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How did the referee miss the headbutt in the first half? Crazy stuff
Then the Gaels player pushed into the end netting not even punished

Hurl on, never mind the ball 

Conor Cooney giving Lawlor his fill of it..
Game on

Shocking call ... umpire had absolutely no reason to be behind the goal

Gaels full value and should kick on

Didn't want hit with the ball  .

Poor decision

The gaels more efficient in the shooting stakes, how they weren't awarded that goal I'll never know...
Thomas's still in this though.

Looks like a terrible day down in Dublin by the state of the lads at half time

Does this money go away if the DUP do not go back in. Carmel Gates made them sound like the heroes of the hour on BBC last night, she wasn't going to criticise them in case they were holding out for more money.

The reluctance of unions to call out the DUP is yet more evidence that they're pretty useless organisations.  Holding out for more dough is a recipe for never going back..."'cause they'll offer us more next week"

I think it's clear CHH did cough up more dough for pay disputes and it's tied to the DUP going back into Stormont.

If the DUP don't go back then that money goes back to whitehall evidently.

Jeffrey still having splinters on the auld arse by the looks of it.

If they don't go back where does unionism go from here? Boycotting the Assembly is not a viable long term position. They need it more than Nationalists. However, I am well aware that Unionism has a canny knack of not picking the best option for Unionism.

There's plenty of clips doing the rounds of how poor the DUP have been strategically since Brexit was first muted, they really were the dog chasing after a car but didn't know what to do when it caught up with the car...

They find themselves in another pickle entirely of their own making caused largely by them looking over their shoulder at Jim Allister and the die hard loons within their own party who don't want a taig about the place.
It's looking like ELP will be the proposed Deputy first minister although even that won't be straight forward for wee Jeffrey as there's some MLA's not wanting her their...

Popcorn time and the wee lad in Donaghadee will be tweeting like billyho in the next while.

[Dup meeting later today]

Dup meeting later today


its probably all pantomine

Would not surprise that they vote to come back in but then immediately take credit for getting the pay deals all across the line for the public sector, mind you Shinners will all probably also be looking a pat on the back as well.

There is obviously the reality of paying for it all so in a years time when our rates bill go up and and we are paying for prescriptions etc DUP / Sinn Fein will stand shoulder to shoulder and point the finger at Westminster as it will be all their fault.

CHH shook the money tree to free up more money before Christmas to allow Wee Jeffrey to sell this as a win and he failed to do so, but maybe now he's realising the WF/Irish Sea border is here to stay and the lesser of the two evils for Unionism is the return of Stormont...

There will be a split either way in the DUP so happy days.

houl on here a minute, what is this about English ones, now living in Carlow and Mayo leading the charge in the "Ireland is full" malarkey?

Is this a piss take?

Believe it or not its true 

Like most of these people they haven't the brains to realise how stupid it is for British migrants to complain about migrants

Oh, ye anti-fa Shinner types - "Brits out, everyone else in", eh?!!

Do these "Brits" not need housing,  schools,  doctors etc?

[probably trying to avoid the usual sectarian trap]

What should they do then?

A good start might be to call on the DUP to go into government rather than aiming their anger at CHH.

are they not blaming both?

Not really, the DUP have gotten away quite lightly from the unions IMO, probably trying to avoid the usual sectarian trap, but in this instance it's either CHH who doesn't give a flying fúck about this place or the DUP who believe if they hold out for long enough the UK Government are going to magically change an international trade agreement they have with the EU!

I could see how that is the case but there is more to it than that as well. The reason for the DUP not going into Stormont (the reason they are giving nor the real reason) is totally unrelated to the public sector pay increase and today's strike. The only person trying to link them is CHH. He is holding the DUP to ransom with another man's money. The other man is protesting about that today.
So, while the majority on this forum believe the DUP are wanchors and should return, it could still very well be a legitimate position for someone to feel that they are right not to return until "Act of Union blah blah" AND believe that public pay increases should be implemented.

Well he and the Tories know the DUP can be bought and paid for (ala Teresa May and the confidence and supply agreement) and if you think the Tories somehow magic'd another few billion out of their arses just for NI workers then you're as gullible as the next.
The extra few billion was the carrot for wee Jeff to sell going back into Stormont as a win to his base, he failed to do so and there's no way CHH is going to stump up on that money if they don't.

Why do you think no other party has been able to see this "deal" other than the DUP?

The ordinary worker is indeed the pawn in all this, that's not right, but these are dirty feckers when it comes to politics.

houl on here a minute, what is this about English ones, now living in Carlow and Mayo leading the charge in the "Ireland is full" malarkey?

Is this a piss take?

1 week in 

First three months are tough.  Just ride it out. 

And as someone said, tell your partner/OH to try to keep going with the feeding - I switched to bottles during the day at around 4/5 months, and kept feeding myself at night until they dropped those feeds, because I was too pure lazy to go down and make a bottle in the night.  And especially during the winter nights!  My husband obviously agreed with my approach - never once did he have to go and make a bottle during the night (though may have been dispensed for calpol the odd time) 

yes, load up on the Calpol and sudocrem, you'll need it.

What should they do then?

A good start might be to call on the DUP to go into government rather than aiming their anger at CHH.

are they not blaming both?

Not really, the DUP have gotten away quite lightly from the unions IMO, probably trying to avoid the usual sectarian trap, but in this instance it's either CHH who doesn't give a flying fúck about this place or the DUP who believe if they hold out for long enough the UK Government are going to magically change an international trade agreement they have with the EU!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68018758

King Chuck is looking forward to getting back to work!

There's bound to be some conspiracies out there around both him and Kate in hospital at the same time...lol

Kate will come out two or three sizes bigger in the chest department after her "knee" op..

 

Congrats BB, it's tough but brilliant at the same time.

Forgot about this thread when our two were born. Pandemic babies so there wasn't much social interaction with other new mammies for the Mrs. after they were born which I think was very tough on her, even to just get outside the house for a while. Just turned 3 and there is serious craic in them now their personalities are coming through. And to watch their development is unreal.

Twins?
My sister was in the same boat. Was tough for her to be fair.
But they're flying now.

Twins aye, our first two so we didn't know any different but a lot of our friends who have one have said they don't know how we did it.  It's the same as everyone in the newborn boat, you just do it and manage as best you can.  I was working at home the first 8 months after they were born which was a godsend.  Only in the next room if the sh1t hit the fan.  Used to be some operation doing the bottles every day when they got to 4 or 5oz ones.  16 bottles with 5 scoops of aptimil each.  Some bottles got more than others!

Twins are tough. We have twins as well (11yrs now), but were premature and we'd plenty of hospital time. Not sure how we'd have coped if it had been during the pandemic.
As you say though, you just put the head down and get on with it.

Our last two are a set of twins, now 7 and routine was key with them, if one woke to get fed, the other got fed at the same time and tried to get that set in stone, one was a grubber and the other wasn't and wanted less but more often and even the simple things like getting them on solids, then able to feed themselves are all major wins along the way, you got back to actually eating a warm dinner yourself.

Don't start me on toilet training, boys are the worst, they could piss themselves and it wouldn't bother them, well mine were like that, whereas the two girls took to the potty and toilet relatively quickly thank god.

Shea Pucci with 2-00?
Aquinas and Knock would be filled with Carryduff, Bredagh and St Paul's players. The former two are two of the biggest clubs in Ulster and consistently strong at underage level so it only makes sense that that should translate into these schools. Hopefully it continues and keeps progressing.

Yeah, big lad grabbed two yesterday.
Some other fine hurlers lined out for Knock in the football yesterday, will be interesting to see how their heads are turned when it comes to adult, Liam Blayney and Luke Doran in particular. Liam went with the minor footballers last year instead of the hurlers, Luke Doran might still be county minor age this year.

Plenty of Naomh Brid players spread across those teams.

yes, and a few others affiliated to St Enda's and other West Belfast clubs but living in the south of the city.