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The curtain came down on the 2015 football season in quite possibly the worst weather conditions I remember for our showpiece game. I felt sorry for the players, the supporters, the umpires; even the referee was offered a sigh of sympathy. Some of the most sought after seats in Croke Park were all of a sudden not as appealing as they would normally be as they were exposed to the elements, with some supporters not returning after half time. Many people are of the opinion that conditions do not affect the top players and they can adapt to whatever is thrown at them, I beg to differ. Some of the finest exponents of the GAA game were left to look like they were quite literally playing on ice, sliding all over the place, and that the ball was covered in oil. Keeping your feet was almost impossible when you went full throttle, and handling the ball when it was fired at you was as difficult as peeling an orange in your pocket while wearing a pair of boxing gloves. Bernard Brogan, one of the most skilled players on view was the prime example; he spilled up to six balls in the first half alone that he normally would have gobbled up. Let no one tell me players do not mind playing in such conditions.

John Quinn has just received instructions to offer for sale No 172 Lurgan Park, a three bedroom semidetached home with an adjoining unit, it is in good condition throughout and has the added attraction of being within walking distance of GMIT, local schools, shops, church, and beach, and is also convenient to the city centre.

John Quinn has received instructions to offer for sale a magnificent detached residence situated opposite GMIT on the Ballybane Road. This property is in excellent condition and has been described by John Quinn as a prime residential property, less than five minutes from the city centre and adjacent to Merlin Park Hospital, industrial estates, and GMIT.

John Quinn is currently offering No 50 Carrigeen, located on the Western Distributor Road. This is an excellent three bed residence situated close to the local schools, hotel, and shops, and offering easy access to the city centre and Salthill.

If you are looking for a guaranteed return on your investment then look no further than O’Donnellan & Joyce’s all day October 6 auction.

Fianna Fáil Councillor Aengus O’Rourke is calling on the Commission for Energy Regulation [CER] to act now and ensure that the huge reductions in the cost of oil are passed on by the energy companies to householders.

John Quinn has just received instructions to offer for sale this four bedroom semidetached residence situated at Barr Na Carraige, Fort Lorenzo, Taylor’s Hill. 

John Quinn & Co has just received instructions to offer for sale No 40 Glenina Heights, Dublin Road, Galway, a well maintained family home with spacious living accommodation.

O’Donnellan & Joyce’s forthcoming auction, which will take place on October 6 from 10am in the Harbour Hotel, Galway, will see more than 60 properties go under the hammer. These properties have attracted exceptional interest not only locally but throughout the country.

I hope the recent scandals in the Catholic Church will not discourage the noble tradition of the cleric as the social champion of the people. It is time that we had their like to nail their colours to the mast once again. Growing up in the last century, I was familiar with such names as Fr James McDyer and his tireless campaign against the official neglect of Gleann Cholm Cile; and Canon George Quinn and his fight for better social housing. There were several others, who have spilled over into recent years, including Fr Peter McVerry and his fight for homeless people in Dublin, and Fr Harry Bohan and his belief in the staying power of families in rural Ireland. But the champion of them all, the priest with the soft voice and a twinkle in both eyes, was the indefatigable Monsignor James Horan. Not only did he re-design the village of Knock to make it more people friendly, he built schools, clinics, and a convent, and a vast basilica. He organised community water schemes, and forestry plantations, and built an impressive international airport in the bogs of Mayo.