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Saw a couple in M&S at Sprucefield last night.  Those wee jewelly brooch types.

Ballymena...often pronounced Black Hole

Maybe I'm misreading here...

What has Newtownabbey borough council got to do with moneyglass?? Can't be the catchment area for them with the super councils can it??

It's now Antrim & Newtownabbey Council, which I think takes in Moneyglass, Toome etc??

Only recently realised I say Lisburn wrong, I've always pronounced it Lizburn.

Yes, should be Liss-burn

[trying to offload]

Scotland / Australia one of the best games of rugby I have ever seen. The second half went by in the blink of an eye.

Know at least two people who I presume will be trying to offload 300 Euro tickets th ey bought for the semi finals full sure Ireland would be there. Wish them well but can't see too much of a take up with two SH teams in it.

Surely Ireland don't do offloads??

another heroic failure

Heroic??

We lost this in the first 15 mins when the players seemed to agree with the media and the public mood that having beaten France we had at least one hand on the Webb Ellis Trophy.

[Dunloy v. Glenavy]

Antrim IFC Final

Dunloy v. Glenavy

Antrim JFC Final

Glenravel v. Davitts

Both games on Sat 17 Oct

Intermediate Final

Dunloy 0-05 Glenavy 0-15

Junior Final

Glenravel 0-06 Davitts 1-07

A lot of teams could look at the speed at which the ABs recycle the ball. Very impressive stuff.

http://sluggerotoole.com/2015/10/12/money-to-burn-rates-spent-on-bonfire-pallets-scandal/

The Irish News ran a front page story on Saturday in which it was revealed that Antrim Borough Council had breached its own guidelines for successive years in order to fund the purchase of pallets for loyalist bonfires to the tune of more than £6,300 across the borough in 2013 and 2014.

The story featured on today's BBC Radio Ulster Nolan Show, when UUP Councillor Drew Ritchie defended the expenditure as "money well spent" on "a traditional part of any bonfire"- even though the Council had stated it was "made in error."

The full list of items funded is quite revealing, and includes thousands of pounds given to loyalist flute bands to apparently play music at the bonfires, as well as a remarkable £650 spent on a facepainter in Monkstown in 2014- in spite of every other bonfire, including Monkstown the previous year, paying out in between £100 and £300 on facepainting.......

Of the 14 Newtownabbey bonfires receiving funding over the two years, only Rathfern appears to have secured insurance- in both years.

The final caller to the Nolan Show this morning asked the right question: Do the bonfire builders have any receipts for the pallets bought?

Hmmmmmm.......

These revelations once again illustrate why the SDLP Minister Mark H Durkan is entirely correct to pursue the option of licensing all bonfires in future years.

Antrim SFC Final

Cargin v. Lamh Dhearg

Cargin would be favourites here having had an 8 point victory over St Galls earlier.  Lamh Dhearg looking for a first championship since 1992.

Sunday 18 October

[Dunloy v. Glenavy]

Antrim IFC Final

Dunloy v. Glenavy

Antrim JFC Final

Glenravel v. Davitts

Both games on Sat 17 Oct

[Hernandez is 33 now.]

Argies by 10 next week. We'd be doing well to beat them with a full whack.

Sanchez and Hernandez are a different kettle of fish to Flaky Freddie and Fatsteauraud.

O Brien is a very silly boy I'm afraid

You're infected with stage 4 negativity. Argentina aren't as good as France, no matter what way you add it up, and Ireland battered France tonight.

Em Argentina beat France in paris last november. They are miles better.

That's the worst French team I've ever seen in my life. PSA should have been sacked pre -tournament. Just watch the AB's carve them to pieces next Saturday

Hernandez is 33 now.

Henshaw the obvious star of the four centres that will start. Exceptional today.

So is Wes Hoolahan...and we all know he is a genuis.

O'Shea is a walking red card

Ireland defending like a pub team. They look like they're shitting the togs