Things that make you go .....Hmmm, that's interesting.

[Milltown Row2]

Think they started paying years ago... but they don't have to! Wish I was in the same boat

[Tony Baloney]

 

https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/arson-attack-at-property-linked-to-co-tyrone-competition-business-targeted-in-national-crime-agency-operation-JCT2AEYZ3BATBDADYI2KR5M6QI/?fbclid=Iwb21leASrXUJjbGNrBKtdGGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHoF-Yxj_hdhCIHQWHklOqbM9dALFtMWmltH7hSC3AS4Xzt0QyEXfs8HBE0RS_aem_LGjMCKQgKDFH3c4gskV1ig

[brokencrossbar1]

https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/arson-attack-at-property-linked-to-co-tyrone-competition-business-targeted-in-national-crime-agency-operation-JCT2AEYZ3BATBDADYI2KR5M6QI/?fbclid=Iwb21leASrXUJjbGNrBKtdGGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHoF-Yxj_hdhCIHQWHklOqbM9dALFtMWmltH7hSC3AS4Xzt0QyEXfs8HBE0RS_aem_LGjMCKQgKDFH3c4gskV1ig

Not dodgy at all....

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Whats the "allegedly" behind this chaps?

See the fb page has been v quiet since early June, few grumbles of no refunds and no draws taking place

[AustinPowers]

Kate Bush was born on this  date in 1958.

Emily Brontë,  who wrote Wuthering Heights, was born on the  same date.

[Windmill abu]

Kate Bush was born on this  date in 1958.

Emily Brontë,  who wrote Wuthering Heights, was born on the  same date.

I think Emily Bronte was born before 1958.

[AustinPowers]

Kate Bush was born on this  date in 1958.

Emily Brontë,  who wrote Wuthering Heights, was born on the  same date.

I think Emily Bronte was born before 1958.

Yeah , just  the 140 years earlier

[Baile Brigín 2]

Kate Bush was born on this  date in 1958.

Emily Brontë,  who wrote Wuthering Heights, was born on the  same date.

I don't think they were

[seafoid]

Kate Bush recorded a song as Gaeilge

https://youtu.be/shV-tT8cY-A?is=bz99OiPHRoUnQRce

[seafoid]

Most popular sport by country

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HPLaP3RXYAA5kGV

[Rossfan]

Figures from the Department of Foreign Affairs showed over half a million Irish passports were issued in the first half of 2026.

On the island of Ireland, 367,471 passports were issued in total.

Over 50,000 passports were issued in the six counties of Northern Ireland, of which Antrim, on 17,986, saw the third-highest figure across all 32 counties.

Elsewhere in Northern Ireland, 13,004 passports were issued in Down, 8,019 in Derry, 5,769 in Tyrone, 5,021 in Armagh and 1,935 in Fermanagh.

The county with the most passports distributed between January and June was Dublin on 93,223, followed by Cork on 35,257.

Other counties with over 10,000 passports issued included Kildare at 17,571, Galway, 16,543, Meath, 14,774, Limerick, 12,524, and Wicklow, 10,736.

 

[Tony Baloney]

Figures from the Department of Foreign Affairs showed over half a million Irish passports were issued in the first half of 2026.

On the island of Ireland, 367,471 passports were issued in total.

Over 50,000 passports were issued in the six counties of Northern Ireland, of which Antrim, on 17,986, saw the third-highest figure across all 32 counties.

Elsewhere in Northern Ireland, 13,004 passports were issued in Down, 8,019 in Derry, 5,769 in Tyrone, 5,021 in Armagh and 1,935 in Fermanagh.

The county with the most passports distributed between January and June was Dublin on 93,223, followed by Cork on 35,257.

Other counties with over 10,000 passports issued included Kildare at 17,571, Galway, 16,543, Meath, 14,774, Limerick, 12,524, and Wicklow, 10,736.

 

So who got the other 150,000? It seems to be easy to pick up an Irish passport these days.

[snoopdog]

Are these all New Passporta or are renewals included in that figure.