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This is a draw both teams will be happy with and either will think they can win . Monaghan will feel they have a good chance against Tyrone and Tyrone will feel that this is one of the easier teams from the other side of the draw.

Anyone tried the Microsoft Surface yet.

ken would know all about unnatural and deviant behaviour , he was in the UDR for years

Lads, let's not let northerm bias cloud how truly awful donegal are making football to watch. Teams are having to fight fire with fire when playing forenenst them. The semi will be the same etc etc

In all serious I'd never have thought I'd be cheering against donegal, but the Jim McGuinness version has done it for me

Here we go again, as soon as Kerry are beaten we get the usual stuff.  puke football from ulster  blaa  blaa

once again a Ulster team tamed the animals

very hard to watch, the puke football and blanket defence by Kerry

Kerry panicking.  Bench emptyed

Kerry very cynical as usual taking out the man after the ball has been played. Duffy doing his best to keep Kerry in it

[Anglo to enforce illegal loans]

Were 3 of the Anglo bosses charged with 16 offences in the past week?
I know it's taken far too long, but it looks like something is happening finally.

They did but they haven't taken any action against Anglo regarding the loans or do they seem to be intent to do so. They are happy to continue to allow Anglo to enforce illegal loans without taking action to see whether these should be enforced or not.
Thankfully they have started moving against the individuals involved in Anglo, and from the sound of it, it would seem to have strengthen the Quinns large cases which are running next year.

Quinn says they are illegal and Anglo says they are legal. Is this case not before the courts. As of yet we have no decision wether they are legal or not

actually you didnt. You just agreed with me that the amount owed is in dispute 

[It's equally annoying hearing that SQ owes 2.8Billion when he doesn't.]

I think that's the club justifying their statement, stripping it down to the bare bones, almost child like and there for effect only, like why are they punishing an innocent man?

Quinn is not innocent. He borrowed money, he hasn't paid it back, he has concealed resources that could have been used to pay it back.

I think we all know its complicated.

Some people may feel these points are irrelevant, but they are not.

Did the Quinn family have a history of brushes with the law or authorities in any shapre or fashion prior to c2008?? Did they pay their taxes in full? Did they employ thousands of people, not only in the border counties but throughout the whole of Ireland? Did they ever pump any money into Fianna Fail or Fianna Gael? Did they ever fcuk anyone over??

You think its a good idea for the Quinn family to hand over everything now and then potentially end up being proved right (slim I know) and expect to get everything back again? Why the fcuk should he gave what he owns to a body that has shafted him, regardless of the fact it was private then and is public now? The family initially attempted to put right what had gone wrong, made legitimate proposals and they got 2 fingers and were told to hand everything over. I think they are now fed up of taking it up the arse from the IBRC and now want resolution on many matters before they comply with every demand. And right they are too.

Getting a bit sick of people using the fact Sean Quinn employed people in the border area as a reason why he shouldnt be pursued. Pimps and drug dealers are employers, should we worry about the economic impact of locking them up too?

I know. It's equally annoying hearing that SQ owes 2.8Billion when he doesn't.

How do you know how much he owes???

Why is it obviously untrue. It seems that there some dispute over the amount owed and it is far from obviously what is owed.

The handpassed goal was the daftest playing rule in the history of the GAA.
Zero skill required.

not as bad as the touchdown goal

[Tommy Freeman playing?]

Was Tommy Freeman playing?
I thought he was in the States.

Any opinions on who played well and who didn't yesterday?
I take it McCarron has cemented his place in the half back line for the summer.
Who else are certain of a starting place in the defence?
Is Carlin injured or just not getting his place?
I'd like to see McCaul become a regular

Tommy Freeman and Dermy Carlin were both came on as subs

its been a while since I have been on that walk but as far as I remember it took around 4 or 5 hours walk to Hares Gap and back. If that is too far you can drop down off the mountain on to the Brandy path at any stage and return to the foot of Donard.