National Football Leagues 2026

Just heard that Joanne Cantwell pulled up Peter Canavan for being opposed to Allianz (which is fair enough) but happy enough to appear on a programme sponsored by them and take money for it.

if the people so opposed to Allianz sponsorship really cared they'd forgo any connection to them at all and take the financial consequences, but that of course would mean having true principles .

He's doing a job as a broadcaster for RTE on a programme sponsored by allianz , he's not partaking in GAA. I agree with your point on the players and participating in the organisation but Canavan isn't doing that when he works for RTE.

Bit of an upset with Laois thumping Westmeath tonight. Thought Laois were well worth their win even if the ref was favouring Westmeath (imo).

He doesn't need to take the money from a program sponsored by Allianz though does he.

He's actually helping the company he's railing against by appearing on a programme sponsored by them.

This is not participating in society, this is keeping a nice little earner for himself while at the same time apparently appalled at the company who sponsors the programme.

9 county boards have called on the GAA to cut ties, 23 have not. The people I see on social media calling this out the most are also those who will oppose more government funding to make up the shortfall if the GAA cuts ties. Also I doubt many of the loudest protesters have ever set up at a GAA match.

The reason Allianz have the sponsorship is because they bought out Church and General who were the sponsors 30 years ago, it's a continuance of that old sponsorship. Allianz Ireland has got nothing to do with their world wide operations.

Dublin official car provider is Peugeot the same company who's vehicles the Israeli's army officers drive.Why are they so silent about this, shouldn't they pull the plug on this sponsorship immediately?

Loads of other companies are involved in this war but for some reason only Allianz is casing an issue.Hyundai ,Toyota and Ford for example also are involved in this war they supply equipment yet there has been no suggestion that a local Hyundai ,Toyota or Ford dealership's shouldn't be involved in GAA sponsorship even though some are. Toyota for example are the GAA's official car partner.

Amazon are involved in the war yet how many who are apparently outraged at Allianz will cancel their amazon accounts?

Alot of the people wanting the GAA to end it's sponsorship by Allianz are basically expecting the GAA to be perfect while they can go about and use services provided by companies who are involved in this war aswell.

I'm fine with them protesting about it, I'm fine with them wanting the GAA to end it's partnership however I'm not fine with them wanting the GAA to make a sacrifice while they don't do likewise. The Canavan example today is a prime example of this, he should announce he is not going to appear on any Allianz league matches from now on or else that if he does he won't be taking a fee or expenses.

So are so many other companies complicit in this genocide but they've been ignored, is the UN the be all and end all and the only authority on it that only the companies they name are wrong and numerous others associated with it that the don't bother to name are OK? If that's the case then you're giving the UN far too much credit, they're a complete joke of organisation.

Toyota is the official car partner of the GAA, that is a pretty big deal aswell, why no uproar about them?

Most people aren't corporate boot-lickers they are just pointing out the hypocrisies of those protesting. I'm fine with the GAA dropping Allianz as a sponsor if that is what they want to do, however I genuinely believe that if you are going to demand the GAA drop a sponsor over this war (which is fine) then you yourself will have to make similar sacrifices and stop using other companies involved in the war.You can't go around demanding sacrifices of others that you are unwilling to do yourself.

Ah, but I use an Amazon Fireatock to watch premier league soccer, do you expect me to boycott using that? Are you crazy man?? FFS!

Bottom line, most big businesses have blood on their hands, and use sport to wash these hands. From the companies mantioned above to and including the Irish and international banks who crashed in 2008 and that were all still paying for, nobody is clean.

Galway doing well with all the absentees.

Nasty stuff by langan attacking a Galway player over a nothing tackle.

Complete cop out by the referee, and linesman who must have been standing less than 5 metres away. Did Langan's action even meet the criteria for a black card? As always it takes a strong ref to show a red in such situations and that kind of ref doesn't grow on trees. And you'd have to imagine McGuinness will have some stern words for the player after. He does that in Croke Park and it will be red.

I think Armagh should have enough to beat Dublin but they’ll still be in danger even if they win. They’ll still need to beat Kerry in the last game to be sure of staying up.

Would have agreed with you before today, but they've found some form... and more importantly a bit of fight...

I see them as more likely than Armagh to get two points from the remaining games.

So to me, it looks like Armagh to join Monagahan in D2.

If Kildare stay in Division 2: Strong possibility both Division 3 finalists will qualify for the All Ireland.

If Kildare are relegated: Only the Division 3 winner can qualify for the All Ireland through the league, but will be first in line to miss out if a lower ranked county makes a provincial final.

Looks to be between Mayo and Kerry to join Donegal in the final. Between Armagh and Dublin to avoid relegation, though Galway aren't safe either.

Derry going well. Clare in a 4 way D3 promotion race, to join Down. 5 way promotion race in D4.