Messages

Watched this last night, I was born in mid 80s so was quite young when troubles were finishing up thankfully but the show would make you angry with how some of the families where treated.Really inhuman how you could go into someone's home to tell them their husband/father has been shot dead for no other reason than his association to a sport and ask why the child is crying.Similar to the loughinisland case where the police were clearly involved in collision.

Watched it last night on Youtube in the states myself. Wife was bawling at the end - couldn't understand how, where, why this would happen. As brokencrossbar states, we lived through and endured some wild f**king times. Barbaric stuff. No rest for Bridie Brown.

Didn't know it was on youtube, must watch it tonight. I always watch these by myself.

The way Donaghy was jumping up and down the sideline surely there's no way they'll accept that in Kerry, only a matter of time before they throw the Tyrone/Nordie label at him. It's probably considered alright for someone from Kerry to go and help another county out but you're not supposed to beat them lol.

Did kerry not have a tyrone man on board when the won the ai 2 years ago ? They can't have it everyway in the kingdom . Well done to armagh on the win , really enjoyed the match.  Enjoy the build up to the final .

Did the Tyrone man celebrate like Donaghy did today?
[/quot

Paddy is quieter man than Donaghy. Definitely won Kerry their last AIs though.

Great to see Dublin and Kerry both gone.
Would like to see Galway win now tomorrow.
Donaghy celebrating like that won't go down well in Kerry."

Or Tyrone 

Where's the GOAT? MIA again.

Twas puke football lads.. no doubt Kerry will get their usual pass from the media.

Tyrone very inefficient, but yet not too far behind.

Thought Monahan had thrown that one away, nice point to clinch it.

More endings to that game than "The Ususal Suspects".

Kilmacud probably playing with 20 in this fog.

I think the past year has probably settled this debate in Messi's favour.

A world Cup and 8 Ballon d'Ors.

Massive in the Leagues cup too.... probably clinched it for him

[almost certain world cup final]

Yes, they seriously challenged. How on earth can you disagree with that.

Inches from an almost certain world cup final, and inches from a new record of 18 test wins in a row.

Begrudgers will begrudge, as a rule I do my best to avoid people like that.

Hard luck Ireland Rugby, you have given us some memories these last few years. No doubt you will be back.

They were 'almost certain' to beat Argentina last time they got knocked out by them too I think.

You're definitely misremembering there in an effort to get a dig in. They weren't almost certain to win that quarter final in 2015 in the slightest. 

Checked

"Ireland go into the game against Argentina as odds-on 4/7 favourites with online betting site Bet365."

4/7 - maybe not almost certain depending on what kind of better you are, but strong favs. I will grant you that the the odds this year might have been even tighter had they beaten NZ. But the point is that talking about how easy hypothetical semi-final might have been when you are constant quarter final losers is what's wrong about Irish rugby.

[almost certain world cup final]

Yes, they seriously challenged. How on earth can you disagree with that.

Inches from an almost certain world cup final, and inches from a new record of 18 test wins in a row.

Begrudgers will begrudge, as a rule I do my best to avoid people like that.

Hard luck Ireland Rugby, you have given us some memories these last few years. No doubt you will be back.

They were 'almost certain' to beat Argentina last time they got knocked out by them too I think.

[Fans of a sport team, big up their team. Can't be at that, we'll have to drag the back to earth here.]

Too many lads glad Ireland lost, can't understand that attitude. Better u stick on the GAA thread.

Have to agree. I'm far from a rugby fan, but just find it bizarre to not be cheering for your country in a sport. Even worse again to be gloating like a kid in the playground when they get beat. Takes all sorts I suppose.

Ill tell you why. There is no sporting team on planet earth whos fans blow as much smoke up their own holes as Ireland rugby - The DVD of the friendly win over NZ, the god awful anthem, being told to shush in a pub because the man on the TV is kicking a ball and I might put him off from 500mile away, the list goes on.
I can already see tomorrows headline in the Sindo about how a gang of jolly green giants from a distant galaxy put up a heroic effort. New Zealand will be laughing at Ireland fans and media talking up their chances of winning the whole thing.
Closer to home, I doubt its even in the top 10 sports played/followed at a local level in Ireland yet its consistently marketed as "rugby country".

Yeah they should be more like GAA fans and moan and berate everything about the sport. Call for more rule changes at every turn about because it's becoming an abomination to watch. That'll help things.
Fans of a sport team, big up their team. Can't be at that, we'll have to drag the back to earth here.
It's easily avoided ffs unless you actually go get the Sindo and check out their headlines tomorrow to make sure. Also pop your head into a thread about the sport as well, just so you can make sure they've all been brought down with a bump!!

😂 Barely watch it myself but ffs it's not hard to avoid.

Vincent Hogan the sports journalist has just tweeted that they are "one of the greatest teams Irish sport has ever produced".

Do people really not see how silly this sounds?

Throw up a list of your Irish teams that seriously challenged in a major tournament.

did this team 'seriously challenge'? they talked about it.

Interesting stats

https://www.itf-oecd.org/sites/default/files/ireland-road-safety.pdf

Given the increase in the number of cars and the number of KM driven per year, it's amazing that road deaths are 1/3 of where they were 30 years ago

For refernnce:

https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/state-by-state#:~:text=Posted%20May%202023.-,Fatal%20crash%20totals,Island%20to%2026.2%20in%20Mississippi.

That's in America, Irish roads are much safer than the US and at their lowest deaths were around one tenth of when I learned to drive given that the population had gone up by two-thirds.

Drink driving  would have been more of a feature them and the quality of the main roads has improved. Secondary roads still cause most deaths.

The deaths are on secondary roads, but it is bad driving that causes most deaths.

Life in the US, see crazy driving on the freeways all the time. But on similar roads to Irish ritual ones I rarely see the kind of mad overtaking and speeding you would get back home.

I'm a bit lost as to why they bank can't go an unplug the ATMs while they sort it out.