According to Met Éireann it rains 5 days out of every week on average in Ireland. Well 255 out of 365 in the West of Ireland. Which works out as 5 days a week. Other parts of the country work out a little better. So basically you can expect it to rain nearly every day.
The image to the right will show you how wet it is where you live.
A few minutes before the end of the Cork v Waterford Munster Final yesterday the ball was sent wide by Waterford’s Dan Shanahan. For some unknown reason the umpire gives a 65. It goes over and now (after a Ben point at the other end) there is just a goal between the teams. Waterford attack once more with only seconds left and the ball goes wide. Me and all of the other Cork Supporters go crazy. That has to be it.
However at this stage the ref looks around at the poor attendance and probably realises the Munster Council haven’t made the money they would have expected to on this match. So he decides to give Waterford a free in. Seconds later the ball is in the back of the net. And the game is over. Replay! A joke!
Looking at the analysis after the match in the Sunday game in the Greyhound Track Bar across from Semple even the RTÉ analysts can’t figure out what the free was for. But I can. It’s widely believedthat statistically there are far more plays in GAA inter-county games than there should be for a game with such varied and high scores. Referee’s must be given incentives to play for replays in big matches.
In fairness to the Munster Council the game will be on next Saturday night which is a great time for a Final to be on. It should be some craic in Thurles that night. But I won’t be there. For the first time in year’s I’m not going to the Munster Hurling Final. Maybe the first time ever as far as I can remember. I don’t appreciate being taken for a fool. And I won’t be fooled twice.
I was pretty irritated with the Google Search in Firefox constantly directing me to Google.com as opposed to Google.ie. When I search with Google.ie the results are better targeted to Irish people are therefore more useful to me. So as a result I wrote my own Google.ie Firefox search.
If you want to use it click here to install.
I’ve solved the issue of not being able to work in the sun when working from home. Patent Pending.All images copyright, johnoriordan.ie 2010 :-p
How was Paul Galvin left on the field against Cork this weekend? He blatantly stuck his fingers into Eoin Cadogans mouth metres in front of the ref and got away with it. The amount of crap that fella get’s away with is unbelievable. Let’s hope he get’s a couple of months ban out of it. If they’d played Noel O’Leary on Galvin in extra time he would’ve sorted him out. I can’t understand why they didn’t.
I’m into Mixed Martial Arts. A sport where you can knee someone as many times in the head until they go unconscious or choke them until they pass out. But if you fish-hooked some one like Galvin did you’d be disqualified. He can’t be left get away with it. But sadly because he is Paul Galvin I wouldn’t be surprised if he did.
A Guide to the World’s Healthiest Booze
Scientists agree that drinking in moderation does the body good. But aside from red wine, actual medical professionals told us something surprising — the hard stuff isn’t so bad, either.
University of Wisconsin researchers found that a pint of Guinness Extra Stout was about as effective as low-dose aspirin in preventing dogs’ blood platelets from clotting — and reducing their risk of a heart attack. Don’t expect the benefit to carry over to your Bud Light, though: the researchers pointed to Guinness’ flavanoid antioxidants (which work as anti-inflammatories) as a possible reason for the difference. And they found that the darker beer was three times as likely as lighter beers to inhibit clotting.
A Guide to the World’s Healthiest Booze
Scientists agree that drinking in moderation does the body good. But aside from red wine, actual medical professionals told us something surprising — the hard stuff isn’t so bad, either.
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Welcome to the 21st century USA! Today it looks like the US has followed the rest of the civilised world and decided to allow its citizens access to health care. I will admit I do not know the ends and outs of the details but to me it looks like a move in the right direction. I cannot understand how a person would allow another to have a reduced quality of life just because they think it’s socialist. Hey Socialism is good. Ireland is socialist as is most of Europe. Most of the counties in Europe have world beating health care systems. I mean France and Italy are regarded as having the best health-care in the World.
Anyway the US is more socialist than they think. http://i.imgur.com/590Ev.png
Happy St. Patricks Day! I don’t care how cynical a person you are, when you are Irish you have to feel proud that the whole western world (and much of the rest of the world) stops and celebrates Ireland and Irish people. Saw on thwe news this morning that Sydnety Opera House was lit up with green lights, the London Eye was turned green, along with the Empire State Building and the fountain in the White House in Washington had green water.
Beannachtaí Lá Féile Pádraig!
I’m trying to book my NCT online and the stupid website doesn’t work. It says there are no free days in any centre in Ireland for the next 10 years. Why have online booking if it doesn’t work? If it was a private company it’d be out of business. Stuppid inept public sector.
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