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Anyone see Tyrone McKenna's fight last night? An absolute robbery of a decision for the French fella he was fighting. I was glancing at in play betting throughout and at the end the Frenchman was 1/200 to win then they suspended it completely they assumed it was that much of a given.

Though I suppose it's easier to market McKenna v O'Hara Davies in the final than some French fella who can't speak English.

Have three kids
7, 5 and 2.

Looking to go to a Euro Camp this summer, has anyone done these before? Will be first time taking the kids abroad, sort of want a one stop shop where everything on location.

Done a couple in France (La Baume, La Croix du Vieux Pont) which were both very good in their own ways but last year done Bella Italia at Lake Garda and it was the best of the lot. Loads to do on site, loads of reasonable restaurants, you are right at the lake too where you can swim, hire a boat, pedalo etc. The town itself Peschiera is only a short walk by the lake. Gardaland theme park is only about 10-15 mins drive away too it is class, your ones would love it. We got the annual passes so we could come and go to it all week, wasn't that much more dearer than paying to all go for one full day.

https://mtkglobal.com/new-signing/mtk-global-signs-amateur-star-quinn/

Congrats to Fearghus Quinn from Belleeks Co Armagh. I know his sister very well, certainly has dedicated every part of his life to boxing and now has the fantastic opportunity of fighting under MTK along side the fury, Frampton, conlons of the boxing world

Is that the lad that fought Donnelly in the Irish finals a year or two ago and was robbed?

The very one.

As others have said cheap flights with Ryanair to Bergamo then hire a car and it's an hour drive mostly motorway.

We stayed in Peschiera (Bella Italia campsite was great) and it was a good base for exploring. Will definitely be back.

Anyone recommend any family friendly resorts after flying in to Alicante.

Dont want to go near Benidorm but struggling to find elsewhere that has places to keep kids amused

Magic Natura. Fly into Alicante and its about 40 min transfer. Its so good for families, its all separate bedroom lodges. The pools at the site are class but you also get unlimited access to their onside waterpark Aqua Natura and they have their own zoo Terra Natura.

We have been twice, our wee one loves it. They do a daily bus to Benidorm both visits we did one morning at the beach and then went back to the site we had enough Rangers tattoos. You could easy spend the whole week on site without going into Beni.

One of the infinity pools on site looks over the elephant enclosure in their zoo, my daughter loved that. The food was standard all inclusive but it changed daily and they were generous with the drinks.

I Hear there is men in building sites doing coke on weekdays up and down the country.

The absolute state of this. Away and have a word with yourself.

I genuinely don't understand this.  Are you saying it isn't true?  Or that it shouldn't be said? Or what?  Plenty of people in construction, as in many walks of life, use coke.

He saying that the building trade up and down the country is basically coked up, everyday, on site. It is, of course, complete lies.

I know a few ones that take coke on sites. A minority though there is some. He didn't say the whole building trade was coked up did he?

Hope it wasn't pay to view.

Of course it was.

Child is off for a week end of May so I priced up the Mon-Fri for 2A2C (one baby so wouldn't be charged and one four year old) and it was coming up 800E just for the accommodation. By the time you add what you would spend on getting there, food, drink, activities you would be safer going abroad for a week all inclusive. And that was only for four nights, not the week.

Anyone hear any news about Mooney?

[North Belfast]

Latest odds by constituency from Paddy Power, updated from 5th November, correct at time of this post.

* Latest odds are the rightmost published next to party & candidate
* Favourite has their odds listed in bold
* Any previous odds for a party & candidate are in light grey
* Odds for a party & candidate not yet published by PP are simply blanked ( --- ) for now
* Odds given by PP for a party in a constituency where they are not standing a candidate has been scrubbed from this list

North Belfast



   

Alliance - Nuala McAllister DUP - Nigel Dodds Sinn Fein - John Finucane

66/1 4/6 4/5 Eve 5/6

East Belfast



   

Alliance - Naomi Long DUP - Gavin Robinson UUP - Carl McClean

5/4 8/13 4/9 50/1

South Belfast



   

Alliance - Paula Bradshaw Aontú - Chris McHugh DUP - Emma Little-Pengelly SDLP - Claire Hanna UUP - Michael Henderson

7/2 --- 6/1 5/1 2/9 125/1

West Belfast



   

Alliance - Donnamarie Higgins Aontú - Monica Digney DUP - Frank McCoubrey PBP - Gerry Carroll SDLP - Paul Doherty Sinn Fein - Paul Maskey

100/1 --- 100/1 --- 100/1 1/200

East Antrim



   

Alliance - Danny Donnelly Conservatives (NI) - Aaron Rankin DUP - Sammy Wilson Greens (NI) - Philip Randle SDLP - Angela Mulhollan Sinn Fein - Oliver McMullan UUP - Steve Aiken

33/1 100/1 1/200 100/1 66/1 66/1 66/1

East Derry (aka East Londonderry)



   

Alliance - Chris McCaw Aontú - Sean McNicholl DUP - Gregory Campbell SDLP - Cara Hunter Sinn Fein - Dermot Nicholl UUP - Richard Holmes

100/1 --- 1/100 66/1 66/1 100/1

Fermanagh & South Tyrone



   

Alliance - Matthew Beaumont SDLP - Adam Gannon Sinn Fein - Michelle Gildernew UUP - Tom Elliott Independent - Caroline Wheeler

100/1 100/1 8/15 1/4 11/8 5/2 ---

Foyle



   

Alliance - Rachael Ferguson Aontú - Anne McCloskey DUP - Gary Middleton PBP - Shaun Harkin SDLP - Colum Eastwood Sinn Fein - Elisha McCallion UUP - Darren Guy

100/1 --- 100/1 --- 4/6 1/4 11/10 5/2 ---

Lagan Valley



   

Alliance - Sorcha Eastwood Conservatives (NI) - Gary Hynds DUP - Jeffrey Donaldson SDLP - Ally Haydock Sinn Fein - Gary McCleave UKIP - Alan Love UUP - Robbie Butler

20/1 100/1 1/200 100/1 100/1 --- 100/1 50/1

Mid Ulster



   

Alliance - Mel Boyle DUP - Keith Buchanan SDLP - Denise Johnson Sinn Fein - Francie Molloy UUP - Neil Richardson Independent - Conor Rafferty

100/1 33/1 100/1 1/100 100/1 ---

Newry & Armagh



   

Alliance - Jackie Coade Aontú - Martin Kelly DUP - William Irwin SDLP - Peter Byrne Sinn Fein - Mickey Brady UUP - Sam Nicholson

100/1 --- 33/1 66/1 1/100 100/1

North Antrim



   

Alliance - Patricia O'Lynn DUP - Ian Paisley SDLP - Margaret Anne McKillop Sinn Fein - Cara McShane UUP - Robin Swann Independent - Stephen Palmer

66/1 1/200 100/1 50/1 50/1 33/1 ---

North Down



   

Alliance - Stephen Farry Conservatives (NI) - Matthew Robinson DUP - Alex Easton UUP - Alan Chambers

9/4 100/1 4/9 7/1

South Antrim



   

Alliance - John Blair DUP - Paul Girvan SDLP - Roisin Lynch Sinn Fein - Declan Kearney UUP - Danny Kinahan

3/1 4/1 4/7 4/6 100/1 100/1 13/5 7/4

South Down



   

Alliance - Patrick Brown Aontú - Paul Brady DUP - Glyn Hanna SDLP - Michael Savage Sinn Fein - Chris Hazzard UUP - Jill Macauley

100/1 60/1 --- 66/1 23/10 3/1 1/4 1/5 100/1

Strangford



   

Alliance - Kellie Armstrong Conservatives (NI) - Grant Abraham DUP - Jim Shannon Greens (NI) - Martin Macartney SDLP - Joe Boyle Sinn Fein - Ryan Carlin UKIP - Robert Stephenson UUP - Philip Smith

20/1 --- 1/200 1/50 --- 100/1 20/1 100/1 --- 100/1

Upper Bann



   

Alliance - Eóin Tennyson DUP - Carla Lockhart SDLP - Dolores Kelly Sinn Fein - John O'Dowd UUP - Doug Beattie

100/1 1/100 1/7 100/1 33/1 15/2 50/1 11/2

West Tyrone



   

Alliance - Stephen Donnelly Aontú - James Hope DUP - Thomas Buchanan Greens (NI) - Susan Glass SDLP - Daniel McCrossan Sinn Fein - Órfhlaith Begley UUP - Andy McKane

100/1 --- 50/1 --- 66/1 1/200 66/1

Finucane was actually 7/5 on Paddy Power when they first opened their markets.

SDLP were 4/7 at the start for South Belfast as well, though that was before SF agreed to withdraw.

Naomi Long was 6/4 at the start for East Belfast too, in slightly.

Thread hijack...

Anyone that's been to Poznan recommend any bars for a stag group? Any early bars in the city, they all seem to open late enough. We land at 9am on Friday so have to kill a few hours before we can check into the hotel.

Don't feed the troll...

What about him fighting Keeler in Dublin on the 14th?

What do you do with Halloumi?

Whack it in a burger, lovely with some chilli jam.

Glad to hear it's only Loyalists who deal in drugs.

The Legahory hoods have always been supplied by loyalists (mainly LVF from the Parkmore estate) over the past 25 years from 'Bonanze' when he was there, to the Marno brothers, Billy Wirght, the McNally brothers, the McKeowns  and latter day Jim Carlises (father and son). They are all the lowest form of life you could ever find and each an every one of them up to their armpits in various loyalist groupings - if you don't believe my try Googling any one of them. The McKeown brothers are a particularly hateful bunch of c***ts - one convicted of murdering Catholic teenager Bernadette Martin by shooting her in the head as she slept and another convicted of murdering Catholic taxi driver Michael McGoldrick. Hugh McGeough was every bit as bad. The link below draws attention to an attempt on his life by one of his former mates. The dispute in the article was nothing to do with with McGeough murdering the teenager but a mere fallout over the division of drugs, money and guns between themselves.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/thug-boss-13905828.html

For years the RUC let these c***ts run around murdering any Fenian they could lay their hands on, all the while turning a blind eye to their drug dealing. You'll not find many round Lurgan or Craigavon who would shed tears over any of them.

Mal McKeown gone then.