late march/ April through to end of June. They seem to use July as championship prep month. In Dublin they play pretty much all year round.
The season we have is the season that Liam Griffin and the CPA campaigned for and won. Its time for the club player and fan to put value on the competitions they play in without their county players. A club should never be defined by one or 2 players.
Tadhg2020 (National) - 13/05/2026 10:24:22
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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Galwayman67420: "I know people are saying Barry mchugh was given his chance in 2019 but that was in the full forward line in the old rules, completely different game. He's perfectly suited to playing in goal in the new rules and then taking the frees and I believe his kickouts would be a huge improvement on what we have as well as being strong in the air. He's been brilliant for mb for years." Has he ever and I mean ever played in goals.
By the logic above, we should have had Gary Sice in goals for the last 5 years.
smallfrank (National) - 13/05/2026 09:00:57
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Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Replying To S1234: "They might want to try winning their first championship match in croker since 1982 ...." Mark Dowd was asked before the Connacht final was he concerned that Roscommon hadn't won a Connacht final against Galway in Dr Hyde since 1990
His answer was no, irrelevant stat to the current Roscommon team. So should Roscommon reach Croke Park then he'll have the same mindset about a stat that was done by a different Roscommon teams and this team currently.
Gaa_lover (National) - 13/05/2026 01:07:26
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Tadhg2020: "Now how can anyone respond to one anecdotal example without knowing anything about the offence charged with, offender, probation report, mitigating circumstances etc.
As I've said before, serious criminals dont tend to accumulate 147 previous convictions. Habitual petty criminals do. Thats just a fact. Serious crimes carry lengthy sentences. Less serious crimes carry shorter or non custodial sentences. Then there is the entitlement to bail and the presumption of innocence.
Nobody wants dangerous convicted criminals in society but there is due process. There is also a limited number of prison spaces. Thats a reality." You only seem concerned for the welfare of the career criminal, I haven't seen any concern for the innocent victims who are left behind after crimes by these 'petty' criminals, victims who suffer stress or struggle to sleep at night following a burglary or following an assault outside the local Aldi shop. These 'Petty' criminals prey on the weak or vulnerable, and the law protects them from being dealt with more brutally.
I understand due process, which I welcome in vast majority of legal cases. However I think by the time some career criminal reaches 100 previous convictions, as punishment, they should lose such civil privileges and be presumed guilty until proven innocent.
Commodore (National) - 12/05/2026 23:54:22
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To GCCABU: "Had no choice panel very lightweight in terms of quality and experience
plus the numerous injuries to Luke, C Mc, Guerin, Bidou, and other players
like Matthew, Sam, Shane all carrying knocks, Leinster Final V The Dubs in Croke Park
no place to be throwing in younger players" That's only if you have not much faith in being back in Leinster final against dublin Meath or Kildare next year and in most years from now. I can see Westmeath being in a Leinster final every 2-3 years on average
dickie10 (National) - 12/05/2026 22:24:14
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ohwow: "There's more Roscommon posters on here than Leitrim ones. Mad stuff altogether." I was just thinking the same. Thank you so much.
bláthach (National) - 12/05/2026 22:01:25
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Think there's a bit method in the madness going on here, bringing in Heslin has created a huge distraction and that suits this young team very well. No hype about the team the media are full of the Heslin story. I believe its a very smart move bringing in Heslin he will share all his experience and leadership in the build up to the final. I doubt he will be starting, maybe a minor role in the second half. I'm sure McHugh has thought this through, its a bit of similar to Donegal bringing in Murphy,...
Brendanj (National) - 12/05/2026 19:51:48
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To GCCABU: "Had no choice panel very lightweight in terms of quality and experience
plus the numerous injuries to Luke, C Mc, Guerin, Bidou, and other players
like Matthew, Sam, Shane all carrying knocks, Leinster Final V The Dubs in Croke Park
no place to be throwing in younger players" Younger players were thrown in against Meath and Kildare and thrived. It's all down to the result; that's the fickle nature of sport realistically. Win and no one cares, lose and it draws criticism. But to suggest McHugh had no choice is definitely not true. To be fair to Heslin how would you say no after seeing the highs in Tullamore. I don't think Dublin will be too worried about it, it puts a lot of the talk and pressure on Westmeath.
OverTheHill85 (National) - 12/05/2026 18:59:21
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Westmeath Hurling thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Loughlenegale: "How many of the Players above asked into the Panel. 4 of the above longer retired some going back to 2020. So just more pointless garbage." Name the players missing from panel who should be on it.
Claretandblue (National) - 12/05/2026 17:50:50
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Non-Gaa Forum - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Commodore: "No, not for political gain, I have no membership or affiliation with any political party and no allegiance to any specific political party. I am not running for election, I have no political ambitions. I am aware of maximum sentences, and that max/min sentences can be changed by the State legislators (Government).
I just can't understand why a 47 year old Irish man with 179 previous convictions who was caught stealing from the home of law abiding tax payers recently in Co Donegal, seems to be immune from maximum sentences repeatedly, we are talking about serious crimes. If he only even got 3 months jail for each of the last 150 convictions (Ignore the first 29), he would have spent 37.5 years in jail. But he hasn't spent remotely anywhere near that amount of time in jail, he and many others seem to be protected from serious sentences and that makes me want to get more detailed stats to understand the full scale of this.
Stop trying to protect serious criminals, the law is supposed to protect the people, but it seems that the Government secretly have exemptions for some, and that is not currently public knowledge and voters should be aware of this, as its enabling crime across the Country." Your sentiment and moral compass are what the majority in this country believes in.
However money drives this country. One of, if not the biggest power group in this country is the legal profession.
The legal system is not about justice but about making money, whether it is the ambulance chasing solicitors,legal aid solicitors etc. A couple of years ago the Dail agreed to reset the Book of Quantum (guide as to how much a claim is worth). The judges who do not make the law decided the needed a vote on whether to use the new Book of Quantum ? After the legislators had decided on it (thankfully 87 siad yes but 63 siad no).
For each case that goes to court both sides need 1 solicitor and 1 barrister minimum, Legal aid is roughly paid €1,200 for a days work so 1 full day of billable hours is about €4,800 for 4 people. In the real world nobody would believe someone with 50 previous convictions should be walking the streets, but in the legal system they do. Why? I suggest because of all the money that can be made for solicitors, barristers etc.( don't forget the judges of today were all solicitors and barristers before they where judges )
Here is my last point in my rant
The highest earners under Ireland's criminal legal aid scheme in 2025 included three lawyers who were paid nearly €1 million each. Total state expenditure for the scheme reached a record €115.3 million in 2025, a 37% increase from the previous year.
ulsterrules (National) - 12/05/2026 14:41:42
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To dickie10: "a bit of a crazy descion to bring heslin back out of the blue, talk about upsetting the apple cart in week before a huge match i think its disastrous , will male a hames of a lot of the plans youd imagine and also smells of pure panic and no fath in the team thats done so well all league and chamionship, why not throw in younger player? no future in john heslin like" Had no choice panel very lightweight in terms of quality and experience
plus the numerous injuries to Luke, C Mc, Guerin, Bidou, and other players
like Matthew, Sam, Shane all carrying knocks, Leinster Final V The Dubs in Croke Park
no place to be throwing in younger players
GCCABU (National) - 12/05/2026 17:07:20
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Westmeath Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Very risky move, that could shift the whole dynamics in the group.
Gantric (National) - 12/05/2026 16:26:27
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Leitrim GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To ohwow: "There's more Roscommon posters on here than Leitrim ones. Mad stuff altogether." Best of luck in the Tailteann Cup. Love to all.
moros (National) - 12/05/2026 16:10:02
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