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I haven't knowingly eaten Irwin's bread since 1995 and have only ever been in a McDonalds to use the facilities.

Living in the US I am not familiar with Irwin's, what is the issue?

Mentioned previously, they purportedly ferried bread etc to the orangemen in Drumcree back in the day.

I bet  they delivered bread directly to your caravan back then too 

The point is,they knew it was compromised, and still kept at it,leading to a no. of men getting killed. Given some of the events were spread out, it had to either be somebody high up. Or a no.of lower members turned. It's a pity the govt. didn't put the same chase into getting the LVF in the late 90's as iit was supposed to be riddled with informers, but they got to act with impunity.

I'm not referring to Clonoe , but is it possible that  informers  were known to  those higher up, and "set up" in these type of incidents?

Maybe these types of ambushes  was a way to rid the organisation of  known informers, and at the same time gain  more support from  the people  and the funders, by creating more martyrs?

In general, I think the easy thing is to point to informers but not always the case I'd say.

Brits were great at spying on people and using listening devices.

Was listening to a podcast recently with an ex-soldier and he was saying (whether you believe him or not is another story) is a 'key player' would have got a letter saying they won a family holiday, via a newspaper and they'd be away or a night. 

In meantime, security lads would break in and bug the house. He said they'd take photos of rooms etc. and everything would be exactly where it was when they first entered.  Sounds far fetched but great training for the Brit security services and money was no object.

So I wouldn't go with the informer thing all the time. It's an easy way out. Brits were clever. Of course they had informers at every level. 

People are humans and in every conflict/war, there will be informers.  Just human nature.

I don't imagine volunteers would have been discussing operations in their own homes for precisely the above reason (no doubting it's true though).

The operation that night was quite brazen, fairly reckless and perhaps a tad predictable.

It was the car park thing that didn't make sense. Even if the SAS not been there waiting , odds are  the security forces  would have followed the  lorry to there.  I mean, it wasn't difficult to spot

From the footage back then , the car park was wide open. No cover. The forces could have pulled up  nearby in most directions and fired  at them, or surrounded them at least. Had that happened,  where would they have even run to? 

Didn't make sense to me. Very badly thought out  operation

Are the  Health and safety requirements for league games  different  to those for championship games?

Does it depend on size of crowd?

The ground has a certified safe capacity.

If you exceed it during a friendly, your in violation of the same health and safety requirements as exist if it were an All Ireland final.

So no - H&S requirements do not change.

OK, so why are Antrim allowed  to play NFL games in Corrigan Park, but  not a championship game?

Because Leitrim do not take as big a crowd as Armagh.

Yes,  but by that  logic , the All Ireland final should be moved to Wembley  or the Nou Camp , because clearly Croke Park isn't big enough  to cater for the  ticket demands

Are the  Health and safety requirements for league games  different  to those for championship games?

Does it depend on size of crowd?

The ground has a certified safe capacity.

If you exceed it during a friendly, your in violation of the same health and safety requirements as exist if it were an All Ireland final.

So no - H&S requirements do not change.

OK, so why are Antrim allowed  to play NFL games in Corrigan Park, but  not a championship game?

Are the  Health and safety requirements for league games  different  to those for championship games?

Any supermarkets going overboard on self service tills, they can f**k right off. Sainsburys comes to mind.

If I wanted a job in a shop I'd apply for one and get paid to work a till.
Hate self serve.

Interesting that I would be opposite really like the convenience of scan and shop and the fact you only have to put the items in the trolley once rather than take them out again at the till. 

Its funny when you look at how things have changed in last 20 years, I used to work in Tesco twenty years ago big emphasis on customer service, walking customer to the product, no mobiles on shopfloor etc now when you go to Tesco you are told what aisle the product may be in and load of employees with their headphones in stocking out the shelves. 

I use the big supermarkets rarely. Only  for the odd thing I can't find anywhere else

Was last in Asda  about two years ago. There was  no staff around to ask for help. One till manned, with a queue halfway up the aisle and  a number of people around me giving out about it all.  The self service was  packed, but there was no way I was for  using those anyway. I only had 6/7 things , so went to customer services counter.

Seemed to me like they  were trying to  drive any shoppers through  the  cattle gates of self service tills , so they  wouldn't have to pay anyone to man tills , and run shop floor with minimal to  seemingly no staff.

I haven't been back since.

Was at a Tesco few months  ago.  Had a few items , scanned through, went to give them cash. This till is card only. Didn't have a card  so had to queue up at another till. 

Don't use Tesco very much  but had noticed the number of card only tills increasing over time.  However , was in  this week, and the card only tills  have been removed according to  lad on the till.

Wasn't there a backlash  a few months ago about some Tesco stores going cashless?  Think I seen a video of shoppers with trolley full, not allowing them to pay by cash. Perhaps people power have  forced  Tesco to reconsider? Or  maybe that's wishful thinking

What Is the  limit  of season tickets a county can have?

Just right. Home advantage is home advantage, as annoying as it will be for all the supporters who miss out

I agree. But  ticket sales are more important,  it seems

No, clearly ticket sales are valuable as revenue can be put to good use. But beyond that the GAA is a community organisation, people should be welcome to come along to games and a handful of people should not be allowed determine whether thousands of others should be allowed attend. Louth played their home games in Inniskeen last year, why should Antrim be more important than Louth?

But where do you  draw the line?

Let's say Armagh ,as current AI champions, drew Tyrone. Not sure of  capacity of Athletic grounds, but let's  say the demand was clearly more (say 40-50k). Should Armagh  lose home advantage, and play the game in Croke Park? Just  so a few more thousand could go?

And the  revenue from extra ticket sales would surely  boost  both counties, would it not?

Should be up to the county with the home advantage. If they want to play at their home venue that's their call provided the ground meets relevant specs regardless of capacity. But if they want to fulfil the fixture at a bigger venue then that should be their call - not the other county because of some sense of entitlement.

Agreed

Just right. Home advantage is home advantage, as annoying as it will be for all the supporters who miss out

I agree. But  ticket sales are more important,  it seems

No, clearly ticket sales are valuable as revenue can be put to good use. But beyond that the GAA is a community organisation, people should be welcome to come along to games and a handful of people should not be allowed determine whether thousands of others should be allowed attend. Louth played their home games in Inniskeen last year, why should Antrim be more important than Louth?

But where do you  draw the line?

Let's say Armagh ,as current AI champions, drew Tyrone. Not sure of  capacity of Athletic grounds, but let's  say the demand was clearly more (say 40-50k). Should Armagh  lose home advantage, and play the game in Croke Park? Just  so a few more thousand could go?

And the  revenue from extra ticket sales would surely  boost  both counties, would it not?

Just interested  in seeing if you boycott or refuse to buy from any particular businesses or companies . Or any particular products?

I'm assuming  Israeli companies  have taken a hit  from many people, for obvious reasons

Interesting  to hear about any other shops, businesses, products  you refuse to  use/buy from....and your reasons for doing so?


I refuse to buy from Amazon. I'd rather support  smaller businesses

Only ever been in Starbucks once. They  had no proper cups. And no proper cutlery, so sawing my way  through a panini with plastic cutlery  wasn't easy. When I left , I said I'll never be back . And I haven't  been

Ok rant over.

Over to you......

Just right. Home advantage is home advantage, as annoying as it will be for all the supporters who miss out

I agree. But  ticket sales are more important,  it seems

Here's my confusion. Martin McGuiness used to say it was a war. And if those men could been arrested and not shot it be a war crime? How's that work the other way round? Would the Ira not have shot them as it was a supposed war? The 2 soldiers that day of the funerals in Belfast. Took alive then shot, do we not class that was a war crime? What am trying to said you can't say 1 outfit committing war crimes and then the other one not, as it doesn't suit us. There a show on tv  about ww2 at the minute and Hitler instruction was take no prisoners.Where do we draw the difference?

The only gripe I have is that the brits would not consider it a war in their own backyard, they refused to consider the IRA as combatants yet utilised a combatant shoot to skill policy.

There was no doubt they knew the risks Kevin o'donnell was in the game long enough, I remember him with a half grin on his face in the coffin oddly. But like tony doris we never knew lads like peter or sean were involved until they were dead, some waste of life

Can I ask what  actually took place that night? I've heard differing reports

Did somebody sit up in bed  one night  like Dougal, and shout "he did mean  my bum looked  big!"

Or how do these  "we all had a laugh today/he's a pervert tomorrow"  cases  work?

[Strange one for the woman to post about her child if there was no truth to it.]

Not sure what has went on. Strange one for the woman to post about her child if there was no truth to it.

Dundalk could get messy.

Is it though?

Don't underestimate  the lengths  some people will go to