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That's wild, is Lurgan a big drug place now. was conway the leader of the firm ?

Yes and no.

Was the Da clipped for the same sort of stuff?

Not quite. Might have been something to do with counterfeit cigarettes. 

That's wild, is Lurgan a big drug place now. was conway the leader of the firm ?

Yes and no.

The whole thing is f**ked. Can barely get near a GP never mind anything more serious.

I don't mean to sound like the smug fella abroad who shits on everything at home but I gave this example to a few lads at home (both North and South) and they genuinely didn't believe me. Spain is hardly a world leader in healthcare but the contrast with home shocked me.

Anyway, around the middle of August I slipped quite badly on the stairs down into my basement. They're concrete steps with a faux marble tile and a slipped quite neat the top. Managed to land the small of my back at a near perfect 45° angle onto the 90° cut of the step and then slid the whole way down to the bottom, about another 17/18 steps, bouncing the back off each one.

I was crocked for a couple of days. Getting up and sitting down was painful. Couldn't sit for more than 45 mins or so without needing to stretch out and lie down. A huge bruise on my back from my kidneys on round and the down the top of my arse cheeks developed. Being the idiot I am, I found myself getting a little bit better and a few weeks later I went on a stag. Was sore, but ok. Another few weeks later was feeling a bit of pain, about a month or 5 weeks after the fall. Decided I'd go to the doctor, for reassurance if nothing else.

Now I live in a back of beyond town in the arse end of nowhere about an hour outside Barcelona. Population a couple of thousand, max. We have our own little mini health centre with about 1.5 doctors and some nursing staff. It's a branch of a bigger centre in the nearest "big" town, population about 35,000. I decided I was going to go to doc late on a Tuesday night, so I used the public healthcare app to leave a note for reception to ask for an appointment. I got a call about 8.20 on the Wednesday morning asking what the story was and after telling her, had an appointment with the GP around 11.15. He did a few checks and figured I was largely fine and that pain and discomfort were all just deep tissue bruising and inflammation, but would need an x-ray to make sure no fracture in the coccyx. Booked me an x-ray that afternoon at the health centre (specifically not a hospital, like a massive GP but also has gynae care etc) in the equivalent of, I guess, a county town, population about 70-75,000 and a follow up for late on the Thursday morning to go over the results. Maybe a 20-25 minute drive from the house. Turned up on time, x-ray done, back home barely over an hour later. In for the results with the GP the next day, got the all clear, he prescribed some anti inflammatories and home I went.

So in the space of about 40 hours of having decided I wanted to see doctor, I'd seen my GP, had an x-ray, gone over the results, got my tablets and was back home with my feet up.

I have private health insurance through work, and pay for the rest of the family to be added to it. We almost never use it. Pregnancy and maternity care all through the public system.

It's 3 weeks to get the results of an x-ray in the North.

bust my knee in the summer. Went to A&E in craigavon. They sent me to minor injuries. Got an xray done there and they had the result in less than a half hour

Just like the lottery, sometimes you get lucky!

seems to be pretty standard with MIU

Was always told to go to south Tyrone to avoid a long wait

The whole thing is f**ked. Can barely get near a GP never mind anything more serious.

I don't mean to sound like the smug fella abroad who shits on everything at home but I gave this example to a few lads at home (both North and South) and they genuinely didn't believe me. Spain is hardly a world leader in healthcare but the contrast with home shocked me.

Anyway, around the middle of August I slipped quite badly on the stairs down into my basement. They're concrete steps with a faux marble tile and a slipped quite neat the top. Managed to land the small of my back at a near perfect 45° angle onto the 90° cut of the step and then slid the whole way down to the bottom, about another 17/18 steps, bouncing the back off each one.

I was crocked for a couple of days. Getting up and sitting down was painful. Couldn't sit for more than 45 mins or so without needing to stretch out and lie down. A huge bruise on my back from my kidneys on round and the down the top of my arse cheeks developed. Being the idiot I am, I found myself getting a little bit better and a few weeks later I went on a stag. Was sore, but ok. Another few weeks later was feeling a bit of pain, about a month or 5 weeks after the fall. Decided I'd go to the doctor, for reassurance if nothing else.

Now I live in a back of beyond town in the arse end of nowhere about an hour outside Barcelona. Population a couple of thousand, max. We have our own little mini health centre with about 1.5 doctors and some nursing staff. It's a branch of a bigger centre in the nearest "big" town, population about 35,000. I decided I was going to go to doc late on a Tuesday night, so I used the public healthcare app to leave a note for reception to ask for an appointment. I got a call about 8.20 on the Wednesday morning asking what the story was and after telling her, had an appointment with the GP around 11.15. He did a few checks and figured I was largely fine and that pain and discomfort were all just deep tissue bruising and inflammation, but would need an x-ray to make sure no fracture in the coccyx. Booked me an x-ray that afternoon at the health centre (specifically not a hospital, like a massive GP but also has gynae care etc) in the equivalent of, I guess, a county town, population about 70-75,000 and a follow up for late on the Thursday morning to go over the results. Maybe a 20-25 minute drive from the house. Turned up on time, x-ray done, back home barely over an hour later. In for the results with the GP the next day, got the all clear, he prescribed some anti inflammatories and home I went.

So in the space of about 40 hours of having decided I wanted to see doctor, I'd seen my GP, had an x-ray, gone over the results, got my tablets and was back home with my feet up.

I have private health insurance through work, and pay for the rest of the family to be added to it. We almost never use it. Pregnancy and maternity care all through the public system.

It's 3 weeks to get the results of an x-ray in the North.

bust my knee in the summer. Went to A&E in craigavon. They sent me to minor injuries. Got an xray done there and they had the result in less than a half hour

Just like the lottery, sometimes you get lucky!

Congratulations Cullyhanna, some going for a club that was languishing in the 3rd tier of Armagh league football this year to reach an AI Intermediate final.

Well done to the Division 1 Cavan team as well, another moral-boosting hammering for them in the AI Junior Championship. Warm favourites for the final you'd imagine.

Can the Arva fairytale continue?

Their average scoring is something like 0-19 for and 0-6 against so I'd say so.

Abbey 2-9 st ronans 2-8.st ronans lost goalkeeper Liam Carroll in second half and that was a big turning point abbey got goal in next play.conal mcgeough (forkhill) looks a good prospect must got 2-3 or 2-4 played an unbelievable pass in first half too to create a goal chance which hit post.dont think abbey great overall.

Good result for the Abbey as team not fancied as such.

Disappointing for St Ronan's, thought they'd have edged that with a few to sore. Abbey play Donaghmore next, didn't realise they were MacRory. Presume they're decent?

I love a drink, even though I'm not a heavy drinker. Having a drink means I'm either unwinding with the ball and chain or socialising with friends/family.

Tonight - working late and in the door after 9, dying of thirst. Ice cold bottle of cider just hit the spot. Guzzled inside a minute.

I'll have a bit of a knees up later this month but apart from that I don't know when I'll have another drink.

UFF Flegs

Man in England getting done for flying a UFF and UDA fleg in his back garden.

The WTF bit is that he bought the flegs on the Shankill road and can't understand how they would be illegal and being sold on the high street.

As well as being a dump fúck it highlights the ineptitude of the peelers here.

UFF Flegs

Man in England getting done for flying a UFF and UDA fleg in his back garden.

The WTF bit is that he bought the flegs on the Shankill road and can't understand how they would be illegal and being sold on the high street.

As well as being a dump fúck it highlights the ineptitude of the peelers here.

Could you imagine if they actually implemented the law on this, virtually every Loyalist flute band would be arrested.

Armagh team basically a u21 team plus a few trialists would expect a handy Donegal win.

Apparently played Dublin last night in a challenge

It was alright in the 90s  going to J'town and to f@=k about for a few years, kicking ball, changing courses and eventually leaving with no qualifications.  Worse case you would rack up £5k - £7k or thereabouts of student loans.  Different story these days in that if you undertake the same 'journey' you come out with nothing but £20k+ debt.

If the GAA was to close down tomorrow, there'd still be:

1. Academically challenged lads staying on for A-Levels / leaving cert, because they're 16 years old and don't know what they want to do yet in life, and staying in school is both the best and least final decision for now.

2. Academically challenged young lads going to college for a few weeks/months or even a year, because they're 18 years old and don't know yet what they want to do in life. But they do gain a life experience and a bit of perspective.

3. Both academically challenged and academically suited young lads heading to college, for no other reason than to go partying for as long as they can get away with it, before they go into a trade, or a family firm, etc.

Reading some of the comments above though, you'd swear it was Gaelic Games was the driver.

Think the days of getting to stay in a school because of football is over. And fellas going to J'stown to do some bullshit course and play some football should catch themselves on as well. Most employers put CVs with J'stown degrees on them straight into the bin.

100% wrong lol

Degrees count for very little nowadays no matter where they're from.

Huge result. Two brilliant goals but Celtic very shaky at times in 2nd half and exposed badly time and time again.  Distinct lack of quality in keys areas. Thankfully sevco failed to capitalise apart from a peach of a free kick.

What's my passport got to do with 173,000 people taking Irish citizenship.
Anyway I could fly on Aer Lingus to England, Scotland or Wales without a passport.

Well I guess if you want to go somewhere else you're out of luck

you mean we dont have open borders?

Well, thousands arrive here without passports and they've no problems getting in... So, I guess we do!

Do you want border posts back in south Armagh?

Are all women cat for it?
Herself loves nothing more than leaving every possible light and  electronic device on as much as possible. Heat on, electric blanket on, hot water on, outside lights on, Christmas tree lights on, tv on. Few token windows left open.

OLG seem to get getting some favourable decisions