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Is that Dundalk Bay from Slieve Gullion?

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It's looking down Glenariffe from the branch road, towards Red Bay and the Mull of Kintyre in the distance.

That's a bit harsh, views of the top of Slieve Gullion are magnificent. Ever been?

Tony's comments don't even warrant a response. But for those interested please check out this:

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Is that Dundalk Bay from Slieve Gullion?

Hamilton's behaviour  is a far cry from that of the great Stirling Moss who showed remarkable sportsmanship in the 1958 Grand Prix of Portugal. During the race Mike Hawthorn spun his car but was able to continue and eventually finished second. Which when added to his fastest lap gave him 7 points to Moss' 8 for the win. Hawthorn though, was accused by the officials of breaking the rules by restarting in the opposite direction. Moss who witnessed the incident came to his rival's defence and a relieved Hawthorn was able to keep his 7 points. As a result, Hawthorn became the first British world champion beating Moss by one point.

Some time later someone said to Moss, ' Why did you tell?  No one would have ever known and you'd have won the World Championship" 

Moss replied, ' But I would have known.'

I've a Casio CX200, ( the 32 key model) which I'm prepared to donate to anyone who needs one

I'm a reasonably regular mass goer but I'm strongly thinking of giving up the Catholic faith as a result of the Pope's recent comments about condoms and HIV. If he's prepared to take a stance which has the potential to condemn millions to death then I'm not sure I want to be part of his set up.

Avoid the Killarney Heights Hotel. The wife and I stayed there for a couple of nights last year while at a wedding. Firstly they charged us a dearer rate than we were told when we booked, however we didn't have a confirmation e mail to prove it so we had to grin and bear it, but worse still they tried to overcharge us when checking out.

My favourite time of the year

Bright evenings, football's started, smell of cut grass.....bring it on!!!!

And best of all the whin bushes in blossom and the entire countryside turns bright yellow. Class

Dad cooks a deer and doesn't tell the kids what it is. He gives one clue "Its what your mother calls me". The boy yells, "it's a f**king ball bag don't eat it"

That reminds me of a line from Fr Ted:

Ted: Mrs Doyle, what's for tea?
Mrs D: I'll give you a clue, do you like deer?
Ted: Yes I love deer
Mrs Doyle: Great, because the thing you're getting for tea loves deer too.

Doing the readin up

Keeping the cattle out of the low haggard

Is it true that Rory's father played for Down minors?

Higgins in 'mad man' snooker rant

Thursday, 19 February 2009


Snooker player Alex Higgins has been dropped from a charity event in Limerick next month after he allegedly threatened and verbally abused spectators and a referee at a separate match.


The Belfast-born former snooker world champion is reported to have reduced a 10-year-old boy to tears, threatened to smash a snooker ball into a spectator's face and told the referee at last Thursday's exhibition match in Kildare that he would stick his cue "up your a***".

Higgins' latest debacle took place in Athy, Co Kildare during a game against Jimmy White.

As a result, Limerick and North Tipperary Carer's Association, who had arranged for the 59-year-old to play in a charity match in Limerick next month, have dropped him from the schedule and replaced him with seven-time world champion, Stephen Hendry.

Sports Editor with the Kildare Nationalist newspaper, Brendan Coffey, acted as referee at last week's match and experienced Higgins' abuse and threatening demeanour at first hand.

Mr Coffey claimed Higgins behaved like a "mad man".

"Alex didn't seem drunk. He wasn't acting like a drunken man, just a mad man," he said.

"At one stage he picked up the cue like someone with a spear in Braveheart and said that if anyone annoys him, he'd stab them in the chest with it.

"He shoved a ball in front of one person's face and said he smash him between the eyes with it if he distracted him again," Mr Coffey claimed.

Higgins was also alleged to have scolded a 10-year-old boy sitting in the front row for apparently distracting him. The boy was reduced to tears.

My favourite player in recent times would have to be Sebastian Rosental. A great servant of the club. Mind you Tore Andre Flo comes a close second.

Wife took a group of first years (12 year olds) to the National Aquatic Centre. She would highly recommend it

A property tax would only make sense if the revenue collected was used to pay for services such as waste disposal etc. The current system whereby residents  pay for bin collection services at source only seems to act as an encouragement to some to dump their rubbish illegally rather than pay to have it collected. THe introduction of a property tax to pay for these services would remove that problem