Room to spare at Andy's place!
HOUSE HUNTING in Dublin can be a tiring experience. Turn on computer, log on to DAFT, enter your search criteria making absolutely sure you exclude all undesirable areas of the city and county and BANG! Three thousand results. Groan. Well, thank God for Aindreas Doyle (@ aindreasdoyle).
The former Taghmon-camross player and current county man (pictured) decided to use the power of Twitter this week to advertise a spare double room in his Dublin digs - sweetening the deal with the revelation that G r a e m e M o l l o y (@ graememolloy) is also a current inhabitant.
As admirable as Aindreas' efforts are, 'Trending' wonders why he didn't just approach his boss, Mick Wallace (@ wallacemick), and the Youths owner's new BFF, Luke ' Ming' Flanagan (@ lukeming), about renting while they are on Dáil duty. Forget your plastic Salpas, there's a Big Brother house we'd all watch.
In this country being the boss usually means some sort of kick-back - to the total tune of €15 million a year if reports on G.A.A. payments are to be believed. This, as you might expect, wasn't missed in the Twittersphere.
Newly-retired Wexford wing-back Adrian Morrissey (@ Morrisseyadrian) was the biggest voice of dissent, blasting: ' All this talk of paying managers is very funny. Not a mention of players and their commitments. Same old bulls**t #getnothingback' before continuing, ' amateur doesn't imply making substantial money, therefore only players are amateur and managers and co boards are professional #bull'.
The current county players were understandably a little more reserved, brushing off the report or tweeting jokes about giving up playing for coaching.
It may be only in its second week, but the official Wexford G.A.A. (@ Officialwexgaa) twitter page has been playing a blinder so far. Just as the manager and coach payment story began to explode again, they tweeted 'Ferrybank Motors and Opel sponsor new car for Wexford Senior Hurling manager Liam Dunne'.
Nothing illegal in that but nonetheless exquisite timing, presuming it was unintentional.
Away from G.A.A. for a moment and looking towards cross-channel soccer, it's not often that issues truly transcend club boundaries, but certainly the 22-year and counting fight for justice for the Hillsborough families is one of them.
It also crosses seas and therefore it was fantastic to see Wexford native Colin Tyrrell (@ Colintyrrell) use any sway he had to get users to sign the UK government website-carried e-petition that looked to gain a new inquest for victim Kevin Williams.
The petition passed the required 100,000 signatures on deadline day and the issue is going to be looked at. Well done to Colin and all involved - every voice can really make a difference.
TWEET OF THE WEEK
With a wishy-washy line-up of untried players looking to take their opportunity for the Wexford hurlers as they went down against N.U.I.G. on Saturday, it was another youngster who didn't play who brought the best news.
St. James' clubman Matthew O'hanlon (@ Mattoh91) tweeted: ' Passed exams and got news that the injury isn't as bad as it seems! #happy days'.
The young gun who is suffering from a lower back injury added that he would be back playing this week.
