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Round Six-

Tyrone v Mayo  Tyrone
Armagh v Kerry  Kerry
Kildare v Monaghan   Monaghan
Dublin v Donegal  Dublin

Cork v Down  draw
Derry v Galway  galway
Clare v Meath Meath
Offaly v Roscommon Roscommon

Laois v Limerick  laois
Longford v Wicklow  longford
Louth v Antrim  antrim
Westmeath v Fermanagh  westmeath

London v Cavan  cavan
Waterford v Sligo  sligo
Leitrim v Wexford  leitrim
Tipperary v Carlow  Tipperary

Rachael Blackmore passes the 1 million mark in winnings - some going.

Brilliant competitor.

https://www.americanpurpose.com/articles/preparing-for-defeat/

There is a probably a kernal of truth in that, but i'd say a tad optimistic. Putin is going to flatten Ukraine before its all over and by the looks of things draw NATO into the conflict.
       

Rd 5 fixtures, entries must be in by midnight on Friday, March 11:


Armagh v Kildare  armagh
Kerry v Mayo  kerry
Donegal v Monaghan  donegal
Tyrone v Dublin  tyrone

Down v Offaly  offaly
Galway v Clare   galway
Meath v Cork   cork
Roscommon v Derry  derry

Antrim v Longford  longford
Fermanagh v Louth  Fermanagh
Limerick v Westmeath   westmeath
Wicklow v Laois  laois

Sligo v London  london
Carlow v Leitrim   draw
Cavan v Tipperary  cavan
Wexford v Waterford   wexford

Mick Lyons for me

Mick Lyons: no quarter asked nor given. Him and Liam Harnan were a ferocious combination.

https://mobile.twitter.com/skbozphd/status/1499298691156705282

Indian TV's take on the crisis!

On Saturday 5 March:

Westmeath v Longford    westmeath
Fermanagh v Laois     Fermanagh

On Sunday 6 March:

Galway v Offaly    Galway
Sligo v Cavan     Cavan
Wexford v Tipperary  draw

What is going on with CI? A few very odd emails of late.

Rd 4 on next weekend, 26/27 Feb with 7 games on Saturday.  Entries must be in by midnight Friday night.

Donegal v Tyrone  donegal
Kildare v Dublin  Dublin
Mayo v Armagh Mayo
Monaghan v Kerry  KERRY

Offaly v Meath meath
Cork v Galway  Galway
Down v Roscommon  Down
Clare v Derry  Derry

Wicklow v Limerick   Limerick
Laois v Antrim   laois
Longford v Fermanagh  draw
Louth v Westmeath  westmeath

Tipperary v Sligo sligo
London v Wexford  london
Cavan v Carlow cavan
Waterford v Leitrim  leitrim

How the CDC Abandoned Science | My Article in Tablet Magazine
Vinay Prasad, MD MPH; Physician & Associate Professor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C6524soTnA&t=632s

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/science/articles/how-the-cdc-abandoned-science

Ultimately, science is not a political sport. It is a method to ascertain truth in a chaotic, uncertain universe. Science itself is transcendent, and will outlast our current challenges no matter what we choose to believe. But the more it becomes subordinate to politics—the more it becomes a slogan rather than a method of discovery and understanding—the more impoverished we all become. The next decade will be critical as we face an increasingly existential question: Is science autonomous and sacred, or a branch of politics? I hope we choose wisely, but I fear the die is already cast.

Our typically Irish blind faith, "it takes a priest to say mass" attitude is not healthy and ultimately makes us vulnerable to all sorts of manipulation.

Bless me father, for i have sinned, it has been 3 months since my last vaccination.

Great stuff BH. Brilliant news

Thanks for the responses.
Is this sort of thing happening in your areas  or are your doctors generally seeing patients as before the pandemic?

Where are you based? Our surgery has been great - do phone consultations initially but inevitably they say come on over for a proper checkup. Certainly doesn't seem to be the case everywhere. Local dentist needs to sort themselves out - quite prepared to do paid private work but not do a checkup on the kids!

Local GP surgery here has been closed since April 2020. No sign of it reopening.
      Doctors have been relocated to an existing clinic in a nearby larger town. Very difficult to get to see a GP at all. Sad state of affairs. Massive push towards private health care.
      As for dentists. Be prepared for a shift from NHS to purely private care. Its already started in many practices. Health plans and private insurance or private fees. Your free 6 monthly nhs checkups for the kids might turn into a very expensive visit!
     

sure what is more important than health?

cars, houses, holidays, clothes??

everyone can afford it

gladly pay for private healthcare to get seen immediately,

waiting weeks, months, or years for an appointment is not only crazy, it's completely stupid 

' everyone can afford it '

yes and clearly so if people are being honest with themselves

a lad on the car thread looking to buy a car for 25k ffs 

would he pay that money for a new hip, knee surgery or cancer treatment??

if not then people have their priorities all wrong imho 

I'm not sure where you live, but where i live/work, there is an open air food bank right across the street from me. They are flat out.
      I'd hazard a guess some of those folk are struggling to put food on the table never mind pay for private health care.
     

Thanks for the responses.
Is this sort of thing happening in your areas  or are your doctors generally seeing patients as before the pandemic?

Where are you based? Our surgery has been great - do phone consultations initially but inevitably they say come on over for a proper checkup. Certainly doesn't seem to be the case everywhere. Local dentist needs to sort themselves out - quite prepared to do paid private work but not do a checkup on the kids!

Local GP surgery here has been closed since April 2020. No sign of it reopening.
      Doctors have been relocated to an existing clinic in a nearby larger town. Very difficult to get to see a GP at all. Sad state of affairs. Massive push towards private health care.
      As for dentists. Be prepared for a shift from NHS to purely private care. Its already started in many practices. Health plans and private insurance or private fees. Your free 6 monthly nhs checkups for the kids might turn into a very expensive visit!
     

sure what is more important than health?

cars, houses, holidays, clothes??

everyone can afford it

gladly pay for private healthcare to get seen immediately,

waiting weeks, months, or years for an appointment is not only crazy, it's completely stupid 

' everyone can afford it '

Thanks for the responses.
Is this sort of thing happening in your areas  or are your doctors generally seeing patients as before the pandemic?

Where are you based? Our surgery has been great - do phone consultations initially but inevitably they say come on over for a proper checkup. Certainly doesn't seem to be the case everywhere. Local dentist needs to sort themselves out - quite prepared to do paid private work but not do a checkup on the kids!

Local GP surgery here has been closed since April 2020. No sign of it reopening.
      Doctors have been relocated to an existing clinic in a nearby larger town. Very difficult to get to see a GP at all. Sad state of affairs. Massive push towards private health care.
      As for dentists. Be prepared for a shift from NHS to purely private care. Its already started in many practices. Health plans and private insurance or private fees. Your free 6 monthly nhs checkups for the kids might turn into a very expensive visit!
     

Frantic end to both full and extra time. Kilcoo played really poorly but still managed to get over the line.
      For their part, Kilmacud definitely had their homework done on Kilcoo and were able to mostly nullify some of Kilcoo's key attackers.They should have won.
       Kilcoo won't give a sh#te what anyone thinks of them. They've been aiming for this for a long time and personally,  i thought with the all Ireland club champiinship being cancelled last year, that their chance had gone.
     No way. They are hard bate.