From Adrian Russell:
Harrington makes Major breakthrough
Anywhere else, Pádraig Harrington might have walked off the 18th green knowing his two shots that found the bottom of Barry Burn for double bogey had cost him the British Open.
The label of choker would rattle louder and he would not go on to win the USPGA and [...]
From Daly Planet: The Review of the Decade magazine I edited is FREE with today’s Irish Independent – plenty to read when you’re hibernating at home tomorrow. Having switched so much to writing these past two years, it was great to get my teeth back into a meaty piece of editing for a month [...]
From Adrian Russell:
“Horan… Wallace… Ireland in position … this must be it… this MUST be it for Ronan O’Gara… drop… at… goal… Grand Slam . . . at . . . stake… HE’S GOOOOOOT IIIIIT!!!!!!!! YES!,” Ryle Nugent. Love him or loath him; he cares more than when he was doing League of Ireland [...]
From Adrian Russell:
Zidane loses his head
This was like a pitch for an old Clint Eastwood movie: a maverick cop is about to retire after a working life married to the badge. Here’s the rub: his last day at the office isn’t going to be uneventful.
Zidane — the brightest talent of his generation — [...]
From Adrian Russell:
“You say to me that there is more to life than hurling. Well if you want to carry on like a fella who is not an inter-county hurler well then there will be more to life than hurling. Lots more. But there won’t be hurling. That’s the reality of it.” — Manager [...]
From Adrian Russell:
“I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children.” Tiger Woods after engaging with a fire hydrant, a tree and half of the world’s female bar staff.
“After much soul searching, I have decided to take [...]
From Bibliocook: All About Food:
Darina Allen’s latest book focuses on kitchen skills and traditions – such as making yoghurt, keeping hens and baking bread – that have been lost in recent times. She talks to Caroline Hennessy for EveryMonday.ie about how the increasing interest in self-sufficiency can help us weather the recession.
This post first [...]
From Claire O’Connell:
I came across this excellent post by Hilary Sutcliffe through Twitter about how science is like the veg in the pasta sauce – her underlying point being that screaming and jumping up and down about how great science (/vegetables) is will not likely engage the wider public (/kids), instead you have to incorporate [...]
From Bibliocook: All About Food:
Pavlova and barbeques, hokey pokey ice cream and long blacks: we’ve abandoned the cold and damp of an Irish December for Christmas in New Zealand! The Husband, Little Missy and I left Cork last Saturday and eventually arrived in Nelson on Tuesday. This way LM gets to spend her first Christmas [...]
From Football quotes, humour and opinions – dangerhere.com » Quotes 2009-2010:
Lovely Phil Brown
BETWEEN TWO STOOLS
It was a feast and a famine for Phil Brown at the Emirates:
“We tried to play our way back into the game – maybe too much too little in the end.”
MORAL OBJECTORS
Casino owners: don’t let Stevie G and co anywhere [...]
