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I've already said umpteen times, Northern Ireland is a country based on the UK's internal definition. Can't you read?

After you have tried repeating it the next step is to raise the volume.
You can try saying it louder. Then very loud.
I havent heard them all, (why NI is a country)
that probably sounds the most proposterous. Repeating it  umpteen times makes it hysterical as in a manic insane rambling.
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Imagine a bright spark from the owc falling for the book selling point.
At least we get entertainment value.

You see Cas is a man of conscience, his dilemma defined just how much it meant to him to have that Irish passport.
If he was as is claimed to be a mercenary then he would not have had any dilemma, just another stroke pulled, another poker bluff.
As it turned out he was perfectly entitled to citizenship and as I said the adopted son of Ireland continues to play proudly under the tricolour.

to hide Tony's great shame, embarrassment and indeed humiliation I would have thought.
Anyway Tony could do something else that 'the OWC' do.  Support the country of his birth.......like he used to, before Big Jack and the plastic paddies came on board.

Everybody knows that Norn Iron tried their level best to get almost anybody to play for them, most couldn't be arsed and most of those who did bother to turn up were crap and not used much.

We had a different breed of Gen 2 and 3 Irishmen, answered the call and were committed to the cause. Even an adopted son like
Cascarino is a Paddy for life, still playing under the tri colour for Ireland 

I would say the LOI is superior to the IL as well.

The Setanta Cup would surely be a good barometer for this, with the IL having won it once with Linfield in 2005 and Drogheda the past two years...

The Setanta cup is pre-season for the LOI clubs

Point taken, this issue has nothing to do with the question of free access to RTE coverage

Is O'Dea getting any chances in the pre season games?

RTE are looking for full access to the 6 Counties,   does that mean anything?

19 June 2008
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/psb2_1/responses/rte.pdf

If every house in the 6 co had access to  RTE would you care what the BBC was covering?

I suppose there was a  "feelgood" factor prevailing around Paradise last night 

How come our draw and win against Serbia and Columbia respectively at the tail end of last season, have not advanced our position?

I know these rankings are meaningless but it is nevertheless a source of great shame, embarrassment and indeed humiliation that the North of Ireland sits ten places ahead of the real Ireland team, when you consider the gulf in size, supporter base, and calibre of player available to both

To survive your humiliation either you just do as the OWC - go into denial
or switch over to the more relevant UEFA rankings where the position of the FAI is slightly higher than the IFA.

http://lucrurineinteresante.blogspot.com/2008/05/euro-2012-qualifying-draw-coefficients.html

Where Ireland are a few places higher than NI.
These are the seedings that will be used for qual groups both for UEFA and FIFA.

I appreciate your obsession with scores.

Kiev 2   -  Drogheda 2

agg   Kiev 4 Drogs 3

Kiev through to the 3rd Qual round

Drogs had a 5 yard sitter of a chance to win the game and the tie, an unbelievable miss.

Holy f'eck
I can't believe this game.

2-2 and Drogs missed an absolute sitter
Then the Kiev Keeper allows a ball under him to spin across the goal line


Pity the Drogs didn't get Rangers.

Could be a sensational player at senior level.
Not much financial risk.
Full marks to Celtic to take the chance on young promising players like Sno and Crosas.
http://www.eyefootball.com/news/5906/Marc-Crosas/

Live on RTE 2
1/2 time in Kiev
Kiev 1 Drogheda 1
Just turned it on in time to see Drogheda equalise from the penalty spot, looked to be a soft penalty  but maybe the Ref spotted something dastardly.
After that a Kiev player took a dive in the Drogheda box and our fearless ref didn't want to know.

Dayo Richardson on the RTE panel thought it was an obvious penalty for Drogheda and the ref was right.
Thats what I like, a definite positive intelligent no nonsense bit of punditry

Usually just do a search about    'ipod remote  <your brand> set up problems'
would get you to the hub of the matter

NI is not a country. It is a partition of an Irish province which is still politically connected to the UK.
It has more status than the Isle of Man.

Since the GFA, there may be some sort of a vision for Northern Ireland, a land of two communities working together in harmony but connected to the UK. A sort of a transition over from being primarily British to be Northern Irish first and British or Irish second. A new beginning type of thing.

There may even be some sort of a dream that the Northern Ireland football team can be a focus to unite communities.
Frankly that idea is still full of pus  

There may also be some idea that the Assembly can function as a legislative parliament, a chamber where differences can be discussed and resolved. Frankly, on the surface the assembly veto paralyses that one, it has all the signs of impotency of the UN. AFAIK there is very little faith in the Assembly.

On the other hand, the ingredients that make up a united country are still strong and getting stronger despite 85 years of partition.
Essentially, that is the way the ball is rolling.

I have no emotional investment in unity, I  am quite apathetic on that one. There would be no flag waving from me.