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OPINION: Social media isn't the great big scourge of society - we are

Social media is perhaps the most societally transformative technology to sweep the world since the television or telephone. It undoubtedly connects us in a way never before experienced and possibly never to be repeated. It has too been painted as a ...

08 Jul 2019 at 13:48

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OPINION: 'Ah ref!' - Mouthy sideline parents have created culture of violence in sport

The vicious attack on a soccer referee in Offaly this week has started a very important conversation. Although the game between Horseleap United and Mullingar Town was not an underage game, the incident raises a question about behaviour on the ...

14 Nov 2018 at 18:05

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OPINION: It's time for big changes in Offaly football - and not just the manager

The news of Pat Flanagan's removal as Offaly football manager didn't come as a great shock this week, but it raises more questions about the inner workings of Offaly GAA than anyone cares to answer. I was a supporter of a change in manager. ...

07 Jul 2017 at 12:17

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OPINION: Ploughing organisers made a mistake in Offaly but will never admit it

The National Ploughing Association is a force of nature, of that there is no doubt. A quarter of a million people in a field in Offaly, Carlow, Laois, or wherever they set their sights on, is something to behold and something that rightly ...

24 Sept 2018 at 20:51

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OPINION: Austin Gleeson should have been banned for All-Ireland final

News breaking yesterday suggests Austin Gleeson has been cleared to play in the Senior Hurling All-Ireland final against Galway, despite interfering with the helmet of an opponent in the semi-final against Cork. Last year's hurler of the ...

16 Aug 2017 at 11:15

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OPINION: Offaly needs to turn shops into housing to save itself

The notion of town-living is almost extinct in Offaly. The over-the-shop concept that so often formed part of town and council planning is a thing of the past, not least because many of those shops no longer exist. A series of factors ...

05 Mar 2019 at 17:07

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SIDELINE MOUTHPIECE: Offaly may as well not turn up for Galway game

Offaly are being routinely overlooked ahead of their game with Galway on Sunday in the Leinster Hurling Semi-Final. In the ultimate show of disrespect, Wexford are apparently already looking forward to a final showdown with Galway. ...

12 Jun 2017 at 17:42

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OPINION: Posting checkpoint locations on Facebook is reckless and allows criminals evade Gardaí

Over the last few weeks, the ugly face of criminality has revealed itself in Offaly. From Richie McKelvey being attacked in Brosna, to a string of burglaries at homes, farms and businesses across the county. Last week, we ran a ...

14 Nov 2017 at 12:17

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OPINION: Our objection to everything will sink Offaly and rural Ireland

Cenus 2016 results released earlier this year revealed that over 8,500 people are leaving Offaly to go to work in the mornings. More than one in ten Offaly people commute for over an hour, spending upwards of twenty hours in a ...

29 Nov 2017 at 14:15

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OPINION: Offaly people deserve to know where Covid cases are in the county

We hear a lot about Covid-19, don't we? How we hold to key to suppressing it, beating it, crushing it. We hear adverts on the TV and radio about playing our part and holding firm, washing hands, staying apart and sticking ...

22 Mar 2021 at 11:28

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OPINION: Meat factory workers treated like the dregs of the frontline

While the country has rightly applauded doctors, nurses, carers and other essential workers during the current Covid-19 crisis, one sector appears to have been treated with other contempt. Clusters of the virus have been ...

15 May 2020 at 13:20

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OPINION: Why an airport in Offaly isn't crazy and could actually work

"Insanity" - that's how Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary described the idea of a regional airport in Offaly back in 2016, and yet the private consortium behind it, led by the Tullamore-based Patrick Little, remain ...

18 Oct 2018 at 18:48

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