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"Athlone town clerk John Walsh said some people had been "frightened" by the placing of names on the coffins. "We obviously wanted it terminated so we served a notice to quit and demand for possession," he said. "
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"There is an acceptance that the wealthier must pay more tax - this is simply no longer in dispute. No one is protesting about the cut in the ceiling for tax relief on private pensions or the 2% levy for higher earners. Higher earners themselves would probably support even more progressive taxation if it was clear that good public services and universal education and health care would be provided. And the entire population seems to be unified in its outrage by, not just the threat to the universality of the medical card for the over 70’s, but also the application of the 1% levy to even the lowest earners."
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May 26 2008
Champions
In case any of you all were wondering Munster did indeed win the Heineken Cup.
Twasn’t a game that’ll please any southern hemisphere types I’m guessing but I don’t care, I’m a fan of forward play. This would be my cue to start moaning about the ELVs and union turning into league, but I’ll resist, instead I’ll share the joy:
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Dec 12 2006
But youre too shy to say it
Ah, youtube, you never let me down, do you. For lo, the footage of Mr. O’Callaghan has surfaced, uploaded by Georgi Casy, where more rugby-type vidjos can be found:
Let me just chortle[1] away to myself for a while now…
Linknotes:
Tags: Donncha O'Callaghan, Munster, red pants, rugby, vidjo- snigger sounded a bit dirty dontcha think? ↩
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Dec 11 2006
Week 201
You know the drill at this stage, Luna Nina says:
- Research ::
- Chuck ::
- Insert ::
- Bang ::
- Lousy ::
- Rehearsal ::
- Critics ::
- Memory ::
- Squid ::
- Remove ::
Anyways, I’ve been a very bad blogger over the weekend, wasn’t even online once, so I wasn’t. Not like I was doing anything else, but I didn’t get home on Friday till round half three on Sat and then spent the next three hours in one of those oh-so typical “how to save the world” conversations[1] that one has when one has spent the night making friends with alcoholic beverages.
So despite getting up really really early on Sat[2] I did absolutely nothing all day long. Well, nothing that didn’t involve sitting/lying/reclining on the couch watching shite on the telly. Did you know that paramount blank out evil words during the day, although they aren’t very constant. Cause ass was ebil and so not heard on Scrubs, but made it through on Two and a half men but they really don’t like any reference to masturbation.
Then I watched the “extended highlights” of the rugby on Sat night[3] which was lovely as we got to watch a great sprint by Brian O’Driscoll followed by scenes of him puking on the pitch. Not as entertaining as Donncha O’Callaghan on Sunday though. 
I have never laughed so much in my life. I bet the fellas doing the lifting at the line-out were glad the ref decided to pause the match till he got himself a new pair of shorts.
Donncha O’Callaghan was standing there in the line-out with nothing concealing his privates but the briefest of briefs. The second row looked completely baffled when the referee stopped the game and demanded he put his shorts back on. Had Christophe Berdos failed to notice that he and his Munster teammates had just been working their damned pants off?
I’m pretty sure there’ll be footage up on youtube at some stage, but I haven’t seen it yet. Munster won, btw. So did Leinster. Ulster lost. And Connacht won in their European Challenge Cup. So all in all a fairly good weekend for the Irish teams.
However, being out on Fri meant I missed Dara O’Briain on the Jonathan Ross show, and fucked up when trying to tape the repeat by sticking in the wrong date[4] So that is another thing I’ll have to keep an eye out for on youtube.
Linknotes:
Tags: Brian O'Driscoll, Connacht, Donncha O'Callaghan, drink, ebil words, ERC, HeinekenCup07, Leinster, Luna Nina, Munster, party, puking, rugby, Two and a half men, UlsterRelated posts
Oct 08 2006
In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey
I’m talking sports. And I’m talking losing. Soy un perdedor well, not me personally, but the teams I support.
Went to the Munster match. Had a great time. But we lost. Bloody Leinster 
Not too upset though, I mean, it is only a Magners League match. But still.
No, the definite monkeys of the weekend were the soccer team. Final score Cyprus 5 - Republic of Monkeys 2.
Oh yes, we lost to Cyprus. We made Cyprus seem good.
Can it get any worse? Well, we are playing the Czech Republic on Weds. and they are actually a good side. What’ll the score be 6, 7 nil? I dread to think. I’m also dreading having to watch the coverage on TV3 as well. It was shockingly bad. And their graphics? Almost as crap as out defenders. Maybe I’ll go along to Lansdowne and watch it live instead of on the telly…
Anyways, it is Sunday, which means it is Luna Nina time, and she says
- Opinion ::
- Tardy ::
- Peer pressure ::
- Grownup ::
- ! ::
- Beer ::
- Sit ::
- Shower ::
- Consumate ::
- Wasting ::
