Iād say thatās it. Iām going mad
Iāll make enquiries
Thanks a million. Greatly appreciated.
Just getting old, like us all.
I know but youād usually remember this sort of thing 
Burke says that Galway will spend ā¬2 million in 2024 on infrastructure improvements without taking out a loan. Projects include the new stand in Tuam Stadium and floodlights in Pearse Stadium.
https://x.com/peterswellman/status/1734310971152195973?s=61&t=ywRfELeDxVX6PcFItqXOXw
Just over ā¬1m spent on senior football team in 2023. Slightly under a million on hurling team.
Breakdown 51% football, 49% hurling.
Answer a question from floor, Chairman Paul Bellew says Pearse Stadium floodlights āmustā be in by January 2025. Awaiting Sports Capital Grant funding before Galway proceed with project. āElection next year.ā
Bellew also pours cold water on future concerts in Pearse Stadium. Never foresees situation where Galway would move games to facilitate a concert. Says without ownership of bar and concession, theyāre more hassle than theyāre worth.
Treasurer Mike Burke said the Pearse Stadium pitch took a full year to recover after the Ed Sheeran concert.
42 per cent increase in club gates income over the last five years. āTells its own story,ā says Bellew.
Bellew points towards large scale investment in other sports, who he says only have fraction of players involved. Says itās time Galway put their āchests outā regarding the same. Also says heās open to a municipal multi-sport facility and mentions former airport site at Carnmore.
Bellew expects Galwayās inter-county spend (ā¬2.49m) to either stay the same or rise next year. Says itās sustainable as long as itās not at expense of anything else. 123 backroom members across inter-county squad. āInvestment in players.ā
Hits out at split season critics who āconflate internal county championship structures with the split season.ā Says not feasible All-Ireland finals are pushed back due to volume of club games in places like Galway and Cork. āThe split season is the best thing that ever happened.ā
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I like the cut of bellews jib tbh. Never met him, but he seems sensible. WTF is the craic with the catering facilities at pearse?
My own club representative let the parish down by wanting the All Ireland finals pushed back. Heāll get some bollocking off me down at Slemonās some evening.
42% increase in club gates income since they stopped taking cash at the stiles tells its own story
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There were days in tuam when they had Tesco bags full of twenties.
Volunteering there moved people TO A BIGGER HOUSE
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Shots well and truly fired.
āGive us our grants ye cuntsā
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Not quite so sure about the argument that they were somehow forced I to it by croke park.
Forced into the (early) sale is the inference
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Croke Park should give Galway their grants.
Not Leinster GAA.
Let it come out of the pots of the other provinces also, and the Dublin special needs pot.
It infers both buying and selling.
Iād imagine they had to sell because croker wouldnāt bail.them out, but who knows.
Croke Park donāt make any county go off on a solo like this
I donāt recall saying they did 