Tag: Queen Elizabeth II
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Gunners pull the short straw
Arsenal and their supporters will be well and truly sick of the sight of Manchester City sooner rather than later after Mikel Arteta’s men got the short straw of having to face off against Pep Guardiola’s side three times in a fairly rapid space of time. One of the forthcoming fixtures was originally slated to…
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Truss throws in the towel as political chaos continues
BREAKING NEWS In one of the biggest political undressings in history, Liz Truss has bowed to the inevitable and resigned as British Prime Minister just 44 days after getting her seal of office from Queen Elizabeth II in the latter’s final official duty before her death. The erstwhile Conservative Leader was beset by controversy and…
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Selections for Fairyhouse – Sept. 19th 2022
3.20: APPROACHING BEAR (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 3.50: NATIVE QUEEN (MIKEY SHEEHY/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.20: MULLACASH BUZZ (JACK CLEARY (4*)/THOMAS DOWLING) 4.50: ONE SMALL STEP – EW – (WAYNE LORDAN/KEVIN COLEMAN) 5.20: THUNDERBEAR (LUKE MCATEER (3)/JACK DAVISON) 5.50: CORALLILLO (CHRIS HAYES/E&P HARTY) 6.20: ALOYSIUS LILIUS (COLIN KEANE/GER O’LEARY) 6.50: SECRET ROAD (COLIN KEANE/GERRY KEANE)
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Selections for Listowel – Sept. 19th 2022
2.35: CARRIGMOORNA QUEEN (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.05: NEPHIN BEG (JORDAN GAINFORD/SEAN DOYLE) 3.35: PRAIRIE DANCER – EW – (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.05: CHURCHTOWN RUBY – EW – (JAMES KIRWAN/DECLAN QUEALLY) 4.35: ROCK ON SEAMIE – EW – (TOMMY BRETT (7)/RAY HACKETT) 5.05: GRAND ROI (DAVY RUSSELL/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.35: BUKHILL (PATRICK MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS)
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Sorry Ma’m – there doesn’t appear to be any racing on the TV in the Royal Box
When you hear the words ‘Barbers Shop’, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Haircuts, obviously. Or possibly musical quartets. Though not necessarily those including Homer Simpson on the roof of Moe’s or Peter Griffin going around hospital wards. In this corner, mention of Barbers Shop evokes memories of what I think was Queen…