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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. Pat ...

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: 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 together. We ...

19 Mar 2021 at 16:06

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OPINION: We try hard but we can't hide our racism towards refugees in Offaly

The Offaly Express has reported extensively on the direct provision centre opening in the old Marian Hostel in Tullamore in the coming weeks. There has been considerable opposition with a protest group established on social media and ...

26 Feb 2020 at 15:38

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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 ...

08 Jul 2019 at 13:48

Motoring

OPINION: Rural issues no joke despite dismissal by Dublin media

Offaly TD Barry Cowen was a guest on RTE Radio One's Late Debate programme on Tuesday night where the condition of rural roads appeared to be given short quarters as the panel discussed the issue. He made a point that if you want ...

14 Feb 2018 at 14:42

Midland Tribune

OPINION (AN COLÚN): Embracing a state of mind which leads to an enriched life

AT the age of ten when in school, I learned “The Listeners” by heart and recited it in front of a few hundred of my schoolmates. I still know the poem by heart and still greatly enjoy it. When I was ten I knew nothing about its ...

14 Sept 2025 at 19:00

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

29 Nov 2017 at 14:15

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

22 Mar 2021 at 11:28

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