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#21
General discussion / Ziggy's ALL-NEW Children In Need Special Caption Competition.
November 15, 2013, 03:07:06 PM
#22
General discussion / Where's good to go in Dungannon?
October 28, 2013, 12:26:26 PM
Where's good to go in Dungannon to eating and enjoyable night? Something nice and impressive, but wouldn't kill bank account.
#23
General discussion / Ziggy's End of September Caption Competition
September 30, 2013, 03:45:43 PM
#24
GAA Discussion / GAA Clubs on Twitter
August 01, 2013, 03:11:35 PM
I've been asked to compile a list of all the GAA Clubs in Ulster that use Twitter. Any idea where I could go and look for such a list?
#25
GAA Discussion / ‘The Hunt for One Hundred’ Becomes ‘The Hunt for 125’!
June 22, 2013, 11:41:01 AM
Club Tyrone's slightly audacious plan to recruit 100 new Members for Club Tyrone between the County's defeat by Donegal and their appearance in Round 1 of the 2013 Qualifiers has exceeded all expectations.
With over a week still to go, the total of new Members has risen to 103 and a new target of 125 has now been set.
"We treat this like a game of football" explained Patsy Forbes, Club Tyrone's 'Membership Hunter Supreme'. "In football the key thing was always to get possession. But then you had to turn that possession into a score. In this campaign we've taken the same approach – first make your contact with a good Tyrone Gael and then turn the contact into a 'score'. All I can say is that within Tyrone there's never any 'blanket defence' put in front of Club Tyrone!"
"Tyrone's Gaels have delivered again" County Chairman Ciaran McLaughlin continued. "Some people thought there was a bit of despondency about after the defeat to Donegal. But that certainly wasn't the case in Tyrone GAA. Tyrone Gaels are here for the long haul and will, as they have always done, take the rough with the smooth. They simply believe in Tyrone GAA."
Club Tyrone Members gift £500 a year to Tyrone GAA. There are now over 450 on board. In addition the County's 290-odd Garvaghey Patrons have gifted nearly £1.50m to the County's Garvaghey Centre.
With over a week still to go, the total of new Members has risen to 103 and a new target of 125 has now been set.
"We treat this like a game of football" explained Patsy Forbes, Club Tyrone's 'Membership Hunter Supreme'. "In football the key thing was always to get possession. But then you had to turn that possession into a score. In this campaign we've taken the same approach – first make your contact with a good Tyrone Gael and then turn the contact into a 'score'. All I can say is that within Tyrone there's never any 'blanket defence' put in front of Club Tyrone!"
"Tyrone's Gaels have delivered again" County Chairman Ciaran McLaughlin continued. "Some people thought there was a bit of despondency about after the defeat to Donegal. But that certainly wasn't the case in Tyrone GAA. Tyrone Gaels are here for the long haul and will, as they have always done, take the rough with the smooth. They simply believe in Tyrone GAA."
Club Tyrone Members gift £500 a year to Tyrone GAA. There are now over 450 on board. In addition the County's 290-odd Garvaghey Patrons have gifted nearly £1.50m to the County's Garvaghey Centre.
#28
GAA Discussion / Tir Eoghain v Áth Cliath - NFL Final - Sunday 28th April - Páirc an Chrócaigh
April 14, 2013, 06:26:47 PM
Tyrone and Dublin meet again in Croke Park.
#30
General discussion / Disabled children should be 'put down'.
February 27, 2013, 05:04:55 PM
I was reading about an independent counsellor from Cornwall Council, who said disabled children should be put down, as they cost too much.
I wrote a blog here: mywayaccess.com
I wrote a blog here: mywayaccess.com
#31
General discussion / John McCallister quits the UUP
February 14, 2013, 10:50:03 PM
John McCallister has just announced on the BBC's The View that he has quit the UUP, with immediate effect, over the decision of a choice unionist candidate in Mid-Ulster. Looks like Basic McCrea could be going soon too.
Mike Nesbitt has finally driven the final nail in the UUP coffin.
Mike Nesbitt has finally driven the final nail in the UUP coffin.
#32
GAA Discussion / Tir Eoghain v Dún na nGall - NFL Roinn 1 Babhta 3 - Dé Domhnaigh 3rd Márta 2pm
February 13, 2013, 05:21:22 PM
Lets get this started.
#34
General discussion / Nordie Shore
January 27, 2013, 10:52:43 PM
#37
General discussion / Move over JR Ewing....
October 10, 2012, 01:51:51 PM
Ireland is on the verge of securing revenue from oil that could run into billions of pounds.
Providence Resources Plc, an Irish and UK company, has confirmed its Barryroe site, 30 miles off the Cork coast, should yield 280m barrels of oil.
The money generated will depend on the market value at the time of extraction and on licensing arrangements.
Providence chief executive Tony O'Reilly Jr said this was the beginning of an Irish oil industry.
He described it as a huge success story, following decades of exploration around the Irish coast.
"The great news today is that Barryroe is on a path towards development," he told BBC Northern Ireland's Good Morning Ulster.
Mr O'Reilly said more work needed to be done and issues such as taxation revenue, security of supply and jobs needed to be addressed.
But he said: "What we are announcing is the beginning of that (oil) industry.
"We hope there is a renaissance of interest by international companies who need to come to Ireland and help us to exploit our natural resources. We cannot do it alone."
Mr O'Reilly said the oil recovery rate at Barryroe had exceeded expectations and, with oil at about $100 per barrel (77 euros; £62.5) it offered "a lot of value".
He was also swift to reject critics' suggestions that Ireland would have little role in the industry and oil would not be landed there.
"We intend to utilise the structure of Ireland. We have been very clear in that regard. It makes good business sense for us. It is mad that we would take it elsewhere," he said.
Exxon Mobil
Providence intends to attract multi-national energy giants to "farm in" to its licence, which it bought from the Irish government for a nominal fee.
The company has already secured the expertise of the world's leading oil multi-national, Exxon Mobil, to explore its site at Drumquin.
However, campaigners have said that Ireland's relaxed laws with regard to its natural resources ought to be overhauled.
Ireland takes 25% of all profits, rising to 40% depending on the volume extracted.
Ireland's Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte concedes that the take is much lower than in the UK, or Norway, both of which have much greater resources of oil and gas.
But he says that the rate must remain attractive to foreign companies as Ireland does not have the expertise or revenue to exploit the reserves itself.
Others point out that all exploration costs can be off-set against any tax liable ones, and that a claim can go back as far as 25 years.
Providence is believed to have spent £0.5bn exploring Irish waters.
Campaigners like William Hederman, of Irishoilandgas.com, have warned that the oil from Barryroe may never be landed in Ireland, but instead taken for refinement to Europe or beyond, meaning fewer jobs on Irish soil.
And the Irish Green Party has also expressed reservations.
Environmental concerns
In July, its leader Eamon Ryan said he was wary of quoted figures over oil resources which had not yet been tested.
"Oil may be there but there is a limit on how much you can get out, and this is still only a tiny fraction of what would be used," he said.
"Like any drilling at sea, there are risks to it - the highest standards need to be applied."
The RSPB has also voiced concerns about any oil extraction around Rathlin Island, a Special Area of Conservation and a Special Protection Area (SPA), which it argues are too important for wildlife to allow oil and gas exploration in the area.
It says the potential impact of oil drilling on Rathlin Island has not been fully explored.
Meanwhile, Providence says its intention is to take the oil to Cork, but that it is a decision that will be made on a commercial basis closer to the time of extraction.
Some 25% in revenue of what is potentially billions of pounds worth of oil will, however, be a huge boost to a country which has never successfully extracted a drop of oil in the past.
BBC
Providence Resources Plc, an Irish and UK company, has confirmed its Barryroe site, 30 miles off the Cork coast, should yield 280m barrels of oil.
The money generated will depend on the market value at the time of extraction and on licensing arrangements.
Providence chief executive Tony O'Reilly Jr said this was the beginning of an Irish oil industry.
He described it as a huge success story, following decades of exploration around the Irish coast.
"The great news today is that Barryroe is on a path towards development," he told BBC Northern Ireland's Good Morning Ulster.
Mr O'Reilly said more work needed to be done and issues such as taxation revenue, security of supply and jobs needed to be addressed.
But he said: "What we are announcing is the beginning of that (oil) industry.
"We hope there is a renaissance of interest by international companies who need to come to Ireland and help us to exploit our natural resources. We cannot do it alone."
Mr O'Reilly said the oil recovery rate at Barryroe had exceeded expectations and, with oil at about $100 per barrel (77 euros; £62.5) it offered "a lot of value".
He was also swift to reject critics' suggestions that Ireland would have little role in the industry and oil would not be landed there.
"We intend to utilise the structure of Ireland. We have been very clear in that regard. It makes good business sense for us. It is mad that we would take it elsewhere," he said.
Exxon Mobil
Providence intends to attract multi-national energy giants to "farm in" to its licence, which it bought from the Irish government for a nominal fee.
The company has already secured the expertise of the world's leading oil multi-national, Exxon Mobil, to explore its site at Drumquin.
However, campaigners have said that Ireland's relaxed laws with regard to its natural resources ought to be overhauled.
Ireland takes 25% of all profits, rising to 40% depending on the volume extracted.
Ireland's Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte concedes that the take is much lower than in the UK, or Norway, both of which have much greater resources of oil and gas.
But he says that the rate must remain attractive to foreign companies as Ireland does not have the expertise or revenue to exploit the reserves itself.
Others point out that all exploration costs can be off-set against any tax liable ones, and that a claim can go back as far as 25 years.
Providence is believed to have spent £0.5bn exploring Irish waters.
Campaigners like William Hederman, of Irishoilandgas.com, have warned that the oil from Barryroe may never be landed in Ireland, but instead taken for refinement to Europe or beyond, meaning fewer jobs on Irish soil.
And the Irish Green Party has also expressed reservations.
Environmental concerns
In July, its leader Eamon Ryan said he was wary of quoted figures over oil resources which had not yet been tested.
"Oil may be there but there is a limit on how much you can get out, and this is still only a tiny fraction of what would be used," he said.
"Like any drilling at sea, there are risks to it - the highest standards need to be applied."
The RSPB has also voiced concerns about any oil extraction around Rathlin Island, a Special Area of Conservation and a Special Protection Area (SPA), which it argues are too important for wildlife to allow oil and gas exploration in the area.
It says the potential impact of oil drilling on Rathlin Island has not been fully explored.
Meanwhile, Providence says its intention is to take the oil to Cork, but that it is a decision that will be made on a commercial basis closer to the time of extraction.
Some 25% in revenue of what is potentially billions of pounds worth of oil will, however, be a huge boost to a country which has never successfully extracted a drop of oil in the past.
BBC
