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https://youtu.be/Ypke3Z6wt2Q Ulster new CEO I welcome his comments in relation to them applying for “10’s of millions worth of grants”. With Casement Park inevitably getting a lot more than was originally agreed then Ulster rugby are the poor relations. Football and GAA will get well over £60millio...

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Who's going to tip off the IT ?

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The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has published its monthly data on the number of Commencement Notices (residential construction starts) for March and for Q1 2024. The data shows that a record 11,956 homes were commenced in the first three months of 2024, up 63% on the same p...

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Its a combination of the M50 being at capacity and the closeness of the junctions, and of course selfish drivers. The one that gets me is the guy who, instead of getting into the 4th exit lane good and early, zooms up the outside lane until almost at the junction, flicks on his indicator ( if you'r...

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Its a combination of the M50 being at capacity and the closeness of the junctions, and of course selfish drivers. The one that gets me is the guy who, instead of getting into the 4th exit lane good and early, zooms up the outside lane until almost at the junction, flicks on his indicator ( if you're...

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It's not aimed at committed shinners.

It's aimed at the large disgruntled floating vote the shinners hoovered up last time.

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The political debate about health is getting, well, interesting. Yesterday you had Harris claiming that the SF 'alternate' budget allocated less money to Health than the actual budget to howls of derision from SF. Today you had the SF document disappearing from the SF website, before appearing again...

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BoI extend deal with the four provinces in € 15m deal to 2028. Unfortunately no details of how that money is sliced. https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/04/17/bank-of-ireland-signs-15m-sponsorship-deal-with-irish-rugby-provinces/ Interesting paragraph on how Leinster use it though : Shane Nolan...

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Leinster fans running around the internet like Chemical Ali, telling everyone that everything is fine in Irish rugby, so. :lol: I know it's a troll, but I'll bite anyway. Ireland are currently ranked No. 2 in the world, after more than a year being ranked at 1. Ireland won the 6N this season after ...

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I'll take Deegan. Don't see the point in bringing in Leinster 4th choice LH just reinforces that we are by miles the poor relation. He's not going to strengthen your 23 but he will strengthen your squad as a stop gap. We're losing a 2 time world cup winning LH and replacing him with Leinster's cast...

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Should be interesting to see how the new centres of excellence do. We don't have the schools and the clubs have shown they don't have the resources to bring through players at schools' level. This will in theory give the best players access to the things schools players have. Main difference is it ...

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Alan O'Connor, ex Ulster captain and played more than 100 times for Ulster, and you call him 'cancerous'. He's what would be a 'legend' in every other province. Hmmm, a poisonous atmosphere at Ulster you say.......... I think you missed the entire point of that exchange, Cam! :lol: Apoliogies to Wi...

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And now we learn that ICU beds have increased by 30% in the last 4 years.

https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/202 ... ss-report/

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The two main coaches at Wallace I went to school with and played rugby with Both went in to teaching There are no kiwi or aussie coaches, never have been Cant speak for other schools but I know MCBs coach is the son of the last coach! TBH, that sounds like schools in Ulster need to get the finger o...

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Alan O'Connor, ex Ulster captain and played more than 100 times for Ulster, and you call him 'cancerous'. He's what would be a 'legend' in every other province.

Hmmm, a poisonous atmosphere at Ulster you say..........

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Why not go the whole hog and franchise out teams to private owners ? See how long that lasts as the Cork Langers play their derby match against the Limerick Gowls in front of 3,500 people on some sub LoI pitch in the Cork hinterland. We are where we are. The IRFU have essentially let each province m...

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It's also very likely that we'll have Keenan, Frawley, Ringrose, Henshaw, Osborne, Lowe and Larmour away in Ireland camp from the middle of January to the end of March; and that's when Barrett will earn his money.

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The real reason Barrett is coming to Leinster is probably altogether more prosaic. He's not doing it for money - he could get a damned sight more than the reported € 200k elsewhere. I suspect his 'sabbatical' comes with restrictions on the minutes he is allowed to play, and Leinster are probably the...

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So Leinster steal Snyman off us and sign Barrett, while we also lose Frisch and sign Billy Burns! :lol: It is objectively a bit shit Personally think something needs to be don about central contract situation The South African Snyman was let go by Munster, and picked up by Leinster because he wante...

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How ? By fúcking Leinster up ? When I were a lad Ulster would have 6 or 7 players in every Irish team. My father tells me that in the '50's it was 8 or 9. What's happened from when players like Alastair McKibben were capped straight out of school, to Ulster importing from Leinster ? What exactly sh...

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IRFU are fukking up Irish Rugby medium to long term. Good for Leinster short term, but fukking everyone else. Hopefully Humph can sort it, but not holding my breath. How ? By fúcking Leinster up ? When I were a lad Ulster would have 6 or 7 players in every Irish team. My father tells me that in the...

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iarmhiman wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:38 pm
Mr. Very Popular wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:37 pm
iarmhiman wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:35 pm

Surely there is one more troll bomb to be played
1 to make us get really mad.

Kidney to take over from Leo.
Well to see cammy's reaction i wouldn't say no but would then go into despair

Starts stropping knife whilst whistleing "Duelling Banjos".

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Nolanator wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:40 pm This is hilarious.

Between RADGE, CC for Sheahan, and now Jordie. Top lolz from Leinster

Thinking about it, the saving on the central contract for Sheahan probably pays for Barrett and Snyman on its own. It gets better and better !

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Especially considering that after all expenses we'll have cleared close on € 2.5m from our last two home matches. 92k tickets sold over the last 2 weekends. Pretty effing decent. Whatever about the away cut and the stadium rent and whatever, very nice windfall for Leinster. Opposition teams will ge...

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HighKingLeinster wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:20 pm
irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:18 pm 200k for 6 months according to GT
Fairly cheap tbf

Especially considering that after all expenses we'll have cleared close on € 2.5m from our last two home matches.

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Ulsters Red Hand wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:09 pm
camroc1 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:03 pm Jordie for a year from December it is !
Only 6 months according to someone ITK on the Ulster forum

I just assumed a year given he's taking a years sabbatical from the Hurricanes.

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Ballinacree, Co Meath, stand up and take your place amongst the great places of Leinster !

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Jordie for a year from December it is !

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irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:18 pm
triplebogey wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:10 pm Leinster appear to be teasing a new signing on Twitter?

I dunno if they're messing or not.
ill be amazed if its Jordie Barrett

Because we're worth it.........

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CM11 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:23 pm ticketless, just wondering whether any of the extra budget for covid ended up sticking.

All of it, as far as I am aware.

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Just came on to post that. The HSE really is a basket case.

Over a six year period budget increased by € 8 bn and headcount by 30% yet the activity/productivity measure was either negative

, or two times behind headcount growth

, or three times behind budget growth

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irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:54 am Two club backs starting for Leinster at the weekend, Jamie Osborne(Naas) and Ciaran Frawley(Skerries) great to see.

And in the pack, Furlong, of course, and would you call Milne a product of Birr RFC ?

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Not sure it's definitely longer but it's a brilliant extra long kicker to have. We've been backing him for about 18 months, injury robbed him of a real stab at the WC squad. It'll be interesting to see if he can step up to international level. It's still a big step down in the power stakes from Aki...

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Wasn't it that run of KO games in 2003 that really highlighted that Leinster had a support base that could be accessed? Obviously there was a long way to go in terms of actually being good enough, but it showed that people would buy tickets. Went out against Biarritz in the semi in LR with Bommer m...

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Having been a ST holder since the old Donnybrook days, two things in particular drove Leinster. One was 2006 and the win away in Toulouse followed by the disgraceful scenes in and around LR for the SF. I think the team as well as the fans remembered that. The second was the move to the RDS in 2007. ...

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Will Scalvi get cited for throwing the punch that caused that schemozzle towards the end ?

Or will it be ignored because LaR were beaten out the door ?

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Olé, olé, olé, olé .......... That was the loudest and most feral I've ever heard LR. Thought MoM should have been one of the pack, probably Mc Carthy. How do LaR get away with flopping onto their rucks, and the minute we do it we get penalised ? Dickson is not a good ref, more interested in technic...

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Well That was chastening Major work needed in that team Second row needs surgery Still think Murphy is the man There are players out there we need continued better coaching Not sure how can say Murphy is the man. Show me one part of the team where he has improved even slightly. I think we’ve gotten...

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It's getting shameful now.

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What actually happened CM, and as AJ knows, is that plaintiffs legal teams held back on their cases until the Supreme Court decided. That is they started the cases, which meant the Insurance companies had to make provisions at the old rates, but didn't proceed too quickly whilst waiting for the dec...

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