{"id":327742,"date":"2026-03-04T03:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T03:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/327742\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T03:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T03:34:14","slug":"martin-breheny-ban-overseas-training-only-the-rich-counties-can-afford-it-making-the-gap-wider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/327742\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Breheny: Ban overseas training \u2013 only the rich counties can afford it, making the gap wider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cork footballers pose for a team photo in P\u00e1irc U\u00ed  Rinn before suffering a 20-point defeat to Meath last Sunday \u2013 they headed off to Portugal on Tuesday for warm weather training camp, something which other teams from so-called big counties will also be doing this spring.  Seb Daly\/Sportsfile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3365159.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Cork footballers pose for a team photo in P\u00e1irc U\u00ed  Rinn before suffering a 20-point defeat to Meath last Sunday \u2013 they headed off to Portugal on Tuesday for warm weather training camp, something which other teams from so-called big counties will also be doing this spring.  Seb Daly\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Cork footballers had plenty to reflect on as they travelled to Portugal today to set up a training camp for the week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Having been hit for 1-31 by Derry on Sunday \u2013 the highest giveaway of any team in the 80 games played across all four divisions so far \u2013 one suspects that defence will be an early priority in the plush surrounds of the Quinta do Lago resort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cork footballers pose for a team photo in P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Rinn before suffering a 20-point defeat to Meath&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[6937,1964,2179,61,60,22188,112],"class_list":["post-327742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-kerry-gaa","tag-cork-gaa","tag-dublin-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-martin-breheny","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}