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As for the Children, they should have told their parents, they should hav been reared with the ethos of telling their parents about anything or anyone endangering them, just like the two young boys did in my tenuous work related experience of the horrors of child abuse in the late 1970s.

It's a vile job holding children to account for their post rape silence but somebody has to do it.

Just on the data limit, its rubbish, so if you rely on getting on the internet for anything more than Whatsapp etc when your out and about its a no goer (will run out in no time). 300 minutes will get you like 10mins a day, not good if you use the phone for work etc

Can't speak on the iphone as never had one. The brother got the OnePlus One at the weekend and it blows Apple out of the water for value

why believe he's even from Kerry? he's the deputy troll on gaaboard after Fearon and not to be taken seriously

The brother in law said the 2hr pacer he followed came in at 2:04, if thats true then thats shocking, how hard is it to pace for two hours and thats a long way out.

I wonder if he means the clock time and not chip time? When I came in the clock said 1:55 or so and I was thinking the 1:50 pacesetters had somehow messed up too, but they were obviously timing from the point they crossed the starting line (~6mins after the first waves of athletes set off). Over 8000 people taking part I think I read so obviously a lot of congestion delaying the bulk of the runners getting through the starting gate.

Edit: WT4E said it first! I reckon he may be on 1:58 or thereabouts if it said 2:04 on the clock

Well that was my first race event to enter so coming from running solo in the evenings it was a real eye opener, great experience!

The congestion at the start was interesting, started out much slower than I expected! Then theres lots of weaving in and out, the path around Phoenix park got quite narrow at times so there was plenty of running on the grass verges.

Lined up with a lot of trepidation about the foot, had it well iced the night before and the weight kept off it but it was obviously nothing too serious as it mostly held up all the way.

Didnt know the races had pacesetters with flags on the back, very handy!! Slowly manoeuvred in with the 1hr 50m trio, very sound with vocal encouragement and carrying extra water bottles to pass out, clearly that pace is not a bother to them!

Felt good by ~7 mile mark and kicked on ahead. Pacing on the GPS on the mobile was not worth a shite and it cut in and out after the halfway mark, and in between my 80s power ballads was giving me garbage feedback. By the 12 mile mark I was feeling very stupid for increasing the pace and going up the incline on the final leg was horrible, wasn't far ahead of the 1:50 pacesetters by then. Some woman on the sideline shouts out "Keep going, ye only have 300m to go!"  so tried to open up for home.. only turns out she was feeding me porkies for it was def at least a km  . Gassed myself out then and weaved over to the side for a quick retch like a drunk outside a kebab house, the 1h50 train cruised by, so went into a (relative) sprint and caught them at the line for a chip time of 1h 49m.

I then augmented my fatigue with an almighty night on the beer... roll on the marathon!!

Well done to WT4E and Laoislad also!!!

I've entered Dublin half as my first race and will be heading down regardless for the craic this weekend but very touch and go whether il be fit to run.

hurt the foot running a 6miler on wednesday night, ran it faster than usual and pain started kicking in on the outside of the right foot just underneath the midsole... it was sore to walk on on thursday (was limping), eased a bit today but still feel it a bit. No pain at all when off the feet. After a bit of a google the symptoms sound similar to a common complaint called 'planear tendonitis', although I obviously gotta take self diagnosis by google with a pinch of salt!

Will give it a good RICE treatment tonight but would be nervous of this scuppering the run altogether 

Tony knows rightly JC, he just doesnt care all that much about the actual points of the debate and will dodge and shift the goalposts til the cows come home. His central motivation in defending the sickeningly indefensible is stubborness, childishness (claiming 'victory') and provoking reaction and attention towards himself.

This is like a game for him and the more people that join in (like I am now  ) the happier he will be. Salient points are a trifle inconvenience and merely serve to propogate his subversion and amuse him further.

When he takes up a position on the cover up of child rape in the same fashion that you would entrench your support for a soccer team, its no debate at all. I guess it comes down to whether its worth responding further merely to shine further light on a shameful episode in our history as Hardy says.

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In the wake of ex-Derry captain Kevin McCloy collapsing on the pitch during a club championship match last night (and remebering the likes of Cormac McAnallen and others) I just wanted to take the time to raise awareness for those of us playing or involved in the coaching of young people in the North. There is a free heart screening service made available regularly in Belfast and Coleraine by CRY NI.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/shock-as-excaptain-of-derry-gaa-kevin-mccloy-collapses-on-the-field-30507773.html

If anyone feels that they, their teammates or any one they know between the ages of 14-35 could benefit from a free heart screening to pick up on any potential defects, Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) offer free Cardio Screenings.

These screenings are absolutely free (CRY is a charity) and easy to book. Go to the following link and look for the Screening Calender down the right hand of the page and click on 'places available' at the relevent venue.

http://www.c-r-y.org.uk/northern-ireland

I know our club in the past has co-ordinated for the senior footballers to attend on a free Saturday morning. I have taken one myself and it is very quick, like 10-15mins max.

For clubs in the region that are able to arrange it, it mightn't be a bad idea to co-ordinate screening for a panel as it could potentially save someones life.

Is there an equivalent service in the South?

[Reckon some just couldn't get around the fact Elijah Wood was in it.]

Watched Green Street again at the weekend. Can't for the life of me understand how it got so much bad press. Excellent film imo. Reckon some just couldn't get around the fact Elijah Wood was in it.

for very good reason... plays a Harvard student who rather logically becomes a "come an hav a go if yer think yer hard enough" die hard hammers hooligan... message of the movie is that he comes away a better person for loyally backing up small minded c*ntish behaviour outside pubs/down alleyways. The whole premise of extolling the honour, loyalty and virtue of gutter Cockney-geezer soccer hooliganism is laughable. Would recommend The Firm, the Gary Oldman film as a solid alternative for the scummy reality and hopelessness of the hooliganism era.

Keep it up GHD, ignore that Sheehy troll, poor chaps wrapped up in the poison of his own personal vendettas

I see as well as being homophobic you support GHD's extremism. No surprise there.

QED   

is this the return of Forkinknife?

Keep it up GHD, ignore that Sheehy troll, poor chaps wrapped up in the poison of his own personal vendettas

It wud seekin a doag