https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhsF4qlhOK4
Going to London for de match?
Orla O’Callaghan writes:
Ahead of Ireland’s battle with Romania on Sunday, AA Roadwatch’s Adrian [Harmon] and Sharron [Lynskey] get kitted out and give match-goers the lowdown on how to get around Wembley….
For the weekend that’s nearly in it.
Saturday, October 18, 1980.
Romania gripped by Ceausescu’s austerity policy sent her rugby team to Dublin… to make a good impression.
Kevin Myers wrote in the following Monday’s Irish Times:
“They’re playing very dangerously,” said a woman in the grandstand amid the tinted glasses, fur coats and the havanas, as the Rumanians passed the ball within their own goal area, each looking at it like it was a wrongly addressed letter..
..The crowd applauded the visitors warmly, perhaps an indication of a wish for them to enter the International Championship. If they do, it must be RTÉ commentators’ devoutest hope that the Rumanian winger Fuicu, changes his name or is dropped.
Ho, dear me, rugger rout not to hand.
Final score: Ireland 13 Romania 13
From a sitting room in “Ranners”
To the technically unfriendly RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Summit founder Paddy Cosgrave writes:
Today we are excited to announce the next chapter in the Web Summit story. In 2016 Web Summit will move to Lisbon.
Lisbon is a great city with a thriving startup community. What’s more, it has great transport and hotel infrastructure and a state-of-the-art venue with capacity for more than 80,000 attendees.
Tell my wifi I love her.
FIGHT!
Update:
A response from Dublin Chamber of Commerce this afternoon:
The decision by Web Summit to leave Dublin should serve as a wake-up call to the Government about the importance of increasing investment in infrastructure. It’s also a reminder of how Dublin is competing with other international cities for business
Oh, it’s on!
The Next Chapter (Web Summit Blog)
Previously: Who Took The Web From The Web Summit?
Web Summit Loss a Wake-Up Call for Spend-Shy Government (Dublin Chamber of Commerce)
This morning
Some Dad writes:
Capel Street [Dublin] just now. The Dublin boys are still on the lash in the Boars Head .
Dublin to Parade Sam Maguire On O’Connell Street Tonight (RTÉ)
It’s all Dan Marino’s fault!
Eve McGrath writes:
Spar on Thomas Street [Dublin] thinks that American footballs are used in Rugby!!
Any excuse.
Thanks Eve
UPDATE:
(Thanks Andy Fleming)
For the day that’s in it.
Mild rugby trolling Sin Bin banter by TV3’s “Matchday Derek” with rugby fans outside Lansdowne Road Nua during Ireland’s Rugby World Cup 2015 build up.
Only six more weeks of this.
SIX!
The Home Of The Rugby World Cup 2015 (TV3)
Alternatively..
Joe Donnelly’s rugby rockstar World Cup XV.
Ruck ‘n’ roll!
It’s all kicking off.
An impressive Rugby World Cup 2015 planning tool for metaphorical buggers of the rugger persuasion from Europcar Ireland.
Full interactive version here.
Thanks David O’Gorman
No cash, favours, mid-size saloon rentals were given for this post
Bridge Street, Dublin 8, this morning.
Sarah Kav writes:
Like Yoda a damp spot on the ground that looks.
Someday a real rain will come.
Thanks Sarah Kavanagh
