The Irish

in terms of actual good books by Irish people who later became tv personalities, have either if ye read It’s Only A Game?

yes, it's very good, as is a strange kind of glory, dunphy's book on matt busby (himself a member of the irish diaspora) is similarly excellent.

Duphy book sounds ace, my 3rd fave Graun writer Richard Williams reps for it as well.

It’s so good! Can also recommend Tony Cascarino’s book

The rocky road gets some praise as well.

I met Sarah Kennedy once, must've pulled a face when we were doing a cheek kiss for the photographer cos she said something like "I'm not into this either" in a pissy voice

its probably the 4th or 5th time that Ive mentioned it on the board, but yes the Tony Cascarino book is excellent

But do you recommend any books by Irish footballers? <----- the old ones are the best

I associate Cascarino with TalkSport and just assume anything to do with him is bad. ftr I don't even know if he is still a TS regular.

Idk but that book was pretty honest about him & his failings and as such is a lot more memorable than yr usual “we got a great result and the gaffer was over the moon” autos. Strong recommend alongside the Dunphy one!

Believe me as a Celtic fan I don't need to read a book to know about Tony Cascarino's failings.

lol you should still read it though

Paul McGrath's book is good

Not light reading though, needless to say

The button pushing scandal is fucking ridiculous.

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2019/1023/1085079-dail-votes/

Something to be said for the Brits’ painfully slow method after all.

http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2019/10/22/ireland-queuing-to-see-the-look-on-arlene-fosters-face/

I’m actually dying. Is this real?! The best thing they’ve done since man falling on the ice, and maybe Bachelors Walk for my favourite RTÉ thing ever.

Excuse me? @rtenews 😂😂😂🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇 pic.twitter.com/ZCXwNoja2v

— Holly Carpenter (@Holly0910) October 31, 2019

Haha I love it

Really into this Reeling in the Years account, Seamus Heaney reading a poem while Dragostea Din Tei plays over the top is peak

pic.twitter.com/HuHL8s8Dm8

— No Context Reeling In The Years (@ReelingDotJPG) November 1, 2019

jesus rte

The 2000s edition of Reeling in the Years was notably inferior to the preceding ones, especially from a music supervision standpoint

Or maybe it's just that life was

Possibly? I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of those ones.

1996 pic.twitter.com/VhEJ1QudQy

— No Context Reeling In The Years (@ReelingDotJPG) November 1, 2019

I take it back, this was of course superb and would have been so in any decade

2005 pic.twitter.com/80yei9QEzz

— No Context Reeling In The Years (@ReelingDotJPG) November 1, 2019

ah can we not with the 96 final lads pls

Too soon?

until we fuckin win one*

*ive won one but god bless mayo i am a strong ally and their lot is mine

Ye know you can’t win one til the curse is lifted

that last bugger died before last year's exit fyi

i mean to whom do we appeal

is this contingent on us taking 13 asylum seekers because ive taken the temperature down home and its shaky enough lookin

Don’t ye have to wait for the whole 51 team to die?

ya i think they're all gone now

uh rip like

Paddy Prendergast still going?

look if im honest it looks dodge when our lot track them like that dyhear what im sayin

Nadine Coyle and Andrew Maxwell both on I’m A Celebrity..., what a time to be alive.

Had to Google Andrew Maxwell, still none the wiser.

He's the wtf guy sitting beside Brendan O'Neill when Big Bren is going on about being from Irish peasant stock.

Ah right, good lad, hope he likes kangaroo balls

i can support him when the stage is us vs tories

otherwise, he had a wonderful mother id say

Andrew Maxwell used to be on The Panel and had the rare quality of resembling both Haughey and Bosco

https://youtu.be/4Xlo_IU2gcI

He supports Scottish football team Hibernian F.C..[3]

Poseur.

Are you suggesting he’s overcompensating?

paddying the cv

returning the soup

Not sure why anyone outside of Leith would support Hibs tbh.

Not sure why anyone outside of Leith would support Hibs tbh.

― 'Skills' Wallace (Tom D.), Tuesday, November 12, 2019 11:06 AM (twelve seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

other than pat niven and this fella it seems like nobody does

James Connolly is a long time dead.

Another worry for Andrew is the plight of Hibernian football club, who are currently struggling near the bottom of the Scottish Premiership league table.

“Although I’m from Ireland, my family were originally from Edinburgh. My dad was a trade union organiser and so was my granddad. They lived close to Easter Road, so I was always going to gravitate towards Hibs. There are some great people at the club, with some very good players, but it doesn’t seem to be coming together for us at the moment.

“Because the Scottish football season starts in August, I always take in a game when I’m in Edinburgh at the Fringe. I did a couple of gigs at Easter Road Stadium last year, I love to do those. And they let me on the pitch at half time during the match to do the raffle!

“I hate the sectarianism of Scottish football though. Celtic and Rangers need to do more to challenge the bigots in my view. Hibs is a club that is proud of its Irish routes, but is non-sectarian.

“People in Scotland assume I’m from Edinburgh because of my name… I always get a laugh out of that.”

Absolved.

plastic jock