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Private pile you have are fairly (?) opinionated for a man with just 8 posts

Well if your going to belmullet then you have to stop off in the sea rod inn, right beside the beach, pitch and new par 3 golf course. And there is a wonderfuly enteraining landlady
http://www.thesearodinn.ie/

i didnt see any sign of this can you post a link ?

gunner brady

[If Buzz is who I think]

i havent posted on this thread yet and i got bored of it last week but its getting better!
If Buzz is who I think
stop it your killing me

welcome back barney, there sure was some rumours going round bout ya. can you confirm that you are not JOM

could we have that in english now please

we have a new contender

Did anyone see this programme this evening about the making of hurls and sliothars. excellant programme with a cameo appearance from a young Brian Cody. 

Is this a new record, 1 day after work started
http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1822781&issue_id=15575

Discovery of prehistoric site hits Tara M-way work

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Archeologists digging at the new find on the M3 near the Hill Of Tara 





ENVIRONMENT Minister Dick Roche has ordered that work be stopped on the controversial M3 motorway near the Hill of Tara, because of the discovery of an important national monument right in its path.

Just 24 hours after Transport Minister Martin Cullen turned the sod on the €850m Meath road project, tools have been downed after archaeologists discovered a pre-Christian site in the Tara/Skreen Valley.

The large circular enclosure, about the size of three football fields, is clearly visible and was probably used for rituals in the Iron Age or Bronze Age.

Yesterday, Environment Minister Dick Roche said he was consulting with the National Museum after the National Monuments Service inspected the site.

The discovery of the first national monument along the M3 route is vindication for opponents of the motorway who claimed it should have been rerouted to avoid the Hill of Tara and risk damaging the country's richest archaeological landscape.

The National Museum had also opposed the route.

Yesterday, the Department of the Environment confirmed that during the course of excavations two circular enclosures were found with evidence of an entrance and passageway from the outer enclosure to the inner enclosure.

"The monument has been heavily truncated by ploughing in the past and the surviving features are shallow and fragile," a statement said.

"No works which would interfere with the monument may be carried out, except works urgently required to secure its preservation, carried out in accordance with measures specified by the minister."

But the statement added: "The minister is advised the surviving elements of the monument are extremely fragile, underlining the need for an early decision on how to proceed."

Yesterday, the Campaign to Save Tara said it was "jubilant" at the find, adding surveys carried out as part of the route selection process for the M3 should have found the artefact.

"It had been the Save Tara Campaign that first alerted the National Museum to the potential significance of the Lismullen site, which is within 100 metres of the Rath Lugh monument and directly within the path of the proposed motorway," spokesman Michael Canny said.

"The Lismullen site had not been accurately identified during the initial archaeological survey of the route and the discovery of a henge, almost 80 metres in diameter and comprising of two concentric circles, caused surprise to the archaeological contractor and near-apoplexy at the National Roads Authority."

Another group, Tarawatch, said it was 'legally incumbent' on the minister to halt works, place a preservation order on the site, and reroute the M3 motorway like he did in Waterford in 2005 when he rerouted the N25 to avoid a large Viking site in Woodstown.

It is understood the director of the National Museum, Pat Wallace, will respond to the minister on the submission from the National Monuments Service by the end of this week.

The National Roads Authority said that it would meet all its statutory requirements and was liaising with the department and the National Museum.

Election of president questioned
Monday April 30th 2007
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WALTER O'CONNOR (37) has been chairman of the Meath Handball Board for the past four years.

He ran for the position of President Elect of the Irish Handball Council (IHC) at the 2007 Congress in the Greville Arms Hotel, Mullingar on April 1.

Before that AGM, O'Connor wrote to the IHC, alleging that his was the only one of the three nominations that was received before the official April 9 deadline.

He clarified that he was still running for office, but was doing so 'under protest' because of this alleged discrepancy.

The IHC uses a proportional representation system. No details of the first count were revealed, but when Richard Willoughby of Wicklow's second preferences were distributed, Roscommon's Tony Hannon defeated O'Connor by one vote (43-42). Two votes were deemed 'spoiled.'

Had there been a dead heat, victory would have been decided by the most first preferences.

O'Connor has since demanded access to the electoral register and also to see the two spoiled votes, one of which, he claims, indicated a preference for him.

He has also queried the number of votes distributed and asked for clarification as to whether they have all been accounted for.

O'Connor has also questioned the suspension of standing orders to allow the presidential election take place before the Treasurer's report.

Current IHC President Tom Walsh (Wicklow) told the Irish Independent that, because O'Connor has put the matter in the hands of his solicitor, the Handball Council is not in a position to comment at this time.

or going by your avater stay off the men as well

Healys is a rare spot.
An glenamoy married a girl from convoy and moved there 3/4 years ago. Seems quite settled it must be said

Deel Rover,
Have you met any glenamoy men around convoy?

Tyronie,
What exactly did yu expect to be doing when you started nursing?