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I did.

And it's just the usual shit of English journo's saying that the English system of private benefactors (with some RFU money) funding is fairer/better/whatever than the Irish system of IRFU funding (with some private benefactor money).

Given the number of 'quotes' from 'insiders ...

Barrett is still under contract to the NZRU, and Leinster are paying him a top up for his six months or so in Dublin which has been reported to be in the region of € 250k. So he gets his normal NZRU contract payments, plus the € 250k for his 6 months. He also had what was essentially an off ...

I did.

And it's just the usual shit of English journo's saying that the English system of private benefactors (with some RFU money) funding is fairer/better/whatever than the Irish system of IRFU funding (with some private benefactor money).

Given the number of 'quotes' from 'insiders', 'sources ...

Barrett is still under contract to the NZRU, and Leinster are paying him a top up for his six months or so in Dublin which has been reported to be in the region of € 250k. So he gets his normal NZRU contract payments, plus the € 250k for his 6 months. He also had what was essentially an off-season ...

It's quite simple why the EC isn't working, it's just not equitable. There are vast differences in resources between the various stakeholders, not to mention prioritisation. For ̶I̶r̶e̶l̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶ Leinster, the overwhelming ambition is to win the EC and they manage their huge squad to peak ...

Bumpy, just in case.....

sefton wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 7:53 pm You can tell the old timers because they talk wistfully of those days when Bimbo was almost normal.

My good God........

Always tip in cash; the Maitre'd/Senior front of house person will ensure all staff get their cut to a pre-determined formula. Card payments go through the owners bank and sticky fingers can take a hell of a lot of it before it gets to actual staff.

I normally subtract the cost of the wine, and ...

Salanya has asked a good question which I will attempt to answer properly on another day.

On your point. Taking my profession, as a high level view it is basically 50/50 male-female, with men earning significantly more and occupying management positions. At my junior level? It is 80/20 ...

I don't think the EU would push for the €, or at least if they did they'd simply be saying we don't want you back (for now), because that's just the stuff of fantasy getting that past anything like the current electorate, I might not vote for that (I might, it's just far from certain in ...

I don't think the EU would push for the €, or at least if they did they'd simply be saying we don't want you back (for now), because that's just the stuff of fantasy getting that past anything like the current electorate, I might not vote for that (I might, it's just far from certain in advance ...

Rayner to step down if found guilty of a crime.
Whilst I personally dislike Rayner, if she is found to have no case to answer then this may really bite the Tories in the arse.
Hopefully this distraction is sorted quickly.
It all seems quite vindictive and petty tbh but hey this is going to get ...

The RDS is undergoing redevelopment next season and Leinster will be a somewhat peripatetic team, there's even talk of games in Kilkenny :eek: .

So I expect Jordi will be used to sell tickets to fill stadia after Christmas. I also suspect that if the € 200k fee (as reported by Thornley in the IT ...

The IRFU will have Ulster's back in the long term.

They are currently cleaning the Stygian stables, and when that is done will finance the rebuilding.

IRFU sending Murphy up to find out, and report, wtf is going on, and wrong, at Ulster. Same as they sent Farrell down to Munster.

Poor kicking by Crowley today

Missed 2 touchline conversions. Bossed the rest of the game when he was at 10. Harry Byrne was a step down when he came on.

Crowley is well able to kick goals, I wouldn't worry about that. It's his kicking from hand, and when he chooses to do it is the problem ...

It was a tackle only, no offside lines created as the arriving French player doesn't go over the ball but rather just immediately picks it up and passes it.

Even if it had been a situation where offside lines had been created, it was a penalty and yellow card at worst - there was a defender ...

Jim Lahey wrote: Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:54 am Big risk from Farrell starting an Ulsterman, and having a few on the bench.

Complacent.

Damned straight !

How about we call a poach someone who was not born in country or go through school of country.

18 years old, were they in the country they are now playing in.

So every Northern Irish player who plays for Ireland is a poach as Northern Ireland is part of a different country to Ireland. And no ...

The Tories are not unlucky, they're just fucking stupid and incompetent! Who wants someone running the country who doesn't know how to read a fucking room??
Or realise they screwed up and apologise immediately?
Wankers.

It's just not credible: I'm sorry for saying my government's policy ...

Oh hang on, now I remember JPR getting stamped on the cheek by an All Black boot, tearing a hole in his face, so yeah it wasn’t impossible for it to happen

You obviously never saw Peter Clohessy play

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxw8kb4zu58

There was also the time Jon Callard had to have ...

Chapter 1,024: In which Kemi Badenoch learns what "negotiations" mean when confronted with serious people.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68069994

Did Obama not state that this would be the result when he was in the UK in 2016 ?

And anybody who thinks that dealing with a Trump ...

I would also offer that the UK suffers from the same disease as the US, & it doesn't value technical, or infrastructure careers in the same way as Financial. The result probably of the Thacher phased destruction of manufacturing, & the simultaneous "Big-Bang" happening in the City. The likes ...

It not being lawful* for the government to account for Fujitsu’s poor performance on previous contracts when awarding new ones is the absolute cherry on the top. Peak Civil Service, if you don’t laugh you’d cry.

Appreciate these things aren’t directly comparable, but things like this are what ...

C69 wrote: Sat Jan 06, 2024 7:21 pm
TheNatalShark wrote: Sat Jan 06, 2024 4:03 pm Pretty good

It's amusing but factually shite.

Anyone who thinks that Sinn Féin are in any way libertarian needs their head examined. More tightly controlled than the Chinese Communist Party.

I once stood with a former Scotland lock watching our respective sons play. We'd both had our children later in life, so his playing days were long in the past.

He quite seriously thought that the Scotland team he played in would struggle to beat a current elite school 1stXV. The schools team may ...

Uncle fester wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2023 12:14 pm

This can not be serious ?

One of the main reasons for the revision of the TEN-T corridors, is exactly because the UK has left the EU.

Temple Bar is tourist central for drinking, and prices to match.

What places did you end up in? The young uns behave themselves?

Generally made Murray's at the top of O'Connell street our base at it was close to the hotel. Also spent an afternoon in the Camden Bar and a couple of random pubs on the same street. Popped into Lombards, Temple Bar Hotel and ...

After the first tranche of matches, normal service resumed. Leinster top the table.

Well as expected we had a brilliant time. Ireland really does hospitality well if not a bit expensively if you hit the tourist spots.
One thing I found odd is how randomly unreliable Uber charges are.. I don't think I have ever had an Uber fare, anywhere in the world, exceed the upper estimate ...

Property price rises in southern England? An enormous number

Really, for instance how many people in England did it effect last year?
Its a myth

I’ve been referencing a 20 year+ period. We’re at the beginning of the largest inter-generational transfer of wealth this country has ever ...

That said, if any of your lot are interested in art, there is a very decent Warhol exhibition, in association with the Warhol museum in Pittsburgh, on in the Municipal Gallery around the corner. I don't expect to see so many Warhols together in Dublin again in my lifetime.

PS The LUAS tram runs ...

Where are you staying ?

As Fester says, the Sth William Street area is probably trendiest at the moment, and has still has some old style boozers such as Grogans, The Old Stand, The Stags head and The Long Hall as well as a myriad of other places.

Temple Bar, for all its faults, still does exactly ...

On one hand it feels like he’s needed this for a while, on the other hand we need to find a way to make it so players at Edinburgh and Glasgow don’t need to leave to elevate themselves. Our league is bursting to the seams with top quality players and teams, and you don’t see players from the ...

He's a literature major. Why should he be good at maths too?

He's a classics graduate. But that's got nothing to do with it.

Reading graphs is what you're taught at 12.

You're taught about squared numbers around that time as well. This isn't advanced maths we're talking about, it's at ...

All is well with the world - Leinster atop the table.

"la loi c'est moi"

Government to introduce emergency legislation - Sunak

Rishi Sunak says the government will be introducing "emergency legislation" to Parliament.

The prime minister says this will enable Parliament to "confirm Rwanda is safe", and aim to stop a stream of legal challenges ...

Yeah I didn't think Edinburgh were being shafted, just Connaught playing the margins with a lot of confidence and getting rewarded Vs Edinburgh shying a bit to let him second guess

Connacht.

The Connaught is a Hotel in London.

The song 'It's a Long Way to Tipperary' became popular and ...

I kind of agree with Sandy, I think most of our defences, natural and otherwise, are set up for the prevailing conditions. I also think she is desperate for excuses.

"Spring tides, which feels a bit odd with it being Autumn" is my favourite part though..... who didn't understand their briefing ...

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