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anonymous_joe wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:33 pm Keane's report is pretty good in and of itself but the findings are basically "could be X, could be Y."

Butterly should still have been done for negligence and potentially manslaughter. Locking the doors had inevitable consequences.

I agree.

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Failings by the state to investigate adequately at the time I would imagine.... If we're being serious for a moment Failings by the State to investigate adequately ? Remember at the time there was huge political pressure to investigate thoroughly, given that CJH, the Taoiseach at the time was TD fo...

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Failings by the state to investigate adequately at the time I would imagine.... If we're being serious for a moment Failings by the State to investigate adequately ? Remember at the time there was huge political pressure to investigate thoroughly, given that CJH, the Taoiseach at the time was TD fo...

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feckwanker wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:44 am Can someone please tell me why the state is on the hook for redress from the Stardust? Obviously an awful disaster but why are the tax payer footing the bill?

Because it's politicians playing with tax payers money to curry public favour.

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earl the beaver wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:48 am Cammy must be McGrath's dad or something, the only explanation.

McGrath and Toner !?!

Boy I've got good genes..........strange, but good !

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Made his debut in 2012 apparently... Believe it, or not, Dan Leavy was the year behind him in school. Yeah, my mate's brother was in that year, iirc. Leavy was obscenely good. Best player Michaels ever produced. They used to play him at FB sometimes for shits and giggles, and he was still the best ...

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anonymous_joe wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:18 pm
Nolanator wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 8:11 pm
anonymous_joe wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:56 pm I didn't realise McGrath was 31.

In fairness to him, JGP is a year older and looks amazing, he's got time to find form again.

When does his contract finish?
That ain't happening.
Made his debut in 2012 apparently...

Believe it, or not, Dan Leavy was the year behind him in school.

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He'd always throw one or two into the ground or over the head. But that was because he was the first Leinster SH to pass as he got to ruck. That, allied to his prowess as an actual rugby player, is what made him. JGP has taken that MO and raised the bar, and I expect young Gunne to raise it further...

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He'd always throw one or two into the ground or over the head. But that was because he was the first Leinster SH to pass as he got to ruck. That, allied to his prowess as an actual rugby player, is what made him. JGP has taken that MO and raised the bar, and I expect young Gunne to raise it further.

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HighKingLeinster wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:02 pm The anti-craic police stomp on booze while watching the semi-final

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/lei ... 92846.html

Two hips means two flasks !

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https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2024/04/22/shotgun-seized-by-gardai-in-2009-finds-its-way-back-into-criminal-hands/ Stories like this don't half harm the idea we need to be sympathetic to the Gardai against Harris. Interesting that that IT story links the 'disappearance' of the shotgun, with t...

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It’s a recurring theme based on McGrath’s season to date but it really is essential that JGP stays fit. McGrath is a good rugby player but not an especially good passer for a SH. The seasons where he did well for us he always had a run of games to crisp up his delivery. Between injuries and being d...

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As a gesture of my gratitude to our southern brethren, I vow I will not be too upset when Ed Byrne ends up wearing red.

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Some world class whinging from O'Callaghan and O'Brien on RTÉ. Talking about schools - look in the mirror lads. All unfair, nobody referencing the stream up players heading north, south and west from Leinster to the other provinces. Sort your own house out. What stream of players come to Ulster? Ul...

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10 - 0 now.

We could be in for a long afternoon.

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So Munster's "Wah, wah, it's not fair " strop worked then. Leinster, with most players on a central contract, will have to contribute most to this 'pot', thus penalising them for developing players, with the contents of this pot being distributed to Munster and Ulster, whose first instinct is to re...

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So Munster's "Wah, wah, it's not fair " strop worked then. Leinster, with most players on a central contract, will have to contribute most to this 'pot', thus penalising them for developing players, with the contents of this pot being distributed to Munster and Ulster, whose first instinct is to rea...

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Bummed in the scrum, good job we aren't signing anyone Why not, just for a change, try producing some of your own. There aren't many schools in Ulster where there is a focus on rugby. Seems to be a bit of a problem. If the schools that focused on GAA had the same focus on rugby, there would be more...

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earl the beaver wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:49 pm Bummed in the scrum, good job we aren't signing anyone

Why not, just for a change, try producing some of your own.

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I was upper Hogan stand on 22. After black Sunday, it was one of the most satisfying wins. Munster have never really recovered from it. One Magners league and one URC but not what they were like during the noughties Remember then Munster lads streaming out with 10 mins to go. To the brave and faith...

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There isn't. Leinster usually don't hit full capacity in the rds, it's just the top European games. It's also the croke novelty factor for this particular game. Can't move to LDR indefinitely untill you hit avg attendances of at least 30k. Leinster are also stuck to a long term lease with the RDS n...

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Leinster Rugby (caps in brackets): 15: Ciarán Frawley (82) 14: Rob Russell (28) 13: Liam Turner (27) 12: Charlie Ngatai (22) 11: Andrew Osborne (1) 10: Harry Byrne (64) 9: Luke McGrath (206) 1: Cian Healy (273) 2: Lee Barron (16) 3: Thomas Clarkson (36) 4: Brian Deeny (16) 5: Jason Jenkins (34) 6: D...

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Ulster need a hooker? News to me. Herring is what, 33? And the wunderkind Stewart hasn't followed up on last season, not to say that he won't. WHo else do Ulster have ? James McCormick is very highly rated and is on a development deal, Harry Walker is in the academy and captaining Ireland u19 along...

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John McKee is a better hooker than that strawberry blonde fella you had a couple of seasons ago who does punditry for Off the ball. John McKee is at Leinster because the Ulster Academy wanted to turn him into a prop, and he and his Dad told them where to stick it, and he came down to Trinity and Le...

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Of course it would be, if it’s financed by a government grant. There will be a time in the future when we are a highly competitive team where we will easily fill out a 20,000+ Ravenhill. When Ulster have went far in Europe and played big games at Lansdowne road we have always brought 30,000/40,000 ...

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irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:40 am 65k tickets sold

As I commented earlier, there is an enormous supressed demand for Leinster tickets.

Leinster/RDS need to start planning for 30k+ spectators, and the IRFU to increase LR capacity to at least 65k.

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You had Simon Shawe and have currently John McKee. Munster have had Chris Farrell. Connacht have had Willie Faloon, Jonny Murphy, Conor Carey etc So you complain that other provinces dont give you good players (but dont acknowledge its Ulsters fault for actually signing them) and then cite two abso...

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I welcome his comments in relation to them applying for “10’s of millions worth of grants”. With Casement Park inevitably getting a lot more than was originally agreed then Ulster rugby are the poor relations. Football and GAA will get well over £60million each (GAA likely over £100million) and Uls...

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https://youtu.be/Ypke3Z6wt2Q Ulster new CEO I welcome his comments in relation to them applying for “10’s of millions worth of grants”. With Casement Park inevitably getting a lot more than was originally agreed then Ulster rugby are the poor relations. Football and GAA will get well over £60millio...

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Who's going to tip off the IT ?

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The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has published its monthly data on the number of Commencement Notices (residential construction starts) for March and for Q1 2024. The data shows that a record 11,956 homes were commenced in the first three months of 2024, up 63% on the same p...

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Its a combination of the M50 being at capacity and the closeness of the junctions, and of course selfish drivers. The one that gets me is the guy who, instead of getting into the 4th exit lane good and early, zooms up the outside lane until almost at the junction, flicks on his indicator ( if you'r...

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Its a combination of the M50 being at capacity and the closeness of the junctions, and of course selfish drivers. The one that gets me is the guy who, instead of getting into the 4th exit lane good and early, zooms up the outside lane until almost at the junction, flicks on his indicator ( if you're...

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It's not aimed at committed shinners.

It's aimed at the large disgruntled floating vote the shinners hoovered up last time.

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The political debate about health is getting, well, interesting. Yesterday you had Harris claiming that the SF 'alternate' budget allocated less money to Health than the actual budget to howls of derision from SF. Today you had the SF document disappearing from the SF website, before appearing again...

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BoI extend deal with the four provinces in € 15m deal to 2028. Unfortunately no details of how that money is sliced. https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/04/17/bank-of-ireland-signs-15m-sponsorship-deal-with-irish-rugby-provinces/ Interesting paragraph on how Leinster use it though : Shane Nolan...

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Leinster fans running around the internet like Chemical Ali, telling everyone that everything is fine in Irish rugby, so. :lol: I know it's a troll, but I'll bite anyway. Ireland are currently ranked No. 2 in the world, after more than a year being ranked at 1. Ireland won the 6N this season after ...

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I'll take Deegan. Don't see the point in bringing in Leinster 4th choice LH just reinforces that we are by miles the poor relation. He's not going to strengthen your 23 but he will strengthen your squad as a stop gap. We're losing a 2 time world cup winning LH and replacing him with Leinster's cast...

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Should be interesting to see how the new centres of excellence do. We don't have the schools and the clubs have shown they don't have the resources to bring through players at schools' level. This will in theory give the best players access to the things schools players have. Main difference is it ...

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Alan O'Connor, ex Ulster captain and played more than 100 times for Ulster, and you call him 'cancerous'. He's what would be a 'legend' in every other province. Hmmm, a poisonous atmosphere at Ulster you say.......... I think you missed the entire point of that exchange, Cam! :lol: Apoliogies to Wi...

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