'A pang of regret' for Pang Junxu, declares veteran baize commentator Phil 'WB' Yates, as Milkins wraps up a cliffhanger.

Spent a few hours recently with the great man. I think he's the best corner forward of the last 50 years. Naturally he disagrees and in fact he nominates his own GOAT in that position . . . Tyrone GAA The GAA

Bulimia entered the lexicon via women's magazines such as Mademoiselle and Better Homes and Gardens, which ran stories about this new and worrying disorder affecting women and girls. Multiple studies demonstrate the media's culpability in the spread of social contagions./5

Bless. That enchanting time of year has faithfully returned again.The Crucible: this festival of performance art, this Woodstock of the baize, this Wimbledon of the cue, this Knebworth of stun & screw, this Jerusalem for the high priests of precision potting.Let the hush descend!

It turns out for pedophiles in Hollywood, 'It's A Small World After All.'

Meanwhile, as the FAI flounders and soccer in Ireland continues to struggle on so many fronts, Irish rugby goes from strength to strength. Their sins of omission on the women's game aside, the IRFU and indeed Leinster are growing the sport brilliantly.

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Nothing like a championship preview from Enda to signal that the hurling season is finally out of cold storage and about to warm the bones of anyone who cares.
Irish Examiner Sport

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Me old mucker Dave Hannigan
fearlessly giving his readers here the story they didn't know they wanted - until they read it! Cracking yarn as ever from our American correspondent😄

Trading places: The baseball stars who swapped wives, kids and even pets

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'I'm not speaking, I'm screaming. I need help from the whole world.'

Aviva Siegel was held alongside her husband for 51 days in Gaza until she was released. Her husband is still a hostage.

She describes the horrific conditions of her captivity; from beatings to being starved

A solicitor colleague is missing, any help sharing this would be appreciated
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I just read an article that said Paul Simon “has a strong claim as America’s greatest living songwriter.” Look, I like Paul Simon. But unless Bob Dylan fucking died today and I don’t know about it, you can take that bullshit elsewhere.

Stan getting a proper old dose of diesel fumes from Wrighty here!

A four minute and fifty-five second-long video, should you have the time to spare, it is more than worth the watch.

Journalist Declan Bogue gives his side of a story which has dragged on for 12 years, relating to his exclusion from Donegal GAA pressers.

AIB_GAA | #TheToughest

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Ger Siggins

Matt Carthy TD Óglaigh na hÉireann Same service Private Kelly had.

Touch of Jude The Obscure about Bellingham's performance tonight.
#ManCityRealMadrid
#ChampionLeague

Quote of the Day #21/100.

This is one of the reasons to study Thomas Sowell:
He trains me to develop my intellectual powers and strengthen my mind so that I can appraise the issues for myself.

BREAKING: JP McManus gifts €30m amenity to Limerick council limerickleader.ie/news/home/1477…

Fair focks to Kavanagh's pub (New Street, Dublin 8).

‘We need to look after our locals’ – Dublin pub removing Diageo taps after price hike

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😄😄😄 That was the great Shane Curran