The first leg of tonight’s World Cup qualifier.
Iceland, whose team is quite literally comprised of amateurs contains some part timers, are now a game away from Rio.
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Previously: COYBICE
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Stuck for a gift for a homesick emigrant?
Why not tell them to grow up and pull their socks up?
And then have a look at RetróEire, a website containing a range of Irish keepsakes made by returned emigrants.
They write:
We were living Australia and really missing home. We began to think… what is it about Ireland that we missed the most? Was it the people, the places, the stories, the wit or was it the tay? That’s what moved us to create iconic Irish keepsakes. An image here. A cúpla focal there.
So home we went, no jobs to go to. RetróEire was born. RetróEire can be sent anywhere. To loved ones, dear ones, near ones, anyones at home or away.A small reminder for those who can’t come home.
*sniffle*
No cash, favours or keepsakes were given for this post
(Finland’s Patrick O’Shaughnessy, on knees, being sent off last night during a England Vs Finland Under 21s Euro qualifier in Milton Keynes)
David Powell writes:
Browsing the sports news this morning before doing literally anything else, as you do, and noticed that England U-21s beat Finland U-21s in a European qualifier in Milton Keynes (exciting!). Quick look at the report and this catches my eye: “Finland were then reduced to 10 men when Patrick O’Shaughnessy saw red.”
According to Wikipedia, our Patrick is “the son of an Irish painter” and he has a brother who plays for Metz in France. So there.
UPDATE: Still technically eligible to play for Ireland (see comments).
England U21 3- Finland U21 0 (BBC Sport)
Pic PA
A running track?
Andrew at Tinderpoint writes:
We’ve been working with the Sandymount Hotel on a new piece of content that I think your readers will enjoy.It’s an infographic detailing the greatest events to take place in Lansdowne Road/Aviva Stadium since opening in 1873.
No smiley face?
Paul Flynn writes:
Through the letterbox yesterday in Phibsboro [Dublin]. ‘hand written’ invitation to sell the gaff…
Meanwhile…
Property crash ‘over’ as @MoodysRatings insists market at bottom: http://t.co/59c4bsjoUp
— Independent.ie (@Independent_ie) November 14, 2013
(Blue: yes Orange: no)
The results are in.
A Dublin Area Rapid Transit survey of North Wicklow commuters by Fine Gael TD Simon Harris to be presented to Irish Rail. He writes:
I was pleased that in excess of 400 people took the time to complete this survey and it leaves me in no doubt as to the strength of feeling amongst commuters about a range of issues.
I have now sought and secured a meeting with the Chief Executive of Irish Rail for later this month. At this meeting I will be presenting the survey results to him and seeking assurances on issues of concerns.
FIGHT!
Fair play though, in fairness.
Previously: Ah Here
Comedic etymologist Clare Cullen has compiled a glossary of commonly used native slang, expletives and profanity.
They just roll off the tongue like.
Previously: Aon Focal Eile
Instagrams of deceptively genuinely mundane things people did TODAY culled from the #Oneday Twitter feed.
The brainchild of Newstalk’s Jessica Kelly.
Who explains:
“The majority of people use Instagram to show off; it tends to be “oh look, I’m having a cocktail in New York at 4pm on a Wednesday”. I was literally sitting in work last Wednesday swearing under my breath at how perfect the lives of everyone on Instagram seem to be. That’s not real life. #OneDay I want to see someone put a filter on an image of a coffee stain down the front of their shirt or trying to put their make up on whilst on the Luas. In the dark.”
Damn post-modern non-hipsters.
More here: My #OneDay Looked Like This (Jessica Kelly, Random Ramblings)
Behind You
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The panto season starts here.
Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill (left) and his assistant coach Roy Keane, at their first training session in Malahide, Co Dublin this morning.
(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)