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Wed 09 Sep 2007Congress has two hot potatoes to handleOn Gaelic Games:The national GAA scene is at present a bit like a fish out of water. The big events have drained away with all the big intercounty All-Irelands now concluded, writes Seán Moran.For the first time since National League matches disappeared from the autumn schedules with the introduction of the calendar year in football at the start of the decade there is no International Rules series to create a bit of diversion. It promises to be a long few weeks until the provincial club championships kick into serious action.