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His programmes are excellent, some of the best on TV, but he should stop pushing the BBC climate change agenda.

Did you see the one on climate change though? Was unreal to see how much it has changed in past few decades alone.  A man of his age has to be best placed to know if climate change is going to have a massive impact in the coming decades as hes lived through the past 7-8! Is he pushing the whole decrease your carbon footprint shite? I think thats a load of crap to tax the life out of us, climate changes are natural, get over it!!

You are correct to a certain extent, I agree the south is completely different. SF are making significant inroads down there.  My point is that I dont see SF being anywhere near as strong without McGuinness and Adams. I dont consider Paul Maskey as a relative newbie, hes been a SF councillor in West Belfast since 01, there is no comparison with him and Adams.

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I recently got an invite, everything I have downloaded so far has been unreal quality.  Really good site.

Any chance of an invite; lik a gud man??!

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[Gerry Adams]

My eldest was on a school trip to the Dail yesterday. She was totally underwhelmed by the chamber of empty seats. She only had two major impressions of the visit. The ceiling in the Senate chamber was fantastic and  Gerry Adams was the only politician who bothered to come up to them to say hello.

She and her classmates will more than likely all be eligible to vote in the next election.

I am obviously a critic of Adams but the importance of something like that can't be overstated. Those kids will remember it for life. Just one question, were they from his constituency?

No. Nowhere near his constituency. SF are doing a lot of hard graft and playing for the long term. Last general election they were the only ones to call to our door also. This sort of stuff has a cumulative effect over time and it will be the generation after Adams/McGuinness that will really reap the benefit.

It's true that they are good at building these 'on the ground' relationships, don't seem to be driven by the sniff of a sullied euro and after the "you murdered a child" argument can no longer be directed, that they have a quare chance of making it.

It's what they do then.

They have come a hell of a long way and are doing rightly.

Who exactly are the generation after McGuinness and Adams? Conor Murphy? Pah

After McGuinness and Adams SF will be what DUP were after Paisley, softer than shite!

Right...

Did you hit post by mistake before you got to finish that sentence or is that all you have to offer?

Once McGuinness and Adams step down, any 'hardline' Republicans that still vote SF will defect to the next best thing, Eirigi etc, look at the hardline unionists and their defection to TUV.

[Gerry Adams]

My eldest was on a school trip to the Dail yesterday. She was totally underwhelmed by the chamber of empty seats. She only had two major impressions of the visit. The ceiling in the Senate chamber was fantastic and  Gerry Adams was the only politician who bothered to come up to them to say hello.

She and her classmates will more than likely all be eligible to vote in the next election.

I am obviously a critic of Adams but the importance of something like that can't be overstated. Those kids will remember it for life. Just one question, were they from his constituency?

No. Nowhere near his constituency. SF are doing a lot of hard graft and playing for the long term. Last general election they were the only ones to call to our door also. This sort of stuff has a cumulative effect over time and it will be the generation after Adams/McGuinness that will really reap the benefit.

It's true that they are good at building these 'on the ground' relationships, don't seem to be driven by the sniff of a sullied euro and after the "you murdered a child" argument can no longer be directed, that they have a quare chance of making it.

It's what they do then.

They have come a hell of a long way and are doing rightly.

Who exactly are the generation after McGuinness and Adams? Conor Murphy? Pah

After McGuinness and Adams SF will be what DUP were after Paisley, softer than shite!

I'm astounded.

Then again, my granny made apple tart that day.

Did people used to put coins in apple tarts or was that just at halloween or something? Or did i just dream that??

Any of you on demonoid.com?

I recently got an invite, everything I have downloaded so far has been unreal quality.  Really good site.

1994 World Cup Final

Brazil V Italy

Scorcher of a day and we were playing hide and seek in the oul boys hayfield using the stacks to hide behind, was about 8-9 of us, all went into the house to watch the match! Unreal!

Surely you remember Ray Houghton's goal?

For Brazil or Italy?

For the Free State Brits.
I find it hard to believe that somebody in Ireland can remember a match in USA 94 but not that one.

I do remember Republic of Ireland playing but cant remember that goal.  The only thing I remember about the Brazil v Italy final was that it went to penalties! I was only 8!!

I was 7 ffs!

hardstation 1 - 0 LostInSpace

See attached link below

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-most-powerful-photos-of-2011

Some crazy pictures, hard to believe it all happened this year.

Add any pictures or comments which you think sum up the year gone by.

1994 World Cup Final

Brazil V Italy

Scorcher of a day and we were playing hide and seek in the oul boys hayfield using the stacks to hide behind, was about 8-9 of us, all went into the house to watch the match! Unreal!

Surely you remember Ray Houghton's goal?

For Brazil or Italy?

For the Free State Brits.
I find it hard to believe that somebody in Ireland can remember a match in USA 94 but not that one.

I do remember Republic of Ireland playing but cant remember that goal.  The only thing I remember about the Brazil v Italy final was that it went to penalties! I was only 8!!

1994 World Cup Final

Brazil V Italy

Scorcher of a day and we were playing hide and seek in the oul boys hayfield using the stacks to hide behind, was about 8-9 of us, all went into the house to watch the match! Unreal!

Cant say ive cried at a film but found this one sad:

1. Man on Fire

"IRA "fired first" in 1987 attack in Loughgall"

This has no relevance in a War zone, which was the case in the North!  We lost men that day, we cant win every battle, name a war where the death toll is zero on one side. 

Óglaigh na hÉireann

[and wont be the last]

The Glenravel manager ran across the pitch and struck a Rasharkin Player.  Another Rasharkin player then punched the Glenravel Manager. This isnt the first incident of its kind, and wont be the last. The game is plagued with incidents like this.

You don't say? Oh, you mean generally?

f**k up Pedantic Pat

fair point LHI. didnt really mean to have a go at the mlass man but when everyone keeps calling you a scum bag and animal it becomes very hard to take after awhile.  Yep, the most probable outcome will be the closing of the pitch for year, maybe more. We are doing alot of good work with our kids and it would be a real shame for them to suffer because of this, but in reality i know the ccc wont have many other options. Out of curiousity have any of you fellas ever faced a situation where you have people come to your games, wear your colours and do nothing but embarrass your club. When they dont even pay their membership what can you do with them? When they are asked to stop abusing opposition or referee they just ignore it? what can a club do in this situation in the real world? you cant manhandle them, cant imagine anyone calling the psni to gaelic pitch because someone wont leave!

Come off it. "These people just keep turning up, there is nothing we can do". That's balls. Your players and "a senior club official" were involved in this. Stop painting it as an unruly bunch who just keep turning up at your matches.

You will find though that the person who ran across the pitch and hit the referee would be classed as one of those unruly bunch.  The rest followed suit, no excuse.