Tag: Agri-business
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Experimental Royals to tackle Mourne men
Meath senior hurling manager Johnny Greville has announced a side containing a mixture of experimentation and experience for tomorrow’s season opening encounter with Down in the Dioralyte Kehoe Cup at Dunganny. Philip O’Brien of St Patrick’s gets a rare start in goal, Conor and Mark Leavey both from Dunderry get starting berths as does Trim’s…
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Caffeine, a calculator, a cart load of nostalgia and a catastrophic lack of sleep
That, ladies and gents, is an armchair view of and a survival kit for the rigors of an Irish General Election. He says as he begins keyboarding this piece at 2:28am on a Monday night/Tuesday morning. All a guilty pleasure. In one of life’s great contradictions, you’d have thought the introduction of E-Voting machines would’ve…
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Cleaning Up
No matter how far or how long you might think you’re removed from farming, there’s an unwritten, unspoken code among the farming community that when one is in need, the rest rally around. An emotional job getting ready to say goodbye to a little bit more of the boss.
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Let’s give this chicken a spin!
https://youtube.com/shorts/kChvucjkFB0?feature=share A combined effort between myself and the good lady at Rotisserie Chicken. Dry seasoned with salt, pepper and mixed herbs and into the oven at 190© for 45 mins.
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Johnson abdication a cause of concern for Ireland
They say a week is a long time in politics. However true that may be, the time during which the world came to a standstill owing to Covid-19 – rightly or wrongly – felt like a lot longer. Not, however, for the now ex British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Who seemed to have no bother…
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Chip in for a great local day out
What was the first price you can remember for a packet of Tayto Cheese And Onion? For me, it was an old 10p. Back then, they were considered a major treat – usually during or after a Meath match or if some of the clan happened to be in the local watering hole it was…
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Dunboyne’s Vikki Wall is the 2020 TG4 Intermediate Players’ Player of the Year
The Meath Ladies shone brightest as the award ceremonies for the 2020 season contiuned over the weekend, with seven members of Eamonn Murray’s side making the Intermediate Team of the Year list. To put extra icing on an already sweet leftover Christmas cake, Dunboyne’s Vikki Wall was named the 2020 TG4 Intermediate Players’ Player of…
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Valentine’s Day Lunch
Do not adjust your sets. What you see before you is real. For the day that was in it yesterday I had a go at making lunch for my lovely lady. The least I could do to repay just a fraction of the way in which she has turned my life upside down for the…
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Two pillars of the Irish staple diet
So much of life is based around routine. It’s made easier by it. Conversely, when one’s expected incarnation of ‘normal’ is knocked out of kilter it can have a wholly debilitating effect on the person involved. Change doesn’t have to be a bad thing but it can take a serious amount of adjusting to. Believe…