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Scott Adams of Dilbert fame.

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Trump Epstein

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https://radicalleftscum.substack.com/p/5-chilling-revelations-from-a-survivor


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https://www.thejournal.ie/an-ghaeltacht-win-all-ireland-glory-for-west-kerry-in-croker-6923969-Jan2026/?utm_source=twitter_short

Thug Ó Cinnéide súntas don tacaíocht a fuair an chumann ó dhiaspóra an chumainn ar fuaid na cruinne agus ó dhaoine is cumainn eile sna pobail Gaeltachta eile ar fuaid na tíre. Tar éis dóibh an cluiche leath cheannais a bhuachaint i bPáirc Uí Chaoimh seachtain roimhe sin, dúirt sé agus a chomhghleacaithe ar an bhfoireann bainistíochta go raibh gá le cúig nó sé mhíle Euro chun íoc as na costaisí a bheadh orthu i mBaile Átha Cliath. 

Laistigh d'uair a chloig bhí €5,000 bailithe ag an bhfeachtas, bhí €91,000 ann an maidin roimh an chluiche agus beidh níos mó aris roimh i bhfad.

"Bhláthaigh sé agus d'fhás sé agus ní stad sé agus is dóigh liom go dtug sé ana-mhisneach dos na lads chomh maith go dtuigeadar, agus ní h-é an airgead é, ach thuigeadar go raibh oiread daoine taobh thiar dóibh agus go raibh an saghas móiminteam san ann agus go raibh an ghaoth ina seolta agus iad ag dul go Baile Átha Cliath.

"Abair daoine ó thar lear, daoine ná féadfadh a bheith age baile don gcluiche ag tabhairt cúig chéad dollar anso agus trí chéad dollar agus rudaí mar sin abair, thug sé oiread misnigh duit agus sinn ag iarraidh rud éigean a chuir i gcrich."

In éineacht leis an airgead a tháinig i dtreo an chumainn, tháinig teachtaireachtaí tacaíochta ó gach phobal Gaeltachta in Éirinn.

"Tá a fhios againn ar fad go bhfuil diaspóra mór ag an nGaeltacht agus bhí tacaíocht iontach againn ó t ó Ghaoth Dobhair anuas go Cléire agus téacsanna agus tacaíochtaí agus rudaí mar sin a ghabháil ar feadh na seachtaine.

GAA on TG4 next weekend:

Friday
7.30pm: Kildare v Westmeath (O'Byrne Cup final)

Saturday
3.15pm: Waterford v Limerick (Munster SHL)
5pm: Dr McKenna Cup final

Sunday
1.30pm: Ballygunner v Loughrea (Club SH final)
3.40pm: Dingle v St Brigid's (Club SF final)

Nurses instead of Casement. Brought to you by the TUV.

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Conor Bradley ruled out for the rest of Liverpool's season. He has suffered a significant knee injury and will undergo surgery.

Martin O'Neill interview

https://x.com/ScotlandSky/status/2010043616773734481

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/01/10/why-it-makes-no-difference-if-you-sack-the-manager/


transformative managers are rare. Barring the occasional exception like Jürgen Klopp at Liverpool, clubs appointing a new manager in mid-season are fishing in a pool of the mediocre and the unemployed. Twenty First Group finds that just two per cent of coaches meaningfully improve a team's underlying performance over the long term.

In June, Tottenham paid Brentford £10m to recruit Thomas Frank as manager. Only six months later, Spurs are reportedly considering paying £20m to sack Frank. One explanation is that Frank has suddenly morphed from an outstanding coach into a mediocre one. Another one is more compelling: Frank's results largely reflect the quality of the structure around him.

Thomas Frank worked wonders at Brentford largely because of the quality of the structure around him, something he is lacking at Spurs Credit: Getty Images/Robin Jones

Frank's departure from Brentford after seven successful years prompted fears about how the club would fare under Keith Andrews, their former set-piece coach who had never been a head coach. Instead, Brentford now lie in fifth, nine places above Spurs. Predictions that Brighton and Hove Albion would struggle after Graham Potter and then Roberto De Zerbi left proved equally ill-founded.

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Whether in the success of Brentford and Brighton, or the continued underperformance of Tottenham and United, managers reflect the quality of the institutions around them. Twenty First Group shows that the correlation between how an individual head coach performs when he moves clubs is far weaker than the correlation between how one coach at a club performs and his successor. To gauge how well a coach will fare in his new job, the best predictor is how well his predecessor performed.

The urge to sack managers ignores an unpalatable truth: underperforming clubs' problems extend far beyond the manager alone. In the 13 years since Ferguson's departure, Manchester United fans have repeatedly learnt this bitter truth.

Tooreen are in the intermediate final at the weekend

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Cullen Killeen to miss All-Ireland club hurling final as Loughrea lose Central Hearings Committee appeal

Ciarán Meenagh
https://x.com/irish_news/status/2009387963273367590