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THESE ARE ACTUAL COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY "THOMAS COOK VACATIONS" FROM DISSATISFIED CUSTOMERS:

1. "They should not allow topless sunbathing on the beach. It was very distracting for my husband who just wanted to relax."

2. "On my holiday to Goa in India, I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. I don't like spicy food."

3. "We went on holiday to Spain and had a problem with the taxi drivers as they were all Spanish."

4. "We booked an excursion to a water park but no-one told us we had to bring our own swimsuits and towels. We assumed it would be included in the price."

5. "The beach was too sandy. We had to clean everything when we returned to our room."

6. "We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure. Your brochure shows the sand as white but it was more yellow."

7. "It's lazy of the local shopkeepers in Puerto Vallartato close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during 'siesta' time -- this should be banned."

8. "No-one told us there would be fish in the water. The children were scared."

9. "Although the brochure said that there was a fully equipped kitchen, there was no egg-slicer in the drawers."

10. "I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local convenience store does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts."

11. "The roads were uneven and bumpy, so we could not read the local guide book during the bus ride to the resort. Because of this, we were unaware of many things that would have made our holiday more fun."

12. "It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England. It took the Americans only three hours to get home. This seems unfair."

13. "I compared the size of our one-bedroom suite to our friends' three-bedroom and ours was significantly smaller."

14. "The brochure stated: 'No hairdressers at the resort.' We're trainee hairdressers and we think they knew and made us wait longer for service."

15. "When we were in Spain, there were too many Spanish people there. The receptionist spoke Spanish, the food was Spanish. No one told us that there would be so many foreigners."

16. "We had to line up outside to catch the boat and there was no air-conditioning."

17. "It is your duty as a tour operator to advise us of noisy or unruly guests before we travel.

My fear is for the younger generations as time goes on. This has been discussed before but kids in P4 and P5 with phones. Crazy.

I've never understood why governments did not get together and mandate a restricted class of phone for children. One that could have games, music etc on the phone, but not the dark stuff.

We have seen games where teams came out rejuvenated after the second half break, these teams must have had a glass of Horlicks and not a stimulant.

Dublin way ahead of Tyrone here could win this handy enough

They'd want to tighten up in the handy two pointers though. They're keeping Tyrone right in it.

But as we saw in the previous game, 2 pointers are easier at the Canal end.

We should all get down on our knees and face Glenties tonight.

Managerial masterclass from Jim the Messiah

Tyrone scoring at twice the rate of Dublin as they are getting 2 pointers.

Patton's kickouts going astray, but a 2 pointer quickly substantially makes up for the goal. Mn 1-10 Dl 0-10

Random pointless observation below.

Have we ever had as much northern (northern half of the country) representation in  an All Ireland quarters as this.

You could draw a line from Donegal to Dublin and all counties are in the quarters.

Donegal borders Tyrone - Tyrone borders Monaghan and Armagh - Monaghan borders Meath Armagh and Tyrone - and Meath borders Dublin and Monaghan.

Football lies on or close to the N2/A5.

Jimmy Barry Murphy? Paul Murphy Kerry

Slab Murphy, for the jersey sponsor
What nights training btw?

Dr Seán Murphy Kerry
Ollie Murphy Meath
Vinnie Murphy Dublin
Tommy Murphy Laois (aka The Boy Wonder)

Seamus Murphy- won 4 All-Irelands 59-70
Diarmuid Murphy
Connie Murphy- the only Kerry All-star not to win an All-Ireland

Was there a Murphy played for Donegal. What happened him?

RTÉ Sport understands that the first phase will cost up to €24m.

So why do you believe one line on the RTÉ site more than the other ones?
Or this RTÉ link https://www.rte.ie/video/id/25853/

Kildare redevelopment was €17.5m, Louth and Navan are bigger but €25m is not that far away.
https://www.kildare-nationalist.ie/news/cedral-st-conleths-to-be-debt-free-within-two-years_arid-37466.html
Casement will have a budget 8 times the cost of Newbridge.

€24m for 6,000 plus all ancillaries.

I have posted several links which imply €24m for the whole project. Anyone from Louth here? They have a stadium website that does not work
https://stadium.louthgaa.ie/

For whatever reason it's different for the semis.
Hard to follow the logic as with only 4 teams it is harder to avoid repeats.

But "thems the rules"

Yeah it makes no sense Armagh couldn't have met Tyrone in the semi final because of a match in Ulster but could have met them in the groups, preliminary quarter final, quarter final or final. Madness

Decent chance obviously that if we get to a semi we'll have already played all 3 teams.

They wanted to avoid all forms of repeat in the semi-final. The only question is that if this is not possible do they simply stop trying or so they have a precedence order to resolve the issue?

The €24m for Dundalk is phase 1, 6,000 seats.

Where does it say that?
https://www.thestadiumbusiness.com/2025/04/30/louth-gaa-gets-green-light-for-new-stadium/

Likewise, most reports of the Pairc Tailteann redevelopment project are in or around €25m.
Of course, Casement is more than these, but 6 times should be sufficient for a decent job, I would have thought.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2025/0429/1510015-louth-secure-funding-for-new-stadium-development/#:~:text=Louth%20GAA's%20share%20of%20the,capacity%20stadium%20pending%20a%20reassessment.

RTÉ Sport understands that the first phase will cost up to €24m.

I think the spec for Casement is well beyond Meath and Louth. There will be terracing, and Casement plans corporate boxes and whatnot

RTÉ have not been consistent on this point. And yes, Casement is beyond Louth or Meath, but it has 6 times the money.

The €24m for Dundalk is phase 1, 6,000 seats.

Where does it say that?
https://www.thestadiumbusiness.com/2025/04/30/louth-gaa-gets-green-light-for-new-stadium/

Likewise, most reports of the Pairc Tailteann redevelopment project are in or around €25m.
Of course, Casement is more than these, but 6 times should be sufficient for a decent job, I would have thought.