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The 51st state is electing a new government today

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/livestory/canada-election-voters-across-the-country-casting-ballots-to-elect-45th-parliament-9.6738893

The current government, the Liberals, were getting hammered, until Trump decided to stick his oar in, now it looks like they will end up as the biggest party.

Still haven't managed to beat anyone above us in the league yet

Why are tyrone allowing armagh to shoot at will. Zero pressure outside the arch

Because they realize that armagh keep missing

Anyone paying from outside the UK get confirmation of whether they can pay Cat 2 or Cat 3 contributions?

I am based in the US. I was able to pay class 2 for any weeks when I worked and was paying US social security taxes. For weeks where I was between jobs I had to pay class 3

I managed to get my payments in before the deadline to get credits going back to 2006. When I checked online the records did not show me with the credits. I called, they had received the money, but because of the flood of payments the estimate is currently 60 (sixty) weeks before the money will be assigned to the correct years.

A recent episode of Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time (which can make almost any subject at least a little bit interesting)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0029qh3

The Battle of Clontarf

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the best known events and figures in Irish history. In 1014 Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, defeated the Hiberno-Norse forces of Sigtrygg Silkbeard and allies near their Dublin stronghold, with Brian losing his life on the day of battle. Soon chroniclers in Ireland and abroad were recording and retelling the events, raising the status of Brian Boru as one who sacrificed himself for Ireland, Christ-like, a connection reinforced by the battle taking place on Good Friday. While some of the facts are contested, the Battle of Clontarf became a powerful symbol of what a united Ireland could achieve by force against invaders.
With
Seán Duffy
Professor of Medieval Irish and Insular History at Trinity College Dublin
Máire Ní Mhaonaigh
Professor of Celtic and Medieval Studies at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge
And
Alex Woolf
Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of St Andrews

Was gawa not just being sarcastic?

Anyway. Long way to go yet.

Yeah may even have to wait until next week....

I hope that arsenal win or draw during the week, so that they can clinch at anfield.

Will the Armagh Tyrone game be televised? It is not currently being listed in the GAA+ overseas  list of games https://www.gaaplus.ie/matches/live

Tayto cheese and onion for the champions dinner next year

2 goals for big Virg

He is just trying to get our hopes up

Lads are there any series you'd consider marquee that I could have missed. I'm thinking top end stuff like The Killing(Forbrydelsen), Breaking Bad, Sopranos etc.

I thought The Last of us was good, season 2 coming out soon.

[The deadline to pay April 2006 to April 2018 National Insurance gaps is 5 April 2025.]

Another item I found on the gov.uk site

https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/check-your-state-pension/modelling/contact-future-pension-centre

How to contact the Future Pension Centre
Request a call back
You can pay National Insurance gaps from April 2006 to April 2018 when you request a call back, even if we call after the deadline.
The deadline to pay April 2006 to April 2018 National Insurance gaps is 5 April 2025.
Request a call back by 5 April 2025, and you'll be able to pay for gaps, even if we call you back after the deadline.

I applied in late January and received a letter in mid March (and it is just a physical letter, nothing available online)

It lays out how much you need to pay for each tax year back as far as 2006 to 2007

eg

Tax year  2006 to 2007 
Number of weeks  52 
Weekly rate of contribution  £3.15 
Amount  £ 163.80
Payment date without penalty  5-April-2025
Final time limit  5-April-2025

For any year where I was not working every week (eg between jobs) the amount was $15.85 per week. If I was working (in my case in the US) I only had to pay £3.15  per week

If any of you get to speak to someone you should confirm if the payment must be received by 5th April of this year or is it just getting the application in

In the letter I got the Final time limit column says 5 April 2025 for the 2018 to 2019 tax year and before

For the most recent years Payment date without penalty is this year but the final time limit goes out 6 years after the end of the tax year

Was hoping to watch this, but it looks like GAA Go are f**king around with the overseas app and making you pay again on GAAgo.ie.

They can keep it.

Working OK for me.

Though why they'd pick the day of the final to update the app...?

I had to log in again on the app but I am able to watch the game. I did see a message saying there would be a problem if you signed since Thursday