An escaped monkey caused a three-mile tailback on the N11 near Kilmacanogue in Co Wicklow on Thursday morning.Gina, a three-year-old capuchin monkey is one of several monkeys kept as pets in the nearby Copsewood Aviaries. Astonished motorists spotted her sitting in a state of total disorientation beside the busy dual carriageway. One man jumped out […]
Anger over Lamborghini ‘flight’ Lamborghini Murcielago in the Dark Knight A green campaign group has expressed its anger over reports that a car owner flew his £190,000 Lamborghini from Qatar to London for a service. Reports have suggested the 6,500-mile round trip for the two-door, Murcielago LP640 model would have cost its owner more than […]
Anger over Lamborghini ‘flight’ Lamborghini Murcielago in the Dark Knight A green campaign group has expressed its anger over reports that a car owner flew his £190,000 Lamborghini from Qatar to London for a service. Reports have suggested the 6,500-mile round trip for the two-door, Murcielago LP640 model would have cost its owner more than […]
With the Beijing Olympics around the corner and “Faster, Higher, Stronger – A History of Irish Olympians” finally in the shop, have set up a new blog-style website on Irish Olympians.This wil allow us not only to post stories, but to publish corrections and amendments to the book when they come to light.Comments welcome – […]
With the Beijing Olympics around the corner and “Faster, Higher, Stronger – A History of Irish Olympians” finally in the shop, have set up a new blog-style website on Irish Olympians.This wil allow us not only to post stories, but to publish corrections and amendments to the book when they come to light.Comments welcome – […]
Good news (well, I think it’s good news!). The Evening Herald , the newspaper to which I have contributed pages on athletics and “minority” sports for the past twenty years, is at last online.Address is www.herald.ie.For my stuff (well I am blowing my own trumpet here!), go to “sport”, then “other sports” and then try […]
Everything you ever needed to know about orienteering by 11-year-old Alex.
Everything you ever needed to know about orienteering by 11-year-old Alex.
“Faster, Higher, Stronger – History of Ireland’s Olympians” is back from the printers and will be available in all good shops soon, price Eu23 (or online at www.ashfieldpress.com).A feature of the book is the statistics section – everyone with any Irish connection who ever competed at an Olympics Games gets a mention. You wouldn’t want […]
