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Football (#LeagueofIreland), media, digital tech. From Cork, lives in Dublin. Views my own. I’ll follow back if you’ve posted / are active here.
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The Norwegian Football Federation has taken lots of brave positions on the global stage in recent years, often standing up for basic democratic principles. Today was not a great day for democracy in Norwegian football. 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/616...

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Interesting one from @financialtimes.com. Apparently it’s hard to make money from football. Who would have thought? 🧐 Saying that, 45% of #LeagueOfIreland clubs have been involved in ownership change, new investors, or merger in last three years or so… #footballfinance www.ft.com/content/04de...

This is part of what I do for work. A brilliant two days with #NIFL SLOs in Belfast last weekend, a conference about cooperatives (where I spoke on football cooperatives with @thefsa.bsky.social), and finishing in Lisbon with a site visit to hear about #UWCL final preparations.

Lisbon Airport’s Terminal 2 is grim. Vueling, Transavia, Ryanair & Wizz. People sitting on floor, one place selling fresh food & vending machines 😬

[email protected] articulating what many, many Cork City FC fans are saying to each other. Too much, too quickly & in the midst of a period of time when prices are rising across the board for everyone.

A trip to #Belfast for some #football and #cooperatives talk

One for the number nerds 🤓 #LeagueOfIreland

Love this from #Drogheda supporters last night @fanseurope.org

“A solution” This will land as well as questioning Rent Pressure Zones in the middle of a rent crisis…

Ligue 1 will pay clubs in France from its own reserves while they wait on a payment from broadcaster #DAZN. The latter has pointed to piracy issues & lack of support from clubs as 2 factors behind its decision not to pay on time. Plenty will be watching this one play out…

Many #LeagueOfIreland fans support the MNT, and vice versa. The difference will be getting the FOMO crowd to big games and providing enough to ensure they come back. “What’s new is that the League is challenging the national team’s status as the thing Irish football fans care most about…”

Dia duit 👋 The #IrishBookAwards are now here on Bluesky, bringing you Ireland's biggest celebration of Irish books and authors. Follow along 🎉

10 years ago, a total of 18k attended Week 1 in both divisions This weekend, over 51k attended the LOI Premier Div games alone, a figure inflated by today's worthy experiment. At a crucial time, the numbers are both a statement & a fact. Piece from Aviva www.independent.ie/sport/soccer...

First live action of #LeagueOfIreland season for me today. It’s not #CCFC84 but it’ll do for now ☺️

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Encouraging people to be careful means they’ll be sceptical about all… www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Football is … football, sometimes. Thankfully www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Food for thought for any group or organisation working with #volunteers

2024 #GAA Annual Report on #volunteers “We need to consider why people might want to get involved, & do our best to deliver for them. “That might be personal development, it might be social contact, it might be recognition, it might be success or status. All are valid & should be supported.”

The focus of the story is a young, talented Irish footballer. So why classify as Gaelic football article & focus on this angle in headline? It’s not a competition & and it’s not disrespectfully to anyone to focus on the sport he’s actually playing… m.independent.ie/sport/gaelic...

Busy two days in Nyon talking about the impact of SLOs in UEFA Club Competitions & how we can continue improving matchday experiences for all supporters.

Actions, not words…

Flight eventually cancelled around midnight…

Supposed to be flying out of Dublin Airport at 08.10 in the morn in the middle of Red weather warning. Airport says ‘may be some disruption’, Ryanair says flight on schedule. Hard not to think this is about not paying out refunds, compensation by multiple stakeholders … but how is this okay? #eowyn

For the brands sticking it out on ‘the other place’ for customer service purposes, there is a huge amount of Spam accounts now accompanying any query. #ick