They’re back
Donal Fallon writes;
You might enjoy this. Great stuff from the Thai Tims. These youngsters are being looked after by the Good Child Foundation, who care for children with Down Syndrome. They’ve been to Celtic Park before and are hugely popular with the Celtic supporters, as they were introduced to
them by Reamonn Gormley, a young man who was murdered last year. Here they are singing a tribute to Katie Taylor, made me smile anyway.
Today’s Guardian (Nicola Adams) and Irish Times (Katie Taylor).
Women’s boxing, eh?
Who’d have thunk it?
Not too many of the commenters on this thread from December last year, it must be said.
Would she like this on her wall, all shiny and poster-sized?
Caricaturist Steve Mulreany knocked this off yesterday bathed in a warm glow of national pride.
And he’s kindly donated a print to GIVE AWAY.
To enter. Just complete this sentence.
My daughter deserves the Katie Taylor caricature because…
Lines close at 1pm.
The morning after.
So it begins.
Thanks Aaron McAllorum
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmSrQUG9HSE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
“Maud Gonne, Gráinne Mhaol, Mary Robinson Máire Mhac an tSaoi..”
A delirious Seán Bán Breathnach caters to every constituency during his emotional Raidió na Gaeltachta commentary on that fight.
Thanks Lars Biscuits
@broadsheet_ie 50 Shades Of Bray twitter.com/alanjdaly/stat…— Alan Daly (@alanjdaly) August 9, 2012
Arnott’s, Dublin, via Buzz O’Neil
Dundrum Shopping Centre, Co Dublin, via Piajade
“Watching on the big screen” in Hyde Park, London, via Paulie Roche
Connolly Station, Dublin, via Sasko Lazarov/Photocall ireland
My office desk – ‘Great day” via Aoife Somers
A field silage pit in Sligo via Annie West
The Maloneys (Katie Taylor’s neighbours) in Oldcourt Drive, Bray, Co Wicklow via Mark Stedman/Photocall ireland.
At The Shoreline Leisure Centre in Bray, Co Wicklow, this afternoon.
(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)
1700: Everyone here is on their feet. Irish flags are being waved furiously, frantically… “Ka-De! Ka-De!” For a brief moment there is silence as Taylor is sent spinning, videogame style by a slashing right, and then there’s more silence when Taylor falls to the floor. Both boxers on the attack now … it’s going to the judges.
1702: The crowd is apprehensive. They think Taylor has won, but they can’t be sure. There’s a wait … and then “Ladies and gentleman, the winner by a score of 10 points to 8, and Olympic champion … Katie. Pandemonium. Absolute pandemonium.
Take it away, Spands.
Via Sean Ingle at the Excel in London
Thanks Trevor O’Sullivan
(Getty/Reuters/RTE)
