Willie O’Dea how it happened
The whole Willie O’Dea thing is quiet amazing really. While this story has come to light in the last few days. It is not actually that new. The judgement and case was solved back in December. Here is a Sinn Fein press release about the issue.
Defamation proceedings which were brought by Councillor Quinlivan against Willie [...]
Read moreNew Social Network based in Limerick
Fair play George Lee
George Lee resigning has sparked a bit of a debate in Ireland about the body politic. Much of it has been about whether he was driven by his ego over not getting enough of an input. This argument is a odd because this is what we want in Irish politics indeed expect from a politician. Too many politicians in Ireland tow [...]
Read moreNew Blog
A friend of mine has a new blog Fuzzy Times. http://fuzzytimes.wordpress.com/ check it out.
Read moreFine Gael Complain about NAMA
Interesting press release today.
Fine Gael Seanad Justice Spokesperson, Senator Eugene Regan, has lodged a formal objection to NAMA with the EU Commission in Brussels, saying the ‘scale and scope’ of the scheme is disproportionate to the size of the Irish economy, transfers too much risk from the banks onto the Irish taxpayer and does not [...]
Dossing Times Movies of the Year
10. Gran Torino
A smart, simple, old fashioned tale, with Eastwood on great growling form.
9. (500) Days of Summer
In 2009, someone took the time out to make a romantic comedy with appealing leads, that didn’t patronise or insult and managed to serve both elements of its tag, being both romantic and funny.
8. A Serious Man
An odd, wonderful, comic [...]
2009 The Movie Year
Happy Christmas and New Year to you all!
There is no great summative remark I have to capture the quality, or lack thereof, of movies this year gone. I have been away from the blog, and indeed not made as many cinema trips as I would have liked these past few months so that unfortunately [...]
Fantasy Ninja
Last weeks Fantasy Ninja Lex Hilard did not do all that well, but the Fantasy ninja of a few weeks ago Justin Forsett went for a nice 25 fantasy points. This week I think Jason Avant of the Eagles will produce well in the absence of DeSean Jackson. He might even get a go in [...]
Read morePigskin Pickems Week 12 Part 2
Thursday night saw me get 2 out of 3 which is a solid start to the week. The Raiders let me down in Dallas but these things happen. Here are the rest of my picks for this week.
Read morePigskin Pickems Results – Week 9
Another poor performance from me this week in the Pick ems where I managed only 6 out of a possible 13. It was a strange week though and a couple of near misses went against me. Overall the average was 6 as well, so so much for the wisdom of crowds.
Anyway, here’s how I did.