📚 Classrooms are switching on and kids are switching up. Shane Keegan and Dean Malone dive into two new primary school pilots making coaching simpler, faster, better.
🖥️ Gaelic Time arrives on interactive whiteboards – ready-to-teach sessions that cut prep for teachers and lift participation. St Abban’s Killeen leads the way with GPO Jason Woods, weekly skill plans, and clear delivery.
🏑 Come On wristy hurls land in Castletown NS – 50 mini hurls, smiley-face cues, a “power button” grip – clever, fun, and building habits early. GPO Sean Murphy gets 5th/6th classes to paint the hurls before passing them to juniors and infants.
🏳️ Heritage Flag sees 13 schools signed up across hurling and football, year-long support and flag day celebrations.
🏐 Post-primary football blitz lights up the Centre of Excellence: six schools, ten teams, Portlaoise CBS v Knockbeg rivalry renewed. Knockbeg’s long-lunch model packs 150 players into training twice a week.
🪓 Clubs get a lift with Hurling Nua gear packs for Mountmellick & Clonad.
👦 O'Moore Óg thriving: 120+ at U10, 70+ at U11, U12s wrap up with a Faithful Fields trip to Offaly.
📊 Academy reviews with Chris Conway & Trevor Kelly focus on what worked, what needs fixing.
🏆 County final picture sharpens – Portarlington v Courtwood confirmed – and U9 halftime games return, two mini pitches, huge crowds, big memories.