Focus on the GAA
CountryWide presenter Damien O'Reilly is taking to the road to find out more about the issues, the opportunities and the challenges facing the GAA in 2010.
Damien is visiting clubs to find out if the GAA is as vibrant as ever in communities and parishes across the country.
Are emigration and the recession hitting clubs? Is rugby and soccer a bigger attraction for young players?
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Damien O'Reilly continues his reports about the GAA with a look at Ulster and speaks to GAA Director General Páraic Duffy -
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Damien O'Reilly reports from Ballinrobe on how emigration and the economic downturn is affecting clubs around the country -
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Paul Colgan has been looking back at early trail blazers from the GAA -
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Damien O'Reilly visits Semple stadium in Thurles, the birthplace of the GAA, where he discusses the issue of discipline in the GAA with a panel of guests -
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Damien O'Reilly reports that Gaelic Games in Wexford are facing major competition from soccer and rugby -
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Damien O'Reilly reports that while Dublin may be out of the All Ireland Football Championship for another year, the game is in good health in the county
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'There are always other options and help is always there ...'
Kerry teenager Donal Walsh has died after losing his battle with cancer.
He passed away at his home in Blennerville, County Kerry, surrounded by his dad Fionnbar, his mother Elma and his sister Jemma.
Donal, aged 16, had publicly appealed to young people not to end their lives. He wrote a letter which brought him to national prominence.
He had been battling cancer since he was first diagnosed four years ago, and had raised over €50,000 for charity.
Weeks before his death, Donal recorded a video message to be circulated in schools.
Fr Francis Nolan, parish priest of St. John's in Tralee, was with Donal Walsh's family in the hours after his death
Minister of State for Mental Health Kathleen Lynch paid tribute to Donal's 'generosity of spirit'