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I really like the BBC show Coast, the last time they aired the Isles of Britain & Ireland Coast series they did all of Britain and Ireland except the bit from Galway City to Donegal, whic irritated me in no unslight way. But yesterday they showed it and I only saw the last 2 minutes. Raging again, it seems Mayo (of course, we are the Maritime County) was quite impressive. Well I suppose with Ireland's longest Coast (that's right Cork and Donegal) and in my unbiased  opinion the most stunning and interesting I was greatly dismayed to miss this show.

I tried http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tfv4z  but I cannot watch it in this region 

Am I the only one that fckn hates Irish people on Brit t.v. pretending they are Brits on U.K. tv and then are all Irish again when they back on Irish t.v.

I don't mind genuine Unionists, thats their beliefs, but the fckn Paddys who say "we" when referrering the British stuff only for the Queens Schilling but they pure Irish and say so when back on Irish t.v. Makes me sick.

I see Irish bird on Country Tracks on BBC she talking "we" this "we" that and "us" "Royal Navy" defending "us" against the French, the girl is Irish and one of her parents is French FFS. Talk about sucking up for the Reddies.

Will this new Mayor of Dublin title be paid for by the people of Dublin only, I seriously hope that none of the taxation of this state should support this new role, Dublin taxpayers should pay for it.

[It's a significant statement on Kerry's approach against Limerick, where they handpassed the ball 132 occasions -- 37 times more than their rivals. It was also 37 more than Tyrone used against Monaghan in the Ulster final.]

Taken from the independent:

Kingdom give rival finalists a real kicking in handpass stakes

By Martin Breheny


Thursday July 22 2010

KERRY relied on the handpass more than any of their counterparts, according to match data from the four provincial football finals.

They were the undisputed handpass kings, slinging out between 39pc and 90pc more than the seven other finalists. That will come as a surprise to those who say Kerry use a more direct style than other counties.

It's a significant statement on Kerry's approach against Limerick, where they handpassed the ball 132 occasions -- 37 times more than their rivals. It was also 37 more than Tyrone used against Monaghan in the Ulster final.
Louth relied on the handpass less than any other provincial finalist, deploying it just 69 times against Meath (83). The lowest aggregate was in the Leinster final, which returned 152 handpasses, 12 fewer than Connacht where Roscommon-Sligo returned 164. Ulster had 189 and Munster 227.

The handpass has been under the spotlight since the experiments with the fisted pass last spring. They were thrown out at Congress, but a slight adjustment was made to the old format, requiring an upward striking motion. That proved controversial in the early stages of the championship as players complained about refereeing inconsistencies and while there are still occasional frustrations, things have settled down.

Overall, the number of handpasses was down by an average of 19 per game on last year's provincial finals. Whether that's due to the amended handpass or the individual styles of the competing counties, is difficult to assess.

Clean catching from kick-outs averaged just over four per county, with Monaghan best on seven and Sligo and Louth worst on one each. This was another area of experiment in the league where a 'mark' applied but like so many of the proposals, it was voted down at Congress.

Remarkably, Louth, who have highly rated midfielders in Paddy Keenan and Brian White, caught just one kick-out against Meath, which was also matched by Sligo. Tyrone proved that catching kick-outs is not necessary to construct an easy win as they managed just two, whereas Monaghan fielded seven in last Sunday's final.[/size]

As for shots at goal from outside the 20-metre line, the Connacht final was a clear winner with Roscommon and Sligo producing a total of 45, which was eight more than Meath-Louth, 13 more than Tyrone-Monaghan and 18 more than Kerry-Limerick.[/b]

Obviously proves the superiority of Connacht Football.

I wonder what the Unionist posters on here think of your Primeminister giving such a Snivelling bitch arse lick of the United States. He is selling your country out to the Yanks and the interviewer kept calling your country Great Britain and England, he didn't correct her on either.

He also sells out Scotland to earn browny points. He surely selling out the European Union too.

Lads with Roscommon in the Quarter Finals
Sligo facing Down in the Qualifers
Mayo Minors winning Connacht
Galway Minors still in it

Lets all get behind the Ireland's historically most important and proud Province.

A very happy Bastille Day to one and all. I hope our French cousins enjoy their national holiday.

With Norman-French, Huguenots, Soldiers of Humbert's Army who stayed & more recent French immigrants there is probably a little bit of French in all of us.

Many Irish have settle in France over the centuries, including Irish Monks & the Flying Geese to centuries of Irishmen in the French Army and modern day ex-pats. Mayonaisse and Hennessy Conoc are part of that legacy.

The most senior Irishman in France was probably Patrice de Mac-Mahon Marshal of France and President of the Republic from 1873 to 1879

Historicaly the French have been Ireland's close friends and allies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K1q9Ntcr5g

This is for the other Mayo lads or anyone that knows Mayo well.

I have a few guests (3 girls in their early 30's) visiting for a weekend in one of these 3 months, now I need no help being a tourguide for my guests, but I was wondering do any of you lads know any good festivals, races, acts at the TF or elsewhere, plays etc. going on over this time.

Castlebar will be the base, so its basically Mayo stuff.

Fair play to Enda Kenny on winning today. Now its time for Cowan to go.

Mayo on Nationwide now!

[Watching this programme I get the distinct impression RTE's World view is Dublin]

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I propose that similarly to the old system where the Provincial Champions where rotated against one another that the All-Ireland Final should be rotated between the 4 Provinces every 4 years. I propose Croke Park, Clones, McHale Park & Semple Stadium.

BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8606402.stm


Longer Youtube version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDQDrS_mTaM&playnext_from=TL&videos=9tNAtXnDMbo&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_rn-1r-5-HM

Connacht 22-21 Edinburgh

Congrats to the men from the West for their win tonight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Adrian_IV

Adrian IV and Ireland
In 1155, Adrian IV granted the Papal Bull 'Laudabiliter', three years after the Synod of Kells in 1152, to the Angevin King Henry II of England. He urged him to invade Ireland to bring its Celtic Christian Church under the Roman system, and conduct general reform of governance and society throughout the island. The authenticity of this grant, the historian Edmund Curtis says, is one of "the great questions of history." He states that the matter was discussed at a Royal Council at Winchester, but that Henry's mother, the Empress Matilda, had protested against it. In Ireland however, nothing seems to have been known of it, and no provision had been made against the prospect of Angevin Norman aggression, despite their westward expansion throughout England and Wales.[12] Ernest F. Henderson states that the existence of this Bull is doubted by many [13] while, in noting that its authenticity has been questioned without success, P. S. O'Hegarty suggests that the question is now purely an academic one. It is notable that decisions of Pope Alexander III, his successor, Lucius III, and King Henry VIII in proclaiming the Crown of Ireland Act 1542 was predicated on this document.[14]

In the Preamble of BUNREACHT NA hÉIREANN it declares
"In the Name of the Most Holy Trinity, from Whom is all authority and to Whom, as our final end, all actions both of men and States must be referred,"

It's time for it to go.

On Now, The Berlusconi Show.

A well folks, just watching Primetime and it has to make you incredibly downbeat about the state of the Irish State. First topic was all about Anglo Irish Bank expected €15 Billion losses & yet bonuses for some staff. Now they are discussing what went wrong in the Cork floods. After reading in the newspapers about the disaster that is the Irish Catholic church, pensions & listening to Newstalk about Government reshuffles (good or bad). I wonder what the mood of the nation is! Maybe I have just been overwhelmed by a moment of impending doom, but I feeling deeply distressed for the prospects of our Republic.

So at this moment in time what do ye reckon?

New show on Channel 4, HUNG about a fella getting paid to shag women. Sounds like a show that may appeal to the recession generation looking for alternatives to the dole.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8526938.stm

Plans for special body to run independence referendum 

Scotland's future is part of an ongoing constitutional debate
The Scottish government plans to set up a special body to run a future referendum on independence.

Ministers do not want to use the Electoral Commission which overseas Westminster elections.

The plan was revealed in minutes of meetings which were obtained by the BBC under Freedom of Information.

The draft bill on the independence referendum - which could take place as soon as 30 November - is expected to be published on Friday.


FOI DOCUMENTS
Extracts from correspondence between the Electoral Commission and Scottish government officials

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Email from the Scottish government, 13 march, 2009 - "We are now looking at what the question in an independence referendum might be and at some point will need to show we have properly assessed it for intelligibility, neutrality, etc."

Electoral Commission minute, 22 September, 2009 - "Scottish government officials confirmed... that there was currently no provision to consult any organisation as to the intelligibility of the referendum question."

Electoral Commission minutes, 6 November, 2009 - "There seems little regard to the remit and role of what the Scottish Referendum Commission would actually do."

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The Electoral Commission has a statutory role to run referenda called by Westminster, but has no formal role in those called by the Scottish Parliament.

In the minutes obtained by BBC One's Politics Show, civil servants told the commission they planned to set up a new body - the Scottish Referendum Commission - to run the election.

The paperwork also revealed the concerns of the Westminster commission over the wording of the questions and that the timescale towards the poll was too short.

A minute from September last year said: "Scottish Government officials ... confirmed that there was currently no provision to consult any organisation as to the intelligibility of the referendum question".

No Scottish minister would comment on the FOI minutes, however, a spokesperson said that Scottish voters already had quite recent experience of a multi-option constitutional referendum.

The Electoral Commission said that when the government sets out the referendum on full independence, it would "consider it and submit a response" using experience of planning for referendums in the UK.

'Waste of time'

It added: "We are not able to comment until this public consultation is opened."

Commenting on the revelations, Scotland's Tory leader, Annabel Goldie, said First Minister Alex Salmond's "separation bill" was a "monumental waste of taxpayers' money and would fail".

She added: "Instead of dreaming up new ways to rig a referendum, Alex Salmond should get on with what he was elected to do."

Scottish Labour's Pauline McNeill said the "revelations expose how the SNP is trying to rig a referendum by getting round the rules".

She added: "While the rest of the world is trying to get people back into work and create jobs, Alex Salmond is wasting time and money on a doomed referendum plan.

"The Electoral Commission is there to be the neutral referee.

"By ordering the referee off the pitch, Alex Salmond is trying to avoid the scrutiny."