Author: Brendan
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Heimir’s hot air baloon
Rep. Of Ireland… 1 Armenia… 2 There’s an episode of The Simpsons in which, as punishment for floating a hot air baloon sporting an image of Principal Skinner mooning, the long suffering headmaster made the miscrient, mischief making spikey head accompany him on a night engaging in his favourite passtime – astrology. Lo and behold,…
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Selections for Cork – Sept. 10th 2025
4.10: SOY EL FUEGO (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 4.40: UNIONVILLE – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSICA HARRINGTON) 5.10: PINAR DEL RIO – EW – (RONAN WHELAN/KIERAN COTTER) 5.40: JOSH’S JOY (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 6.10: STARTING MONDAY – EW – (BILLY LEE/GILLIAN SCOTT) 6.40: DALER – EW – (NICOLA BURNS (7)/GER LYONS) 7.10: DEUTERONOMY – EW – (NICOLA…
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Selections for Galway – Sept. 9th 2025
4.05: HAMIYAN (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 4.35: GENUINE ARTICLE (COLIN KEANE/GERRY KEANE) 5.05: RIZAL (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.35: REMEMBER THAT (GARY CARROLL/JOE MURPHY) 6.05: SELECTIVE POWER – EW – (JAMES RYAN/TOMMY COYLE) 6.35: CHEEKY WINK – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 7.05: FAR ECLIPSE – EW – (ROBERT WHEARTY/GAVIN CROMWELL) 7.35: SHARANGA (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD)
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Signposts to the passage of time
I can’t be the only one slightly uneasy about this newly formed Dublin senior football management setup. Not, in any way anything to do with any of the individuals involved. Merely, one is wary of the new regime bounce the two shades of blue are liable to get from coming under the tutelage of Ger…
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Selections for Galway Sept. 8th 2025
3.50: MONEY DANCER (DONAGH MEYLER/NOEL MEADE) 4.20: HUDSON – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/ELLMARIE HOLDEN) 4.50: BUSSELTON (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.22: SHANNON BANK – EW – (CONOR STONE-WALSH/GAVIN CROMWELL) 5.52: KINGKONG CIERGUES – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 6.22: MY GREAT MATE (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.52: ARCTIC GALE (DONAGH MEYLER/EMMET MULLINS) 7.22: RIVERWOODS – EW –…
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Nothing bubbling yet but the glass is half full
Rep. Of Ireland… 2 Hungary… 2 Analysis of anything needs context. For example, if you just saw the above scoreline without having seeing the match or any details thereof, you might consider it a poor result. Indeed, were it not for a heroic stop from Caoimhin Kelleher shortly before the break, whatever morsels of positivity…
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Run Or Roll to make a major difference for the IWA
On Sunday week, the 14th of September, the Irish Wheelchair Association are running their big fundraiser, the Run and Roll’. It’s a massive occasion for the Association and your support can make an incalculable difference to the clients their people look after. IWA staff member and Personal Assistant (PA) Ollie Carey tells me in advance…
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Even Noah couldn’t fight the tide without his ark
Sometimes you witness, either in person or on a screen, happenings in sport which nobody has to underline the importance of. Often the significance of which stretches well beyond the bounds of the sport concerned. For example, the penalty shootout in Genoa in 1990, Katie Taylor’s Olympic gold in London or Dawn Run winning the…
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Selections for Navan – Sept. 6th 2025
1.45: TREASURED ROYAL (ROBERT WHEARTY (3)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.15: FRESH FADE (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/MICHAEL O’CALLAGHAN) 2.45: AMICITIA (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 3.20: NEZEEH (WAYNE HASSETT (3)/DENIS HOGAN) 3.55: THEREWILLBEGLORY (ANDREW J. SLATTERY/ANDY SLATTERY) 4.30: SHAMALZA – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 5.00: LUNAR LANDSCAPE – EW – (JAMES RYAN/TOMMY COYLE) 5.30: SARATOGA (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN)
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Sideline Cuts 42 – Money doesn’t always have to talk
“Money talks, but it don’t sing and dance and it don’t walk”. It could save you having to walk and pay for singing and dancing lessons though. So in short, yes, the more of the stuff you have available, the easier life can sometimes be. Sometimes. It’s only in such circumstances does the concept of…