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anonymous_joe

I was being unduly glib, but Cam is ultimately right. Ireland v UK is a wildly political judgment - understandably so - where the Commission had strongly rapped the UK's knuckles, leading to the trial wherein it was found that it wasn't torture - merely Diet Torture - but that the UK would make sur...

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Keatley got a bit more publicity and an Ireland cap after moving to Munster. Dillane also picked up a cap after his move to Connacht? There are loads of examples of lads successfully moving province. What is much rarer is Leinster players being quasi-forced to move to another province and for the t...

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Guy has literally zero international ambition - he'd probably flounder out of his comfort zone. When has a move to another province actually benefitted the player? I can't think of many beyond Conway but I'm sure there are more. Edit: Beirne of course too. Beirne has a serious internal drive to pro...

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There was a case Irish Govt took to the ECHR claiming that the detention and interrogation practices in NI breached three convention articles. In its ruling the ECHR specifically said the UK was not using torture (though it was using 'inhuman and degrading' techniques in some specific cases in NI w...

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leinsters attack non existent this year, we rely on individual moments of class Overstating it, but there's a problem with attacking fluency. Tbh, the intricate rugby-league style targeting of opposition defenders is very effective, but it's hard to make work. I like space and pace but Leinster and...

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Well they used to refuse to extradite known terrorists so this isn’t a new thing You do realise that the reason for that was because the UK was found guilty of of using "cruel and inhuman" punishment (ie torture) on terrorist suspects (ie Irishmen) by ECHR. There was a case Irish Govt took to the E...

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They already tried that story a few weeks ago.

anonymous_joe

Patrick O'Donovan goes for Harris. That's pretty significant. He's not a Simon Harris kind of guy. He's rural and conservative. It might actually be done. Ugh. There was a good piece in the IT by Leahy the other day asking if Ireland is compassionately centre-right or cautiously centre-left. I thin...

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Growing up with little historic baggage or any party affiliations, they've always looked the same to me, to be honest. Two sides of the same coin. The only difference was that FG usually needed Labour so their governments had a wider remit. The parties arrive at similar places for very different re...

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The English are ultimately soft as fúck. Always have been.

anonymous_joe

Coveney has been damaged by associations with his friends (Hyde) and his family (the RTÉ brother, and those weird made up rumours about being married to various people) and generally looks tired and bored. Donohoe is genuinely talented. Harris is fairly meh. Assuming a bad election is inevitable Har...

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HighKingLeinster wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:01 pm
Ulsters Red Hand wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:57 pm Please get a hobby Stats
Righteously arguing against the one-eyed and multi-thumbed provincial hordes online is his hobby

He sacrifices so that others may post in peace. He is the digital watcher on the wall keeping northern wildlings at bay

anonymous_joe

Don't think it's particularly odd. At the time, he was going to have the bike for a couple of weeks, it would have gone back, been auctioned off and no one gets hurt. Even if it's a Garda doing something for a friend, it wasn't particularly serious. But it doesn't seem these two were close other th...

anonymous_joe

I take the point that it isn't his job, but it seems almost antipathetic to developing Wales.

anonymous_joe

DOB wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:54 pm Gatland first took the Wales job 17 years ago.

He does have the flexibility of a few championships to his name, which probably earns him a bit more benefit-of-the-doubt than Toonie.

I don't know that it was ever his role, but you have to ask what he did to improve the youth structures, etc.

anonymous_joe

earl the beaver wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:05 pm
anonymous_joe wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:35 pm In the sanctity of this thread, who gets the sack first, Townsend or Gatland?
Gatland offered to resign on Saturday and the WRU rejected it.

Those reports are one of the reasons I asked tbh.

anonymous_joe

In the sanctity of this thread, who gets the sack first, Townsend or Gatland? Has to be Townsend he has Scotlands golden generation and has not done enough need someone to take them to the next level Gatland is a great coach but even he can only work with what he has To have that rabble so close in...

anonymous_joe

In the sanctity of this thread, who gets the sack first, Townsend or Gatland?

anonymous_joe

The whole point of the Nordie Commissioner was too stamp out any laxness in the Gardaí. That includes stuff like this. Ah come on. This was good community policing. But even if you accept that it needed an official review, it didn't need his house being raided, marching to the old man's house and a...

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The whole point of the Nordie Commissioner was too stamp out any laxness in the Gardaí. That includes stuff like this.

anonymous_joe

The thing about Larmour v Nash is that, as you allude to, if Larmour hadn't burst on to the scene, people would rate him higher than they do now.

I think he's got plenty of time to turn into a decent 8/10 winger tbh.

anonymous_joe

I thought Larmour was fine. Won’t trouble the coaches with selection at the same time imo. Think he’ll still be behind JOB Frawley and Hansen at 15. And I think Nash is a big winner from the 6n so behind him anyway for wing. That said he’s ahead of a few people like stockdale(hasn’t been mentioned ...

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irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:20 pm
giojuarez666 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:12 pm What #s should I look out for here in Keinster schools cup? #3 for rock?
rocks #3, #5, #14, #15

Tighthead and right-wing looked good when they were on the pitch. Thought their outside centre was decent as well.

Their 10 seemed reasonably good at pulling the strings.

anonymous_joe

Michaels were shíte. At least United won.

anonymous_joe

Tbh O'Neill isn't stupid, the patchwork of laws that leads to O'Neill is stupid, albeit even that isn't the problem. Ultimately the issue is a simple one, you are required to only allow building where there is sufficient public transport. The providers will not increase provision of public transpor...

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Tbh O'Neill isn't stupid, the patchwork of laws that leads to O'Neill is stupid, albeit even that isn't the problem. Ultimately the issue is a simple one, you are required to only allow building where there is sufficient public transport. The providers will not increase provision of public transport...

anonymous_joe

A lot of these decisions don't get appealed. Some do, a few get overturned. Holland J normally gets upheld tbh.

anonymous_joe

So I take it no new developments will be allowed in rural Ireland anymore with this precedent. The stupidity of fking judges in this country. State needs to appeal this or legislate to put Holland back in his box. The first case on this point was decided in 2020, so if it's having such a dramatic e...

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He is not an expert on planning, though. Yet he has just changed the requirements for getting a planning permission if the following report from Breaking News is correct. https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/judge-overturns-planning-for-227-dublin-homes-over-lack-of-high-capacity-public-transport-16...

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Another pisstake with an amenable judge High Court overturns permission for 227 homes in Goatstown on public transport ground https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/03/12/high-court-overturns-permission-for-227-homes-in-goatstown-on-public-transport-ground/ Holland J is a tough enough cookie. Ver...

anonymous_joe

Statto, the whole point of this is that Aodhain O'Riordain is blaming the government for allowing people be seen to live in tents beside the IPO. My point is that clearly is the case. You're arguing that O'Riordain is saying they must have deliberately started this process, which isn't true. A grou...

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Statto, the whole point of this is that Aodhain O'Riordain is blaming the government for allowing people be seen to live in tents beside the IPO. My point is that clearly is the case. You're arguing that O'Riordain is saying they must have deliberately started this process, which isn't true. A group...

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He’s basically vocalising what everyone on here thinks - that you know fudge all about rugby and it’s embarrassing when you share your brain dead opinions. In this scenario, you’ve said some players lacking pace need to be replaced. He’s asking you what pacy players we have lined up that can slot i...

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Another pisstake with an amenable judge High Court overturns permission for 227 homes in Goatstown on public transport ground https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/03/12/high-court-overturns-permission-for-227-homes-in-goatstown-on-public-transport-ground/ Holland J is a tough enough cookie. Ver...

anonymous_joe

You think it's true that the government have deliberately engineered a situation where we've a tent city 5 mins from Leinster house? Wtaf? Statto, you really aren't this stupid, so why do you manage to do such a good impression of a moron? Several weeks ago, Second Captains - fairly standard journa...

anonymous_joe

You think it's true that the government have deliberately engineered a situation where we've a tent city 5 mins from Leinster house? Wtaf? Statto, you really aren't this stupid, so why do you manage to do such a good impression of a moron? Several weeks ago, Second Captains - fairly standard journa...

anonymous_joe

You think it's true that the government have deliberately engineered a situation where we've a tent city 5 mins from Leinster house? Wtaf? Statto, you really aren't this stupid, so why do you manage to do such a good impression of a moron? Several weeks ago, Second Captains - fairly standard journa...

anonymous_joe

"There is a sense of hopelessness there, but it also feels as if this is a quasi-deliberate attempt by Government to let this sort of situation and the images filter back so that people will think twice about coming here and that is not an effective way of dealing with our international protection ...

anonymous_joe

Nolanator wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:53 pm What's the deal with all the Metro-sceptic articles in the IT?

It's just the timing of the hearings. Various groups are only now able to raise their concerns.

Today's one seems like a damp squib.

anonymous_joe

A cynic might surmise re those agitating for more support for carers, that those agitating for more support are actually more concerned about more support for those agitating about more support for carers. My hatred of NGOs is on record, but I think here it's more just woeful naievte. I've seen a l...

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