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Meath go through the gears in second half to see off dogged Laois
MEATH… 3-12 LAOIS… 0-10 The final score states there were 11 points between the sides at the end, but don’t fooled. Inclination might be to think that this was a fairly routine night’s work for Cathal O’Bric’s team, but it was anything but. Now, as if to directly contradict the above statement, Meath never looked…
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Classism stretches beyond the rancid GPA
The first word in the above headline is a substitute for the original occupant of that slot. Had it been left in, though, the keyboard warriors would’ve been all over yours truly like pepper sauce on a steak. Blurting about hypocrisy and such. Nothing will ever alter my view that senior inter county players should…
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A giant step on a journey still in its early stages
MEATH…2-22 OFFALY…0-18 This day seven years ago was obviously Easter Sunday. The day Meath defeated Fermanagh in Pairc Tailteann to seal a return to Div. 1 of the National Football League. The reason I know it had to be the chocolate holiday is because I was in Fairyhouse getting updates via WhatsApp as Andy McEntee…
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Willie Lynskey 1926-2026 – A Tribute
With a quiet degree of confidence, it will be put that, with the passing of Mrs Annie McEnroe and her late husband Johnny, Mr William Lynskey assumed the mantle of being the oldest resident the locality. Alas, the title is up for awarding once again as news emerged on Monday evening that gentleman Willie will…
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Selections for Dundalk – Mar. 6th 2026
4.37: APIARY (JULIAN PIETROPAOLO (7)/KEVIN COLEMAN) 5.12: NIKKI SWANGO (ADAM CAFFREY/ADO MCGUINNESS) 5.45: REPOSADO – EW – (ROWAN SCOTT/ROBSON AGUIAR) 6.15: MINELLA MATE (TOM FEENEY (7)/JOHN NALLEN) 6.45: SYOSSET – EW – (ALEX GRANT (7)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 7.15: SON OF BEAUTY (JACK KEARNEY (3)/STEPHEN THORNE) 7.45: DESERT OF THE SEA – EW – (WESLEY JOYCE (3)/TOM…
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Selections for Dundalk – Feb. 27th 2026
3.50: DONTSPOILASALE – EW – (JUILIAN PIETROPAOLO (7)/DENIS HOGAN) 4.25: GREEN TESTIMONY (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.00: CISTERNA – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/ANDY SLATTERY) 5.30: OCEAN MANIFEST (JACK KEARNEY (3)/STEPHEN THORNE) 6.00: OUTLAW MAN (LEIGH ROCHE/MICHAEL O’CALLAGHAN) 6.30: DAONEDATGOTAWAY (REESE HOOLAHAN (7)/MARK FAHY) 7.00: GAUCHER (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.30: CASAMORATI (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN)
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Ollie Nolan (Snr) – A Tribute
I would like to this opportunity to express my Deepest Sympathy to the Nolan family on the occasion of Ollie’s passing. A dear friend for many years. He was an immense help to me during his time over the C.E. scheme in Dunboyne when life in St Peter’s College was difficult for me, to say…
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Breakthroughs, consolidation and a great pity
Sometimes, how you get there doesn’t matter as long as you reach the intended destination. For example, Irish soccer fans would gladly have put up with the snore fest scoreless draw against Egypt in order to secure safe passage to the knockout stages of the 1990 World Cup. Likewise, those Meath supporters who braved the…
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Rehabilitation, not retribution
As is the case with any facet of life, being ensconced in the sporting world on an almost constant basis, it very quickly becomes apparent that the day you don’t learn something is a day wasted. That said, one never envisaged having to engage in a crash course of the rudiments of the disciplinary processes…
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A day split between the expected and not so much
Having become involved in small scale racehorse ownership in the last few years, there is now a much greater understanding of something my late father once said to me at the time of his own foray into similar territory. “A middling one will break you”. Translated – a horse that runs a good race every…