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#42
GAA Discussion / watching gaa in cairo
July 19, 2008, 05:15:19 PM
Ive just got an SOS from one of my mates who is in cairo wondering if there are any establishments showing GAA, anyone know?
#43
General discussion / Sportmanship
July 02, 2008, 02:00:55 PM
Great article in the Irish Times today about 2 italian cyclists rivialry in the 40's and 50's. You wouldnt see such sportmansship much these days. Anyone got some good recent examples?
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2008/0702/1214935463150.html
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2008/0702/1214935463150.html
#44
General discussion / So this is where Irish Rail are going wrong
May 13, 2008, 10:56:11 AM #45
General discussion / Exchange Rates
May 08, 2008, 05:54:02 PM
Where is the best place to see exchange rate comparsions? I am going to the states later on in the year and i was going to change euros into dollars now before the dollar strenghtens in value. Who usually gives the best deals?
#46
General discussion / Old Junk
April 25, 2008, 04:49:53 PM
Im having a bit of a spring clean and im going to get rid of loads of old magazines ( music mainly) , what is the best thing to do? Is there places to drop them off that would need them or do i just dump them?
#47
General discussion / The monk
March 13, 2008, 09:57:31 PM
Anyone watching this, i think he is lovely and cuddly!
#48
General discussion / Fairytale ot Kathmandu
March 12, 2008, 03:17:59 PM
Anyone see this last night? Am i the only one in thinking this has been blown out of proportion? I was expecting to see him or see proof of him shaggin young lads. If he was shaggin young women would there be the same uproar?
He came came accross as a right sleazy bastard but is that enough reason for him to be vilified in the press?
He came came accross as a right sleazy bastard but is that enough reason for him to be vilified in the press?
#49
General discussion / Bangkok
December 12, 2007, 12:39:30 PM
I am landing in Bangkok at 6.30 saturday morning and leaving 18 19.50 that night. Does anyone know a decent place to pass the few hours in between?
#50
General discussion / wine
November 22, 2007, 10:18:25 PM
Anyone know anything about wine, deliveries from overseas etc. I was in South Africa last year and done a few wine tours and we were pushed big time into buying from the wineries when we were there. At the time didn't drink much but that has changed in the last year. So heading to New Zealand in a few weeks and was wondering is it worth buying direct over there or buy on line somewhere. Hopefully someone has some info!
#51
General discussion / Chris Langham
November 20, 2007, 11:01:48 AM
Chris Langham tells of "horrific" time
LONDON (Reuters) - Actor Chris Langham, jailed earlier this year for downloading child pornography, spoke of the "horrific" consequences of his actions on Tuesday.
(Advertisement)
Less than a week after he was released from jail after winning an appeal against the length of his sentence, Langham said he and his family had "paid a price".
The 58-year-old star of BBC's "The Thick of It" said he was penniless after spending tens of thousands of pounds on legal fees.
But he said he had been gratified by offers of work since his release and that his trial had been the "most therapeutic thing I've ever done", as it made him address the abuse he says he suffered as a child.
"I've had this little eight-year-old boy, which I've locked away inside me in a room with no doors and windows," he told Sky News. "And I've always told him to shut up, because he embarrasses me, and during the trial, for the first time, I had to get him out.
"I stood there in the dock and I held his hand and I said: 'I'm proud of you.' I'm never going to lock him up in that room again."
The appeal court ruled that the 10-month sentence imposed on the Bafta-award winning actor was too long, and reduced it to six months.
The father-of-five denies that he is a paedophile, and says he downloaded the images as part of research for a script he was writing at the time.
Langham said he had watched the first few seconds of just four of 15 video clips he downloaded, which included images of child torture.
"I only ever saw the first few seconds of them because I couldn't bear it. I found it too upsetting and distasteful and disturbing," he said.
He said he felt suicidal while standing trial.
"The day that I actually started walking around with a hosepipe to attach to the car exhaust I had a phone call from a guy in AA who I'd help get to his first couple of meetings, and I hadn't heard from him in about six months," he said.
"And he said: 'Listen, I'm really sorry to ring you. I know you haven't heard from me for a while, but I'm thinking of killing myself. Can you give me any reason why I shouldn't?'
"And I started telling him why I thought it would be a bad idea and I heard myself talk myself out of it."
Of his subsequent jail sentence at Elmley prison in Kent, Langham said it had been "vile" and spoke of the taunts he had suffered from fellow prisoners.
"The people in the cells (on) either side of me knew who I was, what I was in for, so there was a lot of banging on the walls and shouting abuse and threats and things."
Zoe Hilton, policy advisor of children's charity the NSPCC, said there was "never, ever a legitimate reason" to download indecent images of children.
"When you download images, you are contributing to a trade: real children are being used to produce images and we know, at the moment, there's a worrying increase in the number of images available, and that they are increasingly of younger and younger children and they're increasingly severe and nasty."
Not sure if this is the right analogy for him to use ''"I've had this little eight-year-old boy, which I've locked away inside me in a room with no doors and windows," he told Sky News. thats the kind of shit that got him in trouble in the first place
LONDON (Reuters) - Actor Chris Langham, jailed earlier this year for downloading child pornography, spoke of the "horrific" consequences of his actions on Tuesday.
(Advertisement)
Less than a week after he was released from jail after winning an appeal against the length of his sentence, Langham said he and his family had "paid a price".
The 58-year-old star of BBC's "The Thick of It" said he was penniless after spending tens of thousands of pounds on legal fees.
But he said he had been gratified by offers of work since his release and that his trial had been the "most therapeutic thing I've ever done", as it made him address the abuse he says he suffered as a child.
"I've had this little eight-year-old boy, which I've locked away inside me in a room with no doors and windows," he told Sky News. "And I've always told him to shut up, because he embarrasses me, and during the trial, for the first time, I had to get him out.
"I stood there in the dock and I held his hand and I said: 'I'm proud of you.' I'm never going to lock him up in that room again."
The appeal court ruled that the 10-month sentence imposed on the Bafta-award winning actor was too long, and reduced it to six months.
The father-of-five denies that he is a paedophile, and says he downloaded the images as part of research for a script he was writing at the time.
Langham said he had watched the first few seconds of just four of 15 video clips he downloaded, which included images of child torture.
"I only ever saw the first few seconds of them because I couldn't bear it. I found it too upsetting and distasteful and disturbing," he said.
He said he felt suicidal while standing trial.
"The day that I actually started walking around with a hosepipe to attach to the car exhaust I had a phone call from a guy in AA who I'd help get to his first couple of meetings, and I hadn't heard from him in about six months," he said.
"And he said: 'Listen, I'm really sorry to ring you. I know you haven't heard from me for a while, but I'm thinking of killing myself. Can you give me any reason why I shouldn't?'
"And I started telling him why I thought it would be a bad idea and I heard myself talk myself out of it."
Of his subsequent jail sentence at Elmley prison in Kent, Langham said it had been "vile" and spoke of the taunts he had suffered from fellow prisoners.
"The people in the cells (on) either side of me knew who I was, what I was in for, so there was a lot of banging on the walls and shouting abuse and threats and things."
Zoe Hilton, policy advisor of children's charity the NSPCC, said there was "never, ever a legitimate reason" to download indecent images of children.
"When you download images, you are contributing to a trade: real children are being used to produce images and we know, at the moment, there's a worrying increase in the number of images available, and that they are increasingly of younger and younger children and they're increasingly severe and nasty."
Not sure if this is the right analogy for him to use ''"I've had this little eight-year-old boy, which I've locked away inside me in a room with no doors and windows," he told Sky News. thats the kind of shit that got him in trouble in the first place
#52
General discussion / Countdown clock
November 15, 2007, 03:28:32 PM
Im looking to download a countdown clock ( or whatever you call it) that i can attach to an email. Anyone help?
#53
General discussion / The end of christmas
November 01, 2007, 12:36:19 PM
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20071101/tuk-think-tank-says-downgrade-christmas-dba1618_1.html
Is this coming our way as well?
Is this coming our way as well?
#54
General discussion / Cheeky charlie dub
October 31, 2007, 08:51:39 PM
Apologies if this has been covered earlier, i don't know how to access the herald online (does it exist?)
I see a Dublin footballer was caught with some 'stimulants' the other night after the dubin county final . This managed to make the front page of the herald, seems a bit harsh for what is reported to be a small quantity. Whats the general view?
I see a Dublin footballer was caught with some 'stimulants' the other night after the dubin county final . This managed to make the front page of the herald, seems a bit harsh for what is reported to be a small quantity. Whats the general view?
#55
General discussion / flights to blackpool (knock or galway)
October 16, 2007, 02:18:49 PM
does anyone know if their are direct flights from either knock or galway to blackpool?
#56
General discussion / drink driving on the islands
October 11, 2007, 03:50:16 PM
Did anyone else hear of the case in the courts in donegal recently of the 2 lads caught drink driving on aranmore island in donegal. The judge was more or less told that there was no point charging them with drink driving as they had nowhere to hold them/test them and come on is an island after all. One of the defendant has no tax , insurance or licence and this is the norm.
Great craic on them islands!
Great craic on them islands!
#57
General discussion / Who would have believed it. a dishonest politician
October 11, 2007, 12:56:27 PM
http://www.miamiherald.com/915/story/265328.html
What a f**king chancer!
Do ya reckon Enda Kenny cheats on his mountain bike?
What a f**king chancer!
Do ya reckon Enda Kenny cheats on his mountain bike?
#58
General discussion / New Phone???
October 02, 2007, 11:13:06 AM
My boss has been promished a new work phone to replace his wee nokia which will be going to the phone museum. He will be taking the bus to work so he will have time to shift through emails etc on the way.I havent a clue about hese fecking things so im no help. So this is the list that work have offered him
Nokia E50
Nokia E61
Blackberry 8100
Blackberry 8300
Blackberry 8800
XDA Exec
XDA Orbit
IPAQ 6915
De boss is a bit of a learner so he wont be able to make full advantage of all the features so it will be a learning curve. I suppose it will have to be easy to learn. A bit of music and camera would be a bonus ( do all new phones comes with these features these days?)
I would really appreciate if someone could advise
Another phone question, i got a nokia N95 but a lot of the feature dont work (internet access etc) i have a work sim that im using so im presuming that his is blocked, is there any way to ge this unlocked or do i have to do it through work?
Nokia E50
Nokia E61
Blackberry 8100
Blackberry 8300
Blackberry 8800
XDA Exec
XDA Orbit
IPAQ 6915
De boss is a bit of a learner so he wont be able to make full advantage of all the features so it will be a learning curve. I suppose it will have to be easy to learn. A bit of music and camera would be a bonus ( do all new phones comes with these features these days?)
I would really appreciate if someone could advise
Another phone question, i got a nokia N95 but a lot of the feature dont work (internet access etc) i have a work sim that im using so im presuming that his is blocked, is there any way to ge this unlocked or do i have to do it through work?
#59
General discussion / Beerfest
October 01, 2007, 10:38:30 AM
Heading over to Munich on friday, has anyone any tips etc. We have booking for some tent for the saturday afternoon and sunday afternoon but we will be left to our own devices for friday and saturday night
#60
General discussion / Burma
September 27, 2007, 09:14:22 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7016608.stm
Where is George W now?
Scary to see the start of the country for the past few years when you read about its past history
Where is George W now?
Scary to see the start of the country for the past few years when you read about its past history