Iâd sue them for fraud.
Some American Tourist reckons he saw Jesus at the Cliffs of Moher:
http://media.irishcentral.com/images/300*199/121111_cliffs_jesus.jpg
Touched on this elsewhere, but this is just plain weird
LEINSTER RUGBY HAVE been charged with âsubliminal exploitationâ of Dublinâs famous blue jerseys.
But Donnybrook chiefs have moved quickly to deny the claims.
In a wide-ranging, six-year strategy document (PDF link), called Unleashing the Blue Wave launched last night, the county officials say they are aware of âflourishing professional franchiseâ encroaching on their brand.
Part of the document reads: âThe Blue Jersey is a unique, inclusive brand, uniting Dublinâs dense expanse, blurring the difference in class and possession which became so pointedly manifest during the delusional days of the Celtic Tiger.
âDublinâs county teams are of monumental cultural and social importance to the city but, with over a fifth of the countryâs population resident here, they are also of enormous strategic importance to the future well being of the GAA.
âWhile blue must become the colour of success, this is no cheap marketing gimmick. Blue is the colour of our Dublin heritage, of our Irish, Gaelic identity in the capital city, the colour that helped separate the capital from its colonial past. It is the colour of the ideal⌠of Heffernan and Foley, of Mullins and Doherty, of Boland and McMahon, of Barr and Curran, of Brogan and Whelan, of Rushe and Keaney⌠of Hill 16.
âIt is an extraordinarily effective promotional tool, enshrined in the anthem of the countyâs often maligned but fiercely loyal supporters. Blue is also the colour of a commercial phenomenon, of capacity crowds, of broadcasting schedules and of ambitious sponsorship. But it is a success harnessed by the centre which can serve to sustain the peripheries.
âThe blue jersey is a unique, inclusive brand, uniting Dublinâs dense expanse, blurring the difference in class and possession which became so pointedly manifest during the delusional days of the Celtic Tiger.
âWe canât copyright a colour but the subliminal exploitation of Dublinâs unique sporting hue by our competitors has not gone unnoticed. Mutual respect is essential in Irish sport yet the appeal of a flourishing professional franchise is still a real challenge in the struggle for hearts and minds in Dublin while the demographic shift continues to distort traditional values and interests.
âOur Blue affords Dublin GAA the greatest potential to evolve as the flagship brand of commercial sport in Ireland. Successful implementation of our strategy will also reinforce the fact that Dublin is GAA Country.
Leinster, for their part, reject the claims. Speaking to TheScore, a spokesmen for the Heineken Cup champions said the contents of the GAA document âcame as a complete surpriseâ.
âThe simple fact is that in no way, shape or form have we tried to affect any other team or organisation. A lot of our players come from GAA backgrounds â Rob Kearney would have played for Louth minors, Shane Horgan the Meath minors. And they bring that skillset to the rugby pitch which is something we value.
âThe one thing that is unique amongst Irish sporting organisations is that we all promote each other. You say it with the success of the cricket team, everyone was happy to get behind them. And with ourselves, weâre very much a 12-county organisation â not just Dublin city â and were delighted to see the success of Dublinâs footballers and the Kilkenny hurlers this season.
âAnd the fact is Leinster have always played in blue,â he added.
Incorrect they originally started in a green kit before they tried to jump on the Dublin GAA bandwagon
Interesting Julio, when did they change to blue? You know rugby only really began in 95 though. Kinda like how English football only started in 92.
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This guyâs had a few moreâŚ
Good story about a woman blackmailing a doctor here.
Extract from this weekâs Connacht Tribune:
Clouds of confusion as Galway councillor tells another to 'go fâŚk
himself"
A GALWAY councillor has refused to apologise for swearing at a County
Council committee meeting after he told a fellow councillor to âgo ****
himselfâ
Local area councillor Seamus O Scanail made the amazing outburst after
he was told he was a âfeckin eejitâ for thinking that cloud computing
was only suitable in areas with lots of rain.
He had told the Infrastructure Committee meeting this week that his
native Connemara would be ideal for cloud computing because it has heavy
cloud cover for nine months of the year."
The Independent councillor said that the Government should be doing more
to harness clean industries for the Connemara area and he named wind
energy and cloud computing as two obvious examples.
âConnemara in particular could become a centre of excellence for wind
energy harnessing, as it is open to the Atlantic. Also in terms of cloud
computing, we have dense thick fog for nine months of the year, because
of the mountain heights and the ability to harness this cloud power,
there is tremendous scope for cloud computing to become a major employer
in this region.â
However his mistake was pointed out by an incredulous Cllr Martin Shiels
who said that âthis is taking the biscuit. Iâve heard it all now. You
must be a fecking eejit to think that the cloud computing had anything
to do with climate.â
Cllr O Scanail took umbrage at the remarks of his colleague and called
for them to be withdrawn. When Cllr Shields refused to do so, Tiernan
said âgo
**** yourself, Cllr Shields.â
Chairman Sile Ni Baoill asked for both councillors to withdraw their
comments, but Cllr O Scanail was repentant that Cllr Shields was wrong
and that cloud computing is linked to cloud cover.
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Thats cracking.
Not really a weird news story but the last time I was in Wicklow I was browsing through the Wicklow people and found this gem.
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GARDAI IN CARNEW are seeking the publicâs help in tracking down a gang of five men who raided a Carnew store last Thursday night, and made off with approx âŹ17,000 worth of cigarettes.[/size][/font]
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It was initially believed a gunshot was fired at a motorist who came on the scene, but it has since been established that a large rock was thrown at the car by one of two men who were keeping watch in the forecourt of Candyâs service station in Carnew.[/size][/font]
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This is the second time in four months that the shop has been raided late at night. Candyâs proprietor Mick Kelly said the gang came well prepared, and used a con saw to gain access to a secure area where the cigarettes are kept.[/size][/font]
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The motorist who was targeted by the gang went straight to Carnew Garda Station and reported the incident. The officer on duty went to the scene, but used caution as it was reported that a gun may be involved.[/size][/font]
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Seeing the squad car, the five members of the gang jumped into a dark coloured Golf, and drove off. However, the Garda car drove in front of them, in an attempt to slow them down. They turned left :lol: down the Bunclody Road and sped off. â They were armed with the tools required to break in,â said Mick. â They had crowbars and a consaw.[/size][/font]
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The break in occurred at 1 a.m. approx, and the gang was in and out within seven minutes. All were wearing balaclavas. The car was captured on CCTV driving through Bunclody at around 1.20 a.m. GardaĂ are investigating to see if there is a link to later similar raids in Athy, Co. Kildare, and Daingean, Co. Offaly. A rock hit the side of a car at Daingean some four hours later. GardaĂ are also looking at the possibility that the latest raid is linked to the earlier one at Candyâs in July. Anyone who noticed suspicious activity in Carnew, Bunclody, or on the road between the two villages, last Thursday night, is asked to contact Carnew Garda Station.[/size][/font]
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Hester didnât attend the hearing, though weâre sure he was pleased with the end result. If people just went around biffing each other constantly, society would crumble from within. :lol:[/left]
Biff Baff Boff
Turns out this was a hoax story and none of those councillors exist :lol:
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The past year has borne witness to an array of bizarre events from the antics of an American vying to be the worldâs fattest woman ever to an Italian man who survived a gunshot wound to the head only to sneeze out the bullet through his nostril.
1. 52st mother eats 20,000 calories per day in quest to become worldâs fattest woman ever
In August, American Susanne Eman stunned readers by declaring her ambition to become the worldâs fattest woman ever. Already tipping the scales at 52st, the mother-of-two said she hoped to hit the 115st mark by her forties by consuming enough food each week to fill six supermarket trolleys.
2. [color="#306294"]Guy Gibson: ghost of Dambusters dog âfoundâ at airbase
A team of paranormal investigators claimed in November that they had made contact with the âspiritâ of the dog owned by Wing Commander Guy [color="#306294"]Gibson[/url], the heroic pilot who led the Dambusters raids during the [url=âhttp://searchtopics.independent.ie/topic/World_War_IIâ][color="#306294"]Second World War.
Wing Commander Gibson led the Dambusters raid in 1943 from his base at RAF Scampton, near Lincoln, just hours after his black labrador, called Nigger, was run over and killed.
A legend sprung up around Nigger after there were several reported sightings of a black dog seen around the base following his death.
A team of experts given special permission to stake out the operational RAF base, have claimed that the spectre of the dogâs spirit may have tried to speak to them as they have picked up activity on their electronic detection equipment.
3. Worldâs hottest chilli contest leaves two in hospital
A âworldâs hottest chilliâ competition at a curry restaurant left two people in hospital in October.
Emergency services were called to Kismot Restaurantâs curry-eating challenge, on St Leonards Place, [color="#306294"]Edinburgh, after competitors started writhing on the floor in agony, vomiting and fainting during the contest.
One participant, Curie Kim was so ill after sampling the âKismot Killerâ that she had to be taken by ambulance to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary twice in a matter of hours.
4. Daredevil âJetmanâ soars over Alps in latest stunt
We ought to be used to the antics of Yves Rossy by now, but the [color="#306294"]Swiss adventurer recently shocked the world yet again when he donned a jet suit and flew in formation with two Albatross jets over the Alps.
5. Italian black cat becomes a fat cat after inheriting 10 million euros
A black cat in Italy lived up to its reputation for good luck after inheriting âŹ10 million from his adoptive owner, a widowed heiress.
Four-year-old Tommaso, who was saved from a hardscrabble existence on the mean streets of Rome, Italy, as a kitten, is now the proud owner of cash, shares and a property empire which includes flats and houses in Rome and Milan and land in Calabria.
6. Man finds drunken Moose in apple tree
A moose in Sweden hit headlines in September by becoming stuck in a tree after getting drunk from eating fermented apples. Per Johansson, who helped free the animal, described the experience as âterrifyingâ.
7. Husbandâs penis cut off and thrown in rubbish disposal
Catherine Kieu sent shivers through male readers in July over allegations that she cut off her estranged husbandâs penis and putting it down a rubbish disposal after an argument over houseguests in southern California.
Police said the 48-year-old drugged a meal and served it to her husband shortly before the attack. The 60-year-old man felt sick and went to lie down but awoke to find himself tied to the bed and Miss Kieu allegedly attacking him with a 10-inch kitchen knife.
8. Breast milk ice cream banned from London shop
An ice cream parlour in London was been forced to stop selling its âBaby Gagaâ flavour dessert in March, because it was made with human breast milk.
[color="#306294"]Matt OâConnor, the founder and owner of The Icecreamists, where the frozen delicacy was sold, said the ice cream proved to be popular with the customers.
However, Westminster Council officials took away samples for testing and later sent a letter to Mr OâConnor ordering him to stop selling the dish.
9. Electrician âinflatedâ by pressurised air which âshot up his bottomâ in bizarre factory accident
It emerged in August that electrician Gareth Durrant narrowly escaped death in a horrific and bizarre work accident when he was âinflatedâ by a pressurised air line which went up his backside.
The 26-year-old was wiring a caravan at the factory where he worked when the large pipe â carrying compressed air at around 300lbs per square inch â shot up his bottom.
He was rushed to hospital where scans revealed a six-inch tear in his bowel and severe damage to his intestines. He then faced hours of emergency surgery to save his life
10. Italian man shot in head sneezes out bullet
Italian Darco Sangermano made a remarkable recovery in January after being shot in the head with a rifle by sneezing out the bullet.
The 28-year-old was hit in the temple by the .22 calibre bullet while wandering with his girlfriend through Naples â a city in Italy notorious for its rowdy New Year celebrations, often involving firearms and powerful fireworks.
The bullet went through the right side of his head, behind his eye socket and lodged in his nasal passage but miraculously did no serious damage.
Bleeding heavily, he was taken to hospital in an ambulance shortly after midnight, but while waiting to be seen by doctors he sneezed and the bullet shot out of his right nostril.
From the Indo
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http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1220/waterford.html
Gobshites leaving the little fella out unprotected in the hopes that heâd be alright.
In Waterford?
Ged oudda town boi.
Shower of cunts from South Kilkenny no doubt. Heâll be put back tonight in a black and amber jersey.
Anyway not as weird as the news that Anglo found out about Sean Quinns plans to relaunch his insurance operations under the name Q2 from a GAA forum.
I magine this was some religious zealot who was appalled at them putting in baby Jesus early