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Where does the career of Dervish go from here.....it is an awful stigma to carry from now on, no matter what they do, the Eurovision will always haunt them.  I'd say RTE will have a problem getting any recognised performer to take part next year. 

Heard on the radio this morning that Johnny Logan is 5/1 favourite with the bookies to represent Ireland in 2008. 

Not being up to speed on PC's, can anyone help me with this:

I want to put an additional 256M of SD RAM into a PC.  The current 256M is marked as PC100, CL2.  However, I can only find 256M PC130 on the market.

If I insert a further 256M PC130, will this be able to operate alongside the PC100 RAM? 

Many thanks in advance for any help.

And he was the first British PM to acknowledge the detrimental role his country's government played during the famine in Ireland.

However, his legacy will depend on who you ask.....for the vast majority of people, I think it will be his role in aiding and abetting mass murder in Iraq under the cover of an 'illegal' war, all for the sake of the petrodollar.

Obviously not a competition to be taken too seriously.....but that has to be up with some of Ireland's worst ever entries.....the lead singer is crap, the group look awkward at best, surely this will land Ireland back into the relegation zone for next year.

As for the UK....enough said.

I know a way to avoid the vast majority of replays......just introduce the large clock in the stadium, just like the ladies football......and we will all see the exact amount of time left, and not the fabricated time that refs pull out of nowhere so as to contrive a draw.  This would reduce the amount of replays dramatically!

Open draw is the only way to go....

Less of the joking. Armagh get fierce tetchy if they have to play championship gmes anywhere other than Clones or Croker. Maybe they'll boycott this one.

I didn't see anything tetchy about Armagh against Sligo IN NAVAN a few years back.

I like his TV shows...but absolutely hate his Racing adverts....'Jesus, I could eat a horse'....funny eh?

think the gaa should demand that national league finals be carried on rte1 or 2.

Why??? Sure isn't TG4 as widely available as RTE?  What is your reasoning for only having big games on RTE?  Is it because of the language the game is being broadcast in?

If so, then the problem resides with the person who can't understand Irish, as opposed to it being broadcast in Irish.

As for TG4, it is probably one of the stations I watch the most, some of their documentaries are excellent.

Firstly, I agree with the decision to have the game in Ballybofey. 

Secondly, to put the game in context.....it is the first round of a 'devalued' Ulster Championship.  Sad, but true.  The back door has seen to it that the Ulster is no longer the be all and end all for those teams who have realistic aspirations comes September. 

Draws permitting, Donegal and Armagh will both be around at the business end of the championship i.e. Q/Finals and beyond.

In a strange sort of way, I believe the decision to reverse the original venue decision could very well work against Donegal.  It's a bigger game for Donegal than it is for Armagh at this stage.

Any idea what the designated provincial line up is for the football semi finals?  Ulster v who?

Also, anyone know what date is the Ulster designated semi...August 19th or 26th?

So what was the story with the pitch yesterday?  I heard Dunphy and Brady complaining that the field was too bumpy?

I thought the Croker surface was supposed to be as good as can be??

The seats on the Hill look well, but it must be a pisser of a job putting them in and then having to remove them again! 

I'll not support the RTE coverage until they bring back the old theme tune for the Sunday Game....and also put Spillane on the opposite side of the table....he is a crap presenter!

Ah...the important things in life.

Balladmaker, scalder, et al - does the phrase "not an inch" ring any bells with you?

Just to clarify my point:

Firstly, as much as I dislike Ireland's Call and the reasoning behind it, if the northern Protestants on the team wish to have an 'anthem' which they can identify with, then so be it...no problem at all.  So as was done yesterday, play both Amhrán na bhFiann and Ireland's Call.

The problem I have is when Ireland play abroad.....we only have Ireland's Call played.  We are heading into a World Cup in France, and not once will we hear Amhrán na bhFiann before any of Ireland's games.  So much for equality.  If we can have Ireland's Call, surely the majority of the team from the 26 counties are entitled to have the National Anthem of Ireland performed also.

Amhrán na bhFiann is the national Anthem of the Republic of Ireland.
The IRFU representative team is just that; a representative selection of players in the IRFU, not the Republic of Ireland.
A significant percentage of that team come from another country.

So by that logic, should we therefore stop the playing of Amhrán na bhFiann at all NFL or Ulster Championship games in the 6 counties?  That would go down well