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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6948799.stm
"Germany have got absolutely nothing going forward. It's going to be a long night for them."
Chris Waddle, BBC Radio 5live pundit"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6948799.stm

Disgraceful booing of the German national anthem at Wembley. Poor. What would Shane Warne make of it? Prime Minister Gordon Brown must be shifting uncomfortably in his seat next to German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Surprise Surprise

http://www.paddypower.com/bet?action=go_type&category=SPECIALS&disp_cat_id=&ev_class_id=33&ev_type_id=8569

United Ireland?
**A United Ireland is defined as - One parliament governing North (Northern Ireland) and South (The Republic), and Northern Ireland no longer part of the UK in any shape or form.

United Ireland by 2012    25 - 1
United Ireland by 2017    20 - 1
United Ireland by 2022    14 - 1
United Ireland by 2027    10 - 1

[Belfast its first non-Irish hub]

The Financial Times take on the event.

Aer Lingus goes for peace dividend

The recent decision by Aer Lingus to end its Shannon to Heathrow service and make Belfast its first non-Irish hub has triggered what some observers believe will be one of many commercial squabbles over the spoils of peace in Northern Ireland.

Paddy Mo

He was a great singer.

One of the first albums I ever remember listening to was a Clancy brothers and Tommy Makem live album

The CNN obit
"He brought audiences to tears with "Four Green Fields," about a woman whose sons died trying to prevent strangers from taking her fields."

Yep, thats what it was about.

[Team 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total]

I had time to kill so I produced this.
1 point for reaching the 1/4 finals
2 points for reaching the semi finals
3 points for reaching the final
4 points for winning the final

I think it's right but I am open to correction

       2001 Galway Meath  Derry     Kerry    Roscommon  Tyrone    Dublin     Westmeath
       2002 Armagh Kerry  Dublin    Cork     Galway     Sligo     Mayo       Donegal
       2003 Tyrone Armagh Kerry     Donegal  Laois      Fermanagh Roscommon  Galway
       2004 Kerry  Mayo   Fermanagh Derry    Armagh     Tyrone    Dublin     Westmeath
       2005 Tyrone Kerry  Cork      Armagh   Dublin     Galway    Mayo       Laois
       2006 Kerry  Mayo   Dublin    Cork     Armagh     Donegal   Laois      Westmeath
       2007 Kerry  Dublin Sligo     Monaghan Derry      Cork      Tyrone     Meath

Team         2001   2002      2003     2004       2005      2006       2007     Total
Kerry           2      3         2        4          3         4          1        19
Tyrone          1                4        1          4                    1        11
Armagh                 4         3        1          2         1                   11
Dublin          1      2                  1          1         2          1         8
Mayo                   1                  3          1         3                    8
Galway          4      1         1                   1                              7
Cork                   2                             2         2          1         7
Derry           2                         2                               1         5
Meath           3                                                         1         4
Donegal                1         2                             1                    4
Westmeath       1                         1                    1                    3
Laois                            1                   1         1                    3
Fermanagh                        1        2                                         3
Roscommon       1                1                                                  2
Sligo                  1                                                  1         2
Monaghan                                                                  1         1

A good article alright but why was it on the front page? Are you sure you didn't have the paper back to front?

The Wall Street Journal doesn't have a sports section so it wouldn't appear at the back anyway. The hurling angle is really just something to add a theme to a story about immigration which is a big issue in the States at the moment.

Also in the article "He added that playing games outside NI next February and March would be a means of generating revenue."

Now that it has already hosted one of Ireland's partitionist soccer teams, I wonder if the most convenient large sports stadium outside NI would be made available to them.

Unfortunately McGinley has given 2 shots back, now at -4 after 16

[The group arrived in Ireland legally, hoping to get unskilled jobs in agriculture and cleaning after Romania and Bulgaria became part of the EU on January 1.But they are not allowed to work because of labour and welfare restrictions imposed on the 2007 entrants.]

The reason they are not working is not because they don't want to or are lazy. The law prevents them from working

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/but-families-still-sleep-rough-890943.html

RATS steal their food and rain lashes their mud-encrusted clothes but the Romas sleeping rough at a junction of the M50 still say it is better than returning home to Romania.
For the last six weeks around 28 adults and 16 children, members of the nomadic Roma community, have camped on a north Dublin roundabout where trees shield flimsy tents patched up with faded campaign posters left behind after May's general election.
"Night is bad because of the rats. They try to eat our food," said Augustine Rostas (58) from Oradea in western Romania. "I came to Ireland to build a future for my children," he said through an interpreter.
The group arrived in Ireland legally, hoping to get unskilled jobs in agriculture and cleaning after Romania and Bulgaria became part of the EU on January 1.
But they are not allowed to work because of labour and welfare restrictions imposed on the 2007 entrants.
The group say they face discrimination in Romania as Romas.
Some Romas used to be able to claim asylum in Ireland but are now being squeezed out.
While Polish shops and bars open around the country to cater to some of the tens of thousands of Poles drawn working here, the authorities have issued just 35 work permits to skilled Romanian workers so far this year. They gave out 180 in 2006 as a whole, when Romania was not even an EU member.
Those camped out in Ballymun do not have the work qualifications required.
Part of an extended clan, they survive on food and clothing handouts and dodge oncoming traffic to get water from a nearby petrol station. Some of the women beg in the city centre while others look after their children.
Maria Dungau (26) gave birth to her son 2½ months ago in Ireland but is not entitled to welfare benefits. "I just want my child to have a clean place to live," she said.

Go raibh maith agat

Are there any internet radio feeds of the commentary ?

Anyone any good tips about how best to train for these runs - this race is about 10 mile I think but seems to a bit hilly etc.

I wrote a few tips for someone asking about a marathon but it should also apply for shorter distances. http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=1437.msg41774#msg41774
The short version
Build up your distance slowly and do most of your training at an easy pace, ie. a speed were you are able to have a conversation comfortably.

The 29% comment seems to have been removed from the article now. Maybe someone at the BBC realised that it was rubbish.