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I know they stole the Tommy Murphy from our grasp but tackling the Wickla girl would be adequate compensation.  Yes Aisling Reihill from the Alliance Party stronghold of Donagh in with a shout.  Apparently her party piece will be various forms of sectarian abuse.

Right folks, name your favourite place for tucking into a delightfully greasy burger and chip or whatever else you prefer!!

It means I can also pop into these places if I'm about your area! Oh, I'm a greedy mess indeed! 

For me it has to be Kenny's in Enniskillen....Gaels lad will know what I'm on about! Lovely! 

Golden Arrow beats Kenny's every time

Yep. Kenny's is the spot for a fish supper alright, but i must say the Golden Arrow challenges it. What about the chip vans in the town now on a saturday night. We now have two of them. They're becoming very popular to the detriment of chippy street as highlighted by the Impartial Reporter recently!

Thanks for bringing on Eoin Bradley, Paddy.

Agrred Hound, I've great respect for John Allen as a hurling man but thon article is bollox.

[This is from today's "London" Independent]

This is from today's "London" Independent

Police: no breakthrough in search for Madeleine
By Ian Herbert
Published: 17 August 2007

The chaos engulfing the investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance worsened yesterday when the national director of policing in Portugal admitted he had "no idea" where the child might be and said the investigation was nowhere near a breakthrough.

The comments by Alipio Ribeiro, national director of the Policia Judiciaria (PJ), made a mockery of disclosures by Olegario Sousa, the PJ's spokesman in the Algarve, who has hinted a breakthrough might be near and again said this week a sniffer dog had detected the scent of a body in the hunt for Madeleine, with the implication that she might have died in the apartment where she was last seen alive.

Speaking after preliminary tests results showed that flecks of blood found at the McCanns' apartment were not from Madeleine, Mr Ribeiro said it was simply not possible to say whether she was dead or alive.

"There is a long way yet to go and it would be frivolous of me to say we are near the end," he told Spain's El Mundo newspaper. "The hypothesis (that she is dead) is perceptible for everyone. Although it's true that it's a strong hypothesis and there is always that possibility, we cannot say that she is dead."

Mr Ribeiro admitted the police still have no idea what the motive for the abduction was - three months after Madeleine went missing from the apartment in Praia da Luz. He said: "We have to be clear we are working to clear up a difficult situation, above all in relation to the motive. It could have been for money, for revenge, for hate. We don't know. I am optimistic because I believe we will end up understanding everything that happened. We have to recognise the expectation is low. It is not easy."

Mr Ribeiro said a blood sample found at the McCanns' apartment had been sent to the UK to see if there was a match with the DNA database of British criminals but it was impossible to check the DNA sample against British expatriates living in Praia da Luz. He said: "That is not possible. The UK is the most advanced country with regard to databases. It has a much more complete database. But we cannot imagine making a comparison with all the British [in Praia da Luz]."

The blood test shows the sample probably came from a man from the "north-east European sub-group". That conclusion is only 72 per cent accurate, however, due to the poor condition of the sample because of its age and cleaning of the bedroom. The Forensic Science Service in Birmingham is conducting further tests on the blood. A male guest is known to have injured himself while staying at the flat after Madeleine disappeared. That could explain why the blood was not found when Portuguese police searched the apartment after Madeleine's disappearance

[Football]

I had a horrible dream where Dublin lost to Antrim in a All-Ireland Football final 

Take more water with it Gnevin

[obtuse angle]

yet you never hear of anyone scoring from a right angle or an obtuse angle 

a geometrical impossibility??

T'was supposed to be a joke Sandy!!

I have a strange recurring dream that I get once a year usually towards the middle/end of May or beginning of June.  In it, Antrim put in a decent performance in the Championship...sadly this is proof that dreams do not come true.

While I find it difficult to believe that the parents were involved given what would be an extraordinary cover-up involving a huge number of people...one thing has always struck me as strange.  The reported sightings of a man carrying what appeared to be a child wrapped in a blanket from the McCann's apartment surfaced about three weeks into the case.  This would not be unusual except for the fact that they came from people who were at the tapas bar with the McCann's.  Why didn't they report this immediately it was discovered that Madeleine was missing

Why do so many players score from 'an impossible angle'? Sure that's impossible.

It's quite common for players to score from an acute angle, yet you never hear of anyone scoring from a right angle or an obtuse angle

Doesn't seem to be as bad as first thought.  Look on the bright side...he'll be fresh for the France & Arg. games

Kiss of Death Time...I fancy the Dubs for this one!!  Key factors: 

Monaghan roughed up Kerry and they didn't like it...do the Dubs have the players to do the same and still be able to play football and take scores??

As well as being a string of bat's piss and having a mouth the size of Cork, Donaghy is looking more and more like a one season wonder.  I'm sure the video of the Monaghan game makes interesting viewing for Pillar.

Galvin will probably get himself sent off.

The ref??  With no Ulster teams to give him a natural bias will he let Kerry away with the high tackles that Coldrick did on Sunday.  Will he let forwards foul all day yet yellow card the first person to ladder Cooper's tights??  How strictly will he interpret the new rule that states "if the player in possession is surrounded by more than two opposing players you must give him the free even if they are tackling him legally or even not touching him at all.  If he falls to ground you must also award a free".

Do the Dubs have the bottle??

We all know Spillane is a w**ker on the wind-up, he gets his money about as easy as she got most of his All Irelands ).  A very good player in his day albeit surrounded by very good players but now a master purveyor of puke punditry and journalism.  I'll just make two quick points:  1) He clearly didn't see the Tommy Murphy Cup final which was an open, entertaining, exciting, clean game of football (at a lower level of course) and which was infinitely more watchable than Kerry vs Waterford or Cork 2) He clearly has never seen All Ireland Gold, which proved that the so called calssic games of the 70's and 80's contained a huge amount of shite football as well as the odd good bit of play. 

But Sammy are you a Catholic atheist or a Protestant atheist???

I'm a Hindu Atheist with a few traces of Shintuism

I think those traces of Shintuism will come out in a low temperature wash if you use Daz automatic.

But Sammy are you a Catholic atheist or a Protestant atheist???