My old man and uncle dropped dead of heart attacks within a few weeks of each other. One of their other brothers got cancer around the same time and is still suffering. My mother hadnât seen him in a couple of months and didnât recognise him at his partnerâs funeral a couplevof weeks back. She asked where he was and she was looking at him.
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Iâd say you gave her a nawful telling off
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Or old age in my case,
Iâve gotten fierce healthy body wise last few years
Makes growing old easier
Plenty of gym, walks, church, mountain hiking etc
No booze - no ol doll - no problem
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Thatâs sad
Attended a funeral yesterday,
Friend I didnât see in 6 months- fucked with drink,
Heâs way younger than me but bodily destroying himself,
His older bro my close friend tried everything to sort him,
No joy,
Heâs enough probs with his own wifeâs alcohol addiction,
But theyâve come to an agreement of sorts,
She doesent go out in public plastered,
He lets her sup away daily,
Puts her to bed - thatâs his life
Sheâs a functioning alcoholic- still able to mind the g kids 2/3 days a week,
Doesent hide away anymore.
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QED as they say. Sorry to hear that all the same.
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Darren Fletcher
@Perez2017 After a kids game 
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Were cork playing?
Raging
I suppose its a case of how much is your time worth to you.
Kev got some doing from the Curt
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Anthony Daly says Clare people remain aggrieved about the Peter Duggan-Nickie Quaid incident in Julyâs All-Ireland SHC semi final.
Limerick goalkeeper Quaid was issued with a yellow card by referee Thomas Walsh when he fouled Duggan for a penalty in the 54th minute.
Tony Kelly converted a goal from the placed ball to put Clare six points ahead. While it was a goal scoring opportunity, the Clare forward was deemed not to have had full control of the sliotar and therefore avoided a black card.
As John Meylerâs hurling expert group finalise their experimental rules, Daly says the rule must change and the decision has stuck in the craw of Clare supporters.
âPeople are still upset over it,â said Daly, who was promoting Stream Sportâs live coverage of the Clare, Galway and Limerick hurling knock-out championship stages.
âI have plenty of Limerick people calling here (to Dalyâs Murty Browneâs pub in Tullycrine) as well on buses, and everyone knows Kilkee is full of Limerick people in the summer. Weâd always have them in and out and theyâd point to some other tackle that should have been a red card, but it was just the timing of the whole thing and if Nickie was off the field and youâd 14 against 15 and Clare were six upâŚ
âCan you imagine the noise that would have been if he (Quaid) saved the penalty? It would have been nuts altogether and Clare can also say they didnât score after the penalty.â
Daly continued: âI was as mad as any Clare man, but if Iâm on The Sunday Game Iâm trying to just not be a black Clare man and trying to say this rule is wrong, and thatâs the point I made so strongly on the day on RTĂ.
âI was gutted, it was a chance of an All-Ireland, we donât have too many of them to be getting to the final, thereâs no guarantee weâd have won it but if youâre in it, you have a better chance of winning it than going home from the semi-final.
âLook, I got a bit of grief⌠but I do try and not just be Mr Clare when I go on those things. Iâm as passionate about the county as any man so look, yeah, still very disappointed and itâs still very raw with people, you know.â
The mitigation that Duggan wasnât in control of the ball doesnât cut it for Daly. âPeter Duggan knew exactly what he was doing by scooping it over Nickieâs head.
âWhen you throw up the ball to hit it, are you in control of the ball? Youâve released the ball from your body and your hand and off your hurley. So, thatâs kind of an arguable one.
âAnd I think that was the epitome of what a black card is. Nickie knew âthis is a goal for Clare here. Iâll take him down, I take my chances.â And I think Nicky was nearly ready to walk.
âNow donât get me wrong, my favourite keeper of all time is becoming Nicky very quickly because heâs just brought it to another level. But that rule will have to change because it needs clarifying badly.â
As far as other rule changes go, Daly would go further than Davy Fitzgerald and insist six players from each team should be in their opponentsâ half of the field for puck-outs. His former team-mate Fitzgerald last week told this newspaper four should have to always remain in the other teamâs half.
Daly is not as keen on a hand-pass restriction as he believes itâs one coaches are themselves trying to fix. He wouldnât award two points for a sideline cut either but supports the 65 moving out to the middle of the field.
He expects Tony Kelly and other Clare veterans will commit for another season in 2027, while he was delighted Brian Lohan appears to be good to go again. Lohan has two years remaining in his current term.
âEveryone wants Brian to oversee the thing. Thereâs massive respect for him in the county. Fellas who might be considering their future at the other end of the age bracket or mileage bracket, they are not going to say anything until the club is finished anyway, they donât want to be distracting from their club teams.
The appeal of ending Clareâs wait for a Munster SHC title that goes back to 1998 only grows stronger, says Daly.
âLook at the heartbreak theyâve had as a management in Munster finals. The one in the Gaelic Grounds, the one that went to the extra-time in Thurles. My God, what matches.
âTheyâd love a Munster, donât have any doubt that Tony Kelly would like a Munster medal to finish up. I donât think it has diminished.â
Anthony Daly was speaking at the launch of Stream Sportâs coverage of the knock-out stages of the GAA club championships in Clare, Galway, Limerick and Donegal. Go to streamsport.ie for more details.
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Your heart would go out to Clare.
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These things even themselves out. Johnny Murphy anyone?
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Heâs right
Time for Clare to move along now and not be looking for excuses. They were 6 points up and they made a bollix of it. Thatâs what they should be asking questions about.
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Welcome to the big leagues, Daly.
