But they...

But the sacrifices they make to even get to the starting line, like the thousands and thousands of miles that these people clock up in training three or four nights a week.

You know, sometimes people in Gaelic games especially think that we are the ones making the greatest sacrifices.

But a long distance runner...

They will run for hours every week, maybe three, four, five times a week.

And as Hugh says, then the colossal amount of money that's made for charity from this one day, it just, I think, puts everything else in perspective.

It's just a phenomenal day and wonderful people.

We'll see what comes out over the next few days, but...

It's a brilliant event.

But they...

But the sacrifices they make to even get to the starting line, like the thousands and thousands of miles that these people clock up in training three or four nights a week.

You know, sometimes people in Gaelic games especially think that we are the ones making the greatest sacrifices.

But a long distance runner...

They will run for hours every week, maybe three, four, five times a week.

And as Hugh says, then the colossal amount of money that's made for charity from this one day, it just, I think, puts everything else in perspective.

We'll see what comes out over the next few days, but...

It's a brilliant event.

But they...

But the sacrifices they make to even get to the starting line, like the thousands and thousands of miles that these people clock up in training three or four nights a week.

You know, sometimes people in Gaelic games especially think that we are the ones making the greatest sacrifices.

But a long distance runner...

They will run for hours every week, maybe three, four, five times a week.

And as Hugh says, then the colossal amount of money that's made for charity from this one day, it just, I think, puts everything else in perspective.

We'll see what comes out over the next few days, but...

It was a brilliant journey that you all had.

Absolutely.

It was great fun as well.

And I suppose we got a great kick out of it.

We were part of a show, as you say, John, a fairly rapidly expanding show at the time.

But we all knew our place.

Michael was the boss.

Or just the fun you had?

The latter felt the more accurate."

accurate."Yeah, and, and, uh, PSG were able to pass and move a bit like the great teams of the past.

Even go back to Spurs in the '60s under Bill Nicholson.

You know, that was a philosophy.

Uh, Wenger, Ga- Guardiola, and, uh, it's missing a bit at Arsenal.

It's a pity it went to, uh, penalties, and that Gabriel, who has really been a hero for them this year, and was last night as well, was the fall guy.

But, uh, I suppose penalties brings its own drama, and if you go back, the previous week I watched Meath and Kildare play a Leinster Minor Final.

Was there anything that stood out, Colm, on, on Liverpool?

That aspect of the protest shouldn't have happened.

Yeah, well, I suppose just to give the background to it, there were several hundred people.

This was the biggest protest that we have had.

And we've had a number of them at Croke Park.

But this was the biggest by far.

People had spoken, myself included.

The thing had concluded.

They didn't do their job, you argue.

That aspect of the protest shouldn't have happened.

Yeah, well, I suppose just to give the background to it, there were several hundred people.

This was the biggest protest that we have had.

And we've had a number of them at Crow Park.

But this was the biggest by far.

People had spoken, myself included.

The thing had concluded.

They didn't do their job, you argue.

Tell us why.

Well, they set out a number of points backing up their reasons to stick with Allianz.

And I think that the argument in general is flawed.

One of them is that it would be difficult to get an alternative insurer.

Nobody knows that.

I have never seen it being put out to tender before.

And I'm just thinking in my own club, our insurance bill for the year is about €10,000.

Are you concerned about that?

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the fence.

Well, it appears at the moment as if Slash has too many good players, that that's his problem, that he's trying to...

Last year, their squad was quite limited and they won.

And, of course, Salah was the star and he's finding it hard to keep going.

When I looked at them in the green jersey, I was thinking maybe they should do what Alex Ferguson did.

Remember all those years ago when United were wearing the grey jerseys and he blamed it on the jersey.

the chat like so post 87-88 what's the chat going into 89 is there three in a row chat is there listen lads slate is clean we go again or how did that play out

Tell us why you think the Leaving Star changes are already out of date.

Well, the problem here, Shane, is that it is something I advocated 10, 15 years ago as principal and it's taken a long, long time to bring in.

But I think the idea of having a 40 percent part of an extended leaving cert has been brought in for a few subjects this year and it's been extended further.

over the course of the next few years.

But I think it's been overtaken by events insofar as AI is now going to dominate the preparation of the project work or the presentation work for the 40% that's going to be part of the Leaving Cert.

I don't see that this is going to be enforceable.

I think that teachers are going to back off because they're not going to allow themselves to be put in the position of where they're querying whether or not this was generated by artificial intelligence or it was the students' own work.

Just a really impossible situation.