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Diarmuid Connolly

After pleading guilty to serious assault charges, Dubs player Diarmuid Connolly saw his case struck out yesterday.

District Court judge Patrick Clyne made the ruling as he said Mr Connolly had “done all that had been asked of him through a serious of restorative justice measures”.

Independent Legal editor Dearbhail McDonald asks:

Will the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) challenge Judge Patrick Clyne’s generous strike out given the fact that judges have huge discretionary power, in particular where there are extenuating circumstances “of a special character”?

Anyone?

Lucky Bounce Of The Ball For All Star Attacker (Dearbhail McDonald, Independent.ie)

The sports pages of Journal.ie are changing.

They need a more internationally distinctive dynamic.

Tell us about it.

Look at them there, with their desks/central heating/kettle, etc., but are they happy? What are we doing wrong? Mumble mumble Doritos

Rule 42?

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Surfers and bodyboarders can coexist.

Thomas Gillespie writes:

This [above] is a picture of Daniel Skajarowski bodyboarding the Cliffs of Moher [Burren, Co Clare] a couple of days ago. Bodyboarding is a sport where you surf waves by lying down. sometimes there is a rivalry between bodyboarders and surfers but ireland is one of the few places in the world where we all get along.

Mmmf.

Thrashin’ stuff in fairness.

Yeeeeeeeeeees.

The Irish hoodoo over Romania continues.

Earlier: They’re Through!

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‘süp?

Yokes Yokes Yokes

Thanks DublinGunner37

Meanwhile…
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Irish supporters in the Veltins-Arena tonight (top) and above John O’Shea’s injury time equaliser.

“What a result for Ireland. Extraordinary. Not exactly deserved on the balance of play, but that’s the hideous, wondrous beauty of this game. The Germans sulk off the pitch grumbling – they should have won this match by a distance, but for all their possession they created only one clear chance inside the penalty area (Götze in the 80th minute, well saved by Forde), and actually the Irish created two….”

Germany 1- Ireland 1 (Guardian LiveBlog)

Pic: You Boys In Green

Meanwhile…

scarves

Jaysus.

Shane Caffrey tweetz:

“German merchandise outside the stadium [Gelsenkirchen, Germany] tonight!”

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John Collins, of the Country Club Athletics Club in Limerick will be running his 30th consecutive marathon on October 27th when he takes part in the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon.

He has decided that his 30th Marathon will be his final one, and he will be joined on the occasion by his daughter Fiona and grandson.

He’s 83.

Via Martyn Rosney