Martin O'Keeffe

[Martin O'Keeffe @MartinOKeeffe]

@CassStephen @dermonolan91 @RacingTrends Has it always been the case that you needed to be so front running in Cheltenham on good ground? Or was it both good and bad rides allowing it? I.e. go a million, stack them up, go again

[Martin O'Keeffe @MartinOKeeffe]

@JohnnyDineen ah where shd the max bet go?

[Daniel Hussey @DanielHussey2]

**Updated list**

The last two years for Irish football:

- Sacked Stephen Kenny (Nov '23)
- CEO Jonathan Hill resigns (Apr '24)
- FAI takes 7 months to find a new manager
- 4 friendlies in that time for John O’Shea to audition for the job
- End up hiring their 'first-choice' Heimir Hallgrímsson
- €650k salary
- RTÉ documentary on mistreatment of female players by coaches (Jul '24)
- Colin Healy claims he was dismissed despite verbal reassurances he would be kept on WNT's coaching staff (Dec '24)
- Manage to stay in Nations League B by beating Bulgaria home and away
- Marc Canham resigns (Apr '25)
- Championship players given break from June squad as they'll need to be fresh for next year's World Cup
- 'Summer soccer' plan defeated (Aug '25)
- FAI launches voluntary redundancy programme, which will move towards compulsory job losses as part of restructuring (Aug '25)
- Will Clarke's Academy report reveals glaring issues with current facilities (Aug '25)
- Eileen Gleeson takes legal action against FAI for 'gender discrimination' (Aug '25)
- Play Doherty LB and go 2 goals down at home to Hungary inside the first 15 mins
- Get absolutely battered away to Armenia
- No clear structure on pitch
- Can't defend anymore
- Introduce ineffective long throw-ins because everyone else is doing them
- Players now seem to play better for their clubs than their country, and have done so for a long time
- Have conceded first in 9 of Heimir's 10 competitive games
- Can only buy tickets in three-match bundles until a week or two before
- FAI €43m in debt
- Still only €125k for LOI champions
- €32k for FAI Cup winners (+gate receipts)
- Shamrock Rovers and Shelbourne's success in Europe this season is in spite of their governing body

The FAI has failed Irish football.

There are many good people in the organisation who are about to lose their jobs due to the incompetence of top-level management.

Hopefully, last night is rock bottom, but my fear is we're still not even there yet.

Something just has to change.

[Martin O'Keeffe @MartinOKeeffe]

Great piece

[Irish Examiner Sport @ExaminerSport]

'No rhyme, no reason, no sense': Ruby Walsh on the death of jockey Michael O'Sullivan https://t.co/UNxFYZpIqT

[Markie Ó Ráth Eanaigh 🇮🇪 @MarkAgitprop]

Gavin Pepper just demanded a “recount” of… the tallies.

Lol #ge24

[Martin O'Keeffe @MartinOKeeffe]

@No1shaygiven we really need a reply here

[Martin O'Keeffe @MartinOKeeffe]

Penalties

[Martin O'Keeffe @MartinOKeeffe]

@IrishRail the 8.04 from malahide just the 9min late into connolly today.

[Martin O'Keeffe @MartinOKeeffe]

@TMIrelandHelp @TicketmasterIre ICYMI

[Daniel Hussey @DanielHussey2]

My favourite Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh quotes:

"Seán Óg Ó hAilpín. His father's from Fermanagh. His mother's from Fiji. Neither a hurling stronghold."

"The stopwatch has stopped. It’s up to God and the referee now. The referee is Pat Horan. God is God."

"Teddy McCarthy to John McCarthy, no relation. John McCarthy to Teddy McCarthy, still no relation."

"Anthony Lynch, the Cork corner-back, will be the last person to let you down. His people are undertakers."

"1.5 to 0.8 - well, from Lapland to the Antarctic, that’s level scores in any man’s language."

"I saw a few Sligo people at Mass in Gardiner Street this morning and the omens seem to be good for them. The priest was wearing the same colours as the Sligo jersey. 40 yards out on the Hogan Stand side of the field, Ciarán Whelan goes on a rampage, and it’s a goal. So much for religion!"

"Pat Fox out to the 40 and grabs the sliotar. I bought a dog from his father last week. Fox turns and sprints for goal. The dog ran a great race last Tuesday in Limerick. Fox to the 21, fires a shot, it goes to the left and wide. And the dog lost as well."

"He grabs the sliothar. He's on the 50. He's on the 40. He's on the 30. He's on the ground."

"Colin Corkery on the 45 lets it go with the right boot. It's over the bar. This man shouldn’t be playing football. He’s made an almost Lazarus-like recovery from a heart condition. Lazarus was a great man, but he couldn’t kick points like Colin Corkery."

"Pat Fox has it on his hurl and is motoring well now, but here comes Joe Rabbitte hot on his tail. I’ve seen it all now, a Rabbitte chasing a Fox around Croke Park."

"He’s not a big man, he’s not a small man, he’s what you might call a handyman."

"Brian Dooher is down injured. And while he is, I’ll tell you a little story. I was in Times Square in New York last week, and I was missing the Championship back home. So I approached a newsstand, and I said, 'I suppose ye wouldn’t have The Kerryman, would ya?' To which, the Egyptian behind the counter turned to me, and he said, 'Do you want the North Kerry edition or the South Kerry edition?' He had both so I bought both. And Dooher is back on his feet."

[Martin O'Keeffe @MartinOKeeffe]

@MFivesy @GetYourTipsOut @RacingTV A certain coral cup winner 😇

[Martin O'Keeffe @MartinOKeeffe]

@CheltenhamRaces Here, ye decided the price of a pint yet?

[Martin O'Keeffe @MartinOKeeffe]

Marine nationale to win both Arkles? #whatoddspaddy

[Martin O'Keeffe @MartinOKeeffe]

Ile atlantique to win lawlors of naas Sunday and ballymore novice. #whatoddspaddy

[Martin O'Keeffe @MartinOKeeffe]

Gaelic warrior today and the Turners #whatoddspaddy

[The Irish Politics Newsletter @IrishPoliticsNL]

Cork North Central TD Mick Barry was asked this evening on Newstalk to give some examples of inequality in society.

Mick Barry replied - Cowboys and Indians on TV. He then claimed the Indians were socialists.

https://t.co/gmOeLWWcJ1

[Martin O'Keeffe @MartinOKeeffe]

"In good faith" 🫠 - not that social media told them it was free and hence the atm Qs.....

[Aoife Masterson @AoifeMasterson]

Many BOI customers yesterday took out cash in the good faith belief they had this money.
Some will now face high cost unauthorised overdraft fees & upcoming bills going unpaid until it is cleared.
BOI must positively engage with customers to avoid undue hardship & distress.

[The Wandering Golfers @GolferWandering]

No secret why Brian Harman is leading #TheOpen

-Has made every one of his 44 putts from inside 10 feet

-Hasn't three-putted once this week.

-If Harman had putted for McIlroy at Royal Liverpool, the Northern Irishman would be leading at -13. 😮

#DriveforShow #bbcgolf

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

A 15-year-old camogie player who was left with a scar on her leg after being struck by "an untaped" hurley, has been awarded almost €40,000 damages against Cumann Na mBunscol Átha Cliath https://t.co/QwfKteZvCc

[Martin O'Keeffe @MartinOKeeffe]

Southpark Brand:
Rugged
Vegan
Compassionate
VICTIM

[Animal Rising @AnimalRising]

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