Well, I heard from a little birdy that the European county has voted overwhelmingly in favour of changing Rule 42. The matter will be decided tonight so fingers crossed, it’s a very important decision for the GAA, tomorrow they’ll either be bigots or heroes. Hopefully the latter. Here’s a full breakdown of the votes so [...]

A man in Kilkenny paid €700 in cash for a new laptop [registration cheat] to a guy who approached him on the street. When he opened the box, after the vendor had scarpered of course, all he found in the box were 4 litres of milk. My first thoughts on reading this was “you absolute [...]

I’ve been playing around with Google maps, what a bloody great application, fantastic altogether (cept that it’s just for the US, although you can get some satellite pics of the rest of the world). I’ll post some pics below (a little later, no FTP access here) to show what it can do. Searching city routes [...]

Irelands Michael McMichael had to settle for runner-up position in his title bout with Canadian Scott Yanchuck at The Circle last night. It started bright for McMichael who was 2-11 to 3-67 up after only the second frame, but Yanchuck came back strong winning the second and third by 14 runs to leave him leader [...]

Over to NI politics for a tick, Peter Robinson of the DUP said his party will never share power ‘under any system that automatically entitles republicans to ministerial positions’. Quelle surprise! He also said the DUP had ‘set a new standard for power-sharing, including complete decommissioning with witnesses and photographs and a testing period to [...]

Slackjaw of Slugger fame has just started a new blog Most Sincerely Folks, a quick read this morning was enough to warrant a click on “cruthaigh leabharmharc don leathanach seo…”. While on the subject of Irish blogs i’ve really been enjoying my visits to Gerry O’Sullivans blog, the aptly named “Gerry O’Sullivan’s Blog” , it’s [...]

“Unprecedented” they are calling Adams’ speech yesterday, where he called on the IRA to end it’s armed struggle [registration cheat] and continue their struggle by “purely political and democratic activity”. No doubt other Northern parties as well as the British & Irish governments are a bit sceptical over this, still Adams has stuck his neck [...]

Absolutly wonderful comic piece here by Spudnik about Irelands first contact with aliens. “Imagine this. It’s 4,000BC and it’s the middle of Leitrim in the grips of a fiercely cold winter …”

Yep, April 16th is approaching, the date when GAA’s central council will decide whether or not Irish soccer & rugger will have a temporary home in Croker, one of the finest stadia in Europe. As reported today both Kildare and Offaly are backing the motion to change rule 42. And yesterday Donegal and Meath voiced [...]

Daniel Craig (who?) has been chosen to be the new James Bond. Craig has also starred in Layer Cake, Enduring Love and the small screen adaptation of Robert Harris’s Archangel. Can’t say I ever heard of those to be honest. He doesn’t have the “look” of Bond, in my opinion, but let’s see how he [...]