Friday 12.07am. Boyle Intermediates play Crossmolina (next year Cross..maglenn) on Saturday in Boyle at 4pm.
Boyle minors get their season off the ground on Monday v Clann na Gael away at 8. I hope that date sticks as it has moved a few times. This is going to be an interesting year for the minors who are dual winners from last year with League and Championship. Slightly ironic that their first game is against Clann who they beat, in what I regard as the Boyle performance of 2011, in the League Final at Christmas.
Good luck to the Roscommon contingent and Donie Smith with D.C.U at this week's Sigerson in Galway on Friday/Sunday.
Commiserations to Roscommon C.B.S. after their defeat by St. Jarlath’s at Ballyhaunis on Wednesday. C.B.S. led by 6 points at half time and looked to be on their way, like St. Brigid’s on Saturday. They failed to score in the second half which tells the story as St. Jarlath’s came back to win by 2 pints. It is hard to demote the aristocrats.
I applaud the growing numbers walking/cycling/running on the fine circuits around Boyle. Running on hard path/road surfaces, needless to say, is hard on the joints etc. So I wonder is there any way that a more sympathetic surface track i.e. grass, could not be developed in say Lough Key Park or in an intermediate way in the Abbey Park.
Ntdwgaa; Keep in mind the QUIZ + in Kilronan Castle Hotel on Saturday March 3rd. It is in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Unit of St. Vincent’s Hospital and in memory of Cian Costello of Ballyfarnon, a star pupil at St. Mary’s College. Cian died in October 2010 aged 26.
As I scribble I hear in the background the news of the Mater Children’s Hosp. being turned down by An Bord Pleanala. Having been in the car park at the Mater a few times I could have told them it was a non runner in terms of parking et al. Did no one get a feel for what might be allowed? Sligo, Galway Hospitals car parks...they are real challenges ...to patience. Is it contagious?
I hope the expensive new Post Office road does not get seriously interfered with in the immediate future. What are the odds on that? Evens for 3 months. As Vincent Browne is wont to say when he gets frustrated with a political answer : ‘Wouldn’t that just do your head in?’
I read on realboyle Mary O’Rourke’s comments on the quality of some Dail membership. At odd (!) times I have felt that Boyle GAA club could actually present a pretty good Cabinet if called on (like many voluntary organisations countrywide). So if you have time to doodle, as I am doing here, you might give it a go and mail to tconboy1@eircom.net!! For example Minister for Defence; Vinny. To help you I have pasted the current positions below.
Current members of the Government of Ireland
Office Name Office Name
Taoiseach Enda Kenny (FG) Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte (Lab)
Tánaiste & Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore (Lab) Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Phil Hogan (FG)
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan (FG) Minister for Justice and Equality & Minister for Defence Alan Shatter (FG)
Minister for Education and Skills Ruairi Quinn (Lab) Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney (FG)
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin (Lab) Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Frances Fitzgerald (FG)
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton (FG) Minister for Health James Reilly (FG)
Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton (Lab) Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar (FG)
Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan (FG)
Junior Ministeries on request.
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