MINISTRY OF PRETENCE

Time for McConalogue and O'Donovan to show football the real money

- pat Dolan

O'Donovan and Mr McConalogue are so embarrassed this week when our top professional clubs are playing European games in stadiums where half the ground has been forced to be closed.

to get rid of all the titles and just have a Minister for Sport.

Second, we need the Government to recognise that football is not only the biggest sport in the world, but it is also the biggest sport in Newcastle West, in Inishowen, and in Ireland.

And it is also the biggest scandal that there has been so much discrimination against football.

It has been dubbed ‘the foreign game’ when it is played by the daughters and sons of our nation for decades and is a sport that is so incredibly inclusive.