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Blackrock Bullet

Taking Michael's as an example (4 players for Leinster at the weekend). There are no scholarships. It's first come first served. Also, schools in Ireland can no longer have waiting lists or favour children of past pupils (or if they do only a small percentage). They absolutely find space for someon...

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For the third time, because of the Leinster rule about representing your school in the senior cup, there is no poaching, via scholarship or otherwise. With specific regard to scholarships at St Mary's, while they technically exist they're very rare and they liaise with Belvedere College in this reg...

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Literally took two seconds to prove you wrong ffs https://www.tipperarylive.ie/news/local-news/1430172/tipperary-athletes-receive-full-sporting-scholarships-in-well-known-boarding-school.html That article is ambiguous. The title suggests full sporting scholarship but the article makes no mention of...

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We're still well short of the arrogance Munster supporters displayed from 2000 until, roughly, 18.36 on May 2nd 2009. It's not like it's the Munster branches job to develop the game in their province or anything. Nope. Two rugby popular cities in cork and Limerick. A large farmer strength region to...

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His wife / partner is currently in 3rd level education here which is why No she is in EY. Yes she has been studying for tax exams, so Level 9 or whatever professional qualifications are deemed to be. Tax itself is so localised (and especially lucrative in Ireland) that she isn't likely to move even...

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His wife / partner is currently in 3rd level education here which is why No she is in EY. Yes she has been studying for tax exams, so Level 9 or whatever professional qualifications are deemed to be. Tax itself is so localised (and especially lucrative in Ireland) that she isn't likely to move even...

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Reality is that for years you lot pricked around rather than developing properly - you didn't use the advantages given to you properly and needed to be reigned in. I think we have been given serious leeway on the TP debt, but that's as much payback for the province having dragged Irish rugby throug...

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The only thing worse than not getting what you want is getting what you want. 40% clawback on CCs mostly affecting Leinster but prospectively hitting the other provinces as they get them. And there's really no higher you can go that makes a difference. I suppose you could go another 10% to 50% and ...

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:lol: didnt really make it past the highlighted ; dont get me wrong, fair dues to Leinster for their production line, its up to their other provinces ot get a similar conveyor belt going through hte schools and clubs.....park all that ; how do you with a straight face have the marquee overseas sign...

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paddyor wrote: ↑Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:19 pm
CM11 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 16, 2025 10:35 am IRFU take a share of the European knockouts unless that's changed.
I think they got rid of that when they introduced the up to 30% clawback on CCs. IRFu still gets revenue from stadium rental.

The value of that has plummeted anyway.

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Do you have proof of that or is that simply your opinion? It is both strong rumour and my strong opinion. Neither the IRFU nor Leinster are frivolous with money. It would be mad to offer him a high basic and not in keeping with anything we've seen before. Given Leinster aren't even allowed start hi...

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:lol: :lol: gotta hand it to the IRFU, they're not even pretending anymore, borderline trolling valid point that Leinster are generating the revenue and have the private schools production line thats driving the irish national team success but lets be honest and drop the line about the IRFU trying ...

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The difference in quality in NIQs again next season :lol: Selling out 50&80 k stadia has that effect :lol: :lol: gotta hand it to the IRFU, they're not even pretending anymore, borderline trolling valid point that Leinster are generating the revenue and have the private schools production line that...

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They will retain the current number in the RDS but won't be able to grow it substantially in the future.

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90% of their games are one-way processions - I'm genuinely amazed their numbers are so high. Wot It’s a well known fact that fans hate it when their team wins all the time…… If you look at the attendances, Leinster basically stopped growing about 10 years ago. This coincided with the URC (or Pro wh...

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Yeah because getting to the same stadium is brutal A noticeable lack of kids and 'country' rugby club gear at LR last night. A six day turnaround, and a Friday night game that wasn't over until 10pm will do that. Spivs FTW. There's a fair few Munster heads have managed to get to France this weekend...

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It's crazy that the likes of Nowlan park hasn't been used but the time to do it was now with the RDS closed. Beyond that it should be making that a home again and selling out every single game (including the ones moved to Lansdowne Road). A half full Aviva for regular season games is rubbish, zero ...

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I'd have moved most games to the Aviva and looked elsewhere in the province for a couple of games a year. I think West Dublin could do with a 20k- 25k stadium for GAA, rugby and football. I’d agree with that, even to have the bigger ground in Kildare/Meath, close to a train line for access from tow...

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A few data point to keep an eye on, to benchmark Trump's impact on the economy. Jan 2025 - when power was handed over to him: YoY inflation: 3% Unemployment: 4% US debt: $36.2 trillion The metrics are going to get worse. He has just f**ked it completely, the question is how much he gets away with o...

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Going again with the RDS was a huge mistake imo. I agree. Just repeating the same 'Donnybrook' mistake. We need a 30 - 35k stadium, which I think could be done in the RDS by redeveloping the 'Grandstand'. The RDS own the ST Mary's Church site as well. Getting funding could be a tad difficult though...

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Going again with the RDS was a huge mistake imo. I agree. Just repeating the same 'Donnybrook' mistake. We need a 30 - 35k stadium, which I think could be done in the RDS by redeveloping the 'Grandstand'. The RDS own the ST Mary's Church site as well. Getting funding could be a tad difficult though...

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grievous wrote: ↑Thu Apr 10, 2025 12:36 pm
Blackrock Bullet wrote: ↑Thu Apr 10, 2025 12:25 pm Going again with the RDS was a huge mistake imo.
That museum still going?

Getting redeveloped.

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The European Cup is a complete non-entity now. No one watches it. No one knows what channel it is on. And no one can be arsed to find out. It’s on its arse. I'm sure us Welsh will get the blame somehow. I mean the Welsh Regions signed their own death warrant. They backed English clubs and agreed to...

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It's almost like we can't support 4 pro clubs, either financially or with playing talent. I've been banging this drum for a while. Is there no potential here for someone like the Scots to place some Union funded talent here to subsidise the Regions? If you take the Scots and the Welsh you seem to h...

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Going again with the RDS was a huge mistake imo.

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Pretty sure Bordeaux play in a ~35k stadium and sell out every single week. They averaged 24k last year I think, has it increased? What is fairly remarkable about Leinster's attendances is the quality of the opposition and also the fact that we regularly play B/C teams. That's partly why the Barret...

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The Steel and aluminum tariffs are still in effect I think? He's just taking a sledgehammer to supply chains with Canada. f**ked up. I wonder if he can be steered away consistently from going after Powell, I'm sure Roberts would let him have a crack at firing him. The toxic negativity towards the U...

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I’m still concerned for the economy. Lots of jitters within companies with people holding off hiring. The China tariffs are no joke and will filter through in terms of prices. That said, the short term jitters will also have meant lots of panic buying and supply, what impact that has is to be deter...

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I’m still concerned for the economy. Lots of jitters within companies with people holding off hiring. The China tariffs are no joke and will filter through in terms of prices. That said, the short term jitters will also have meant lots of panic buying and supply, what impact that has is to be deter...

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I’m still concerned for the economy. Lots of jitters within companies with people holding off hiring. The China tariffs are no joke and will filter through in terms of prices. That said, the short term jitters will also have meant lots of panic buying and supply, what impact that has is to be determ...

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The Build podcast hosted by Rick Larkin is a must listen to for anyone who gives a shit about housing or infrastructure

The only two things you can't build in Ireland are nuclear power plants and co-living, the latter thanks to a social media meltdown

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English club rugby types need to stfu with fresh idea about the Champions Cup.

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White House saying that is FAKE NEWS So they "leak" info that they may suspect tariffs by 90 days just as the US market opens. Shady as fvck but inline with that shit administration. Comes from a Kevin Hasset interview with Fox where they asked him and he said it's up to the President to decide Fel...

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White House saying that is FAKE NEWS

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The only positive here for Ireland is that Trump has f**ked this so much that he likely won't be able to do anything meaningful on trade. There were already jitters on Friday from some of the gormless GOPers, that's not going to survive the day. It's kind of mad how much this mirrors Brexit in a lot...

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Munster and Ulster supporters getting all obsessive about their historical imports.

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Saint wrote: ↑Wed Apr 02, 2025 10:08 pm Poor Cambodia. 49% tariffs, and exports to the US make up 41% of their exports.

Americans are queuing up to work in sweatshops.

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https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0401/1505152-politics-tracker/ Great to see an actual important matter finally getting some attention in the Dáil! How the State responds will be telling...we've handled the short term Brexit, Covid and Ukraine economic issues well so hopefully Pascal does it again. That...

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I see Jim O’Callaghan is working quickly in terms of asylum centres. IPAS centres moved to Justice last Thursday and they’re planning to reduce the number of places available as they speed up deportations. Deportations set to be up 70% this year going by the current pace and that’s before the change...

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Is disposable income? For non-homeowners this is not the case. genuine question as i dont really know why anyone in Ireland gives a sh1t about someone's story of living elsewhere...or vice versa. are the 2 people living in the 38 sqm metres the ones where salaries are lower than the ones in 90+ sqm...

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