Amazing facility at St Jude’s shows just how far ahead Dublin are

State of the art.

You can talk about funding imbalances all you want, you can give out about unfair advantages Dublin hold over other counties on a variety of levels but at the end of the day, it's not Dublin's fault or indeed their problem that they have inherited and fostered the good luck they have been presented with. Because yes, there is no doubt about it that Dublin receive more funding than other counties. There's absolutely no doubt that the sponsorship money they're being provided with is astronomical in comparison to others, but what do you want them to do, turn it down? There's also no denying that Dublin GAA itself, and clubs in the county show acquit themselves in the best, most measured manner possible to make hay when the sun shines, as they say. Pictures emerged recently of the analysis room that St Jude's GAA club in Templeogue have recently built in their club house. A state of the art facility, it's one that few county teams around the country would be able to raise the finances for. A quick look at the room shows just how hi-tech, and how far-fetched these dreams are for many country clubs all over Ireland. And then you hear that the club financed this project themselves. Then you hear that it was named after Mr Sean Breheny, a man who encouraged all of the kids in the club to play GAA. Then you realise that this club, whether you think it's over the top or not, have worked hard, have worked smartly towards this goal over a sustained period of time. Now could you imagine a facility like this being built by a GAA club in Longford? https://twitter.com/sinead_abn/status/997864488736120832