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GYW Referees Go Games Course - 18th April

April 13, 2015
Grab Your Whistle Go Games Referees Course:COURSE IS NOW FULLY BOOKED NO PLACES REMAIN AVAILABLE A GYW Go Games Referees Course will take place this Saturday April 18th in Le Cheile, Donnycarney Community Centre from 2.30 -6pm. Note course participants must be 15 years or over bookings forms can be downloaded from CLICKING HERE The aim of the course is to recruit and train new referees to officiate at Small Sides Games on completion of the course the referee will be qualified to referee U..

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Gaelic4Girls 2015

April 01, 2015
Dublin to Host 2 Gaelic4Girls Sites The 2015 Gaelic4Girls host clubs have been announced with a record 60 clubs taking part in the initiative. The programme, which encourages participation in areas of the country where ladies gaelic football is not yet too strong, is to take place at 36 clubs throughout Ireland. 2015 will also mark the first time that the programme will be introduced to Britain where 13 clubs across 5 counties will host the programme for the first time. All participants in the ..

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Weekly notes 30th March

March 30, 2015
Dublin LGFA Weekly Notes   All Ireland Post Primary Schools Final Congratulations to Colaiste Iosagáín who were crowned Junior A PPS All Ireland champions on Saturday following their comprehensive win over Loreto Omagh, final score 5-15 to 0-04.   Inter County Update: It was a good weekend for the Dubs on the playing field with three wins from three outings. On Saturday our minor team enjoyed an 8-18 to 0-04 win over Laois this was followed up on Sunday when our U14 team agai..

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Leinster LGFA Event Management Programme

March 27, 2015
Leinster LGFA Event Management Programme is aimed at those aged 16 – 22 years and will take place in Moorefield GAA, Newbridge.    It is open to anyone in Leinster and will qualify all participants with a Fundamentals coaching award, Go Games refereeing, event management certification and they will be invited to referee at our National blitz day in Croke park.   This programme is free of charge to those who wish to take part and was a huge success in 2014.   The cl..

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AIG Launch New App Rewarding Safe Driving

March 27, 2015
AIG Launch New App Rewarding Safe DrivingCustomers can save 30% and more off their car insurance premium by using the XLNTdriver App*AIG Insurance launched an easy and simple to use app that rewards safe drivers by reducing their car insurance premiums. Customers get an upfront 30% discount off their car insurance premium for taking the app. The XLNTdriver app then monitors the users’ driving habits and gives additional discounts based on the driving results. This helps them to bec..

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Climb4Clare

March 23, 2015
Climb4Clare - A message from Helen O'Rourke (CEO of LGFA)Firstly we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for supporting all the Climb4Clare Fundraising initiatives around the country so far and we urge you to continue these efforts. It is amazing to see so many people coming together to make a difference and raise money to bring a vital service into the country. We are also delighted that due to the fundraising efforts throughout the country it allowed us to work with both the Irish ..

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Weekly notes 23rd March

March 23, 2015
Dublin LGFA Weekly Notes: HEC All Ireland Finals - Well done to all the Dublin colleges who competed in the HEC finals last weekend.Congratulations to Trinity College on winning the Giles Cup, DCU 2 on winning the Lynch Cup and to St Patricks of Drumcondra on winning the Donaghy Cup. Well done to all the players and their respective management teams on a wonderful college’s campaign and super weekend of football. Leinster Championship -Dublin Minors and U14 squads are both in Lei..

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Weekly notes 16th March

March 16, 2015
Dublin LGFA Weekly Notes:   TESCO Home Grown NFL: Dublin got back to winning ways on Sunday with an empathic 5-22 to 0-03 win over Laois in the NFL.  Dublin Captain Lyndsey Davey led the way by scoring 2-05 from play for the sky blues. Next up for Dublin is a home fixture versus Tyrone on March 29th at 2pm in Parnell Park.     Leinster Championship: Dublin U14’s notched up their second win in the Leinster championship with a 4-11 to 2-04 win over Longford in Pearse P..

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Sports Capital Programme 2015

March 12, 2015
Minister of state for sport Michael Ring has announced the opening of the 2015 round of the sports capital programme. The programme allocates Euro 40m of funding to sports infrastructure around the country and applications from clubs can be made online at www.sportscapitalprogramme.ie before 24 April.Among the facilities funded by the scheme are natural grass sports pitches; tracks and courts (including pitch drainage); floodlighting, artificial sports pitches, tracks, courts and multi-use ga..

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Adult Grading 2015

March 11, 2015
Dublin LGFA Adult Competitions 2015The team gradings for the 2015 playing season were ratified at last nights County Board meeting. This season 74 teams will compete at adult level in Dublin we welcome new teams Ballyboden St Endas C, Castleknock B, St Sylvesters B, O' Tooles B, Garristown, Man O War B and Erins Isle B. Below are the gradings as passed the first round of cup fixtures will commence on Wednesday April 1st while the opening round of the league will take place on April 8th. Full ..

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