Park Life

Casino Jack. 9/10. Make sure you see it.

The punch has sent his career sideways.

It's in the secret forum.

Ironically, that's about the best (photographic) image of Neil Armstrong standing on the moon as well, i.e. the reflection in Buzz Aldrin's visor. So much light on the moon innit.

Looks like a compromise new deal is in the offing. Do we still need/want him or cash in?

Willi and Collo both need to bulk up a bit.

WoW! This is really shaping up.

Shssshh he hasn't cracked yet. I will assume you're referring to Ant.

Everton have scored btw.

Shssshh he hasn't cracked yet.

Mty stand on the Irish is the same as the Greeks these are just failed states and should be cut adrift before they bring the whole shabang down.

Manc is in this thread for some proxy Osbourne bashing (pretending vague interest in Ireland).

Not necessarily, if you take out the banks and the property market then the Irish economy isn't completely fucked. It's still not good but the country could have weathered the storm, the problem is that the banks were even more exposed than that of the UK and not even remotely well enough funded to deal with this situation. The single cause of Ireland's woes is property, it became an obsession for both the public and the banks. Given a couple of years the problems should hopefully have been dealt with and the country can get back to some sort of recovery, though with the burden of having to repay a heavy debt. What I mean is it is fiction to say that the type of growth you experienced had owt to do with the education system. It has meant you've retained more talent than you've traditionally lost (a good thing for the economy overall) but to suggest that that was something that distinguished Ireland's growth from Britain in the context of the growth being experienced is a complete nonsense. What caused the country's 'real' growth was low level of corporation tax. Something Parky's lot really don't like. ars tbf you cannit be bailed out to the tune of tens of billions and keep undercutting them folks what helped you out your hole. Exactly.

Not necessarily, if you take out the banks and the property market then the Irish economy isn't completely fucked. It's still not good but the country could have weathered the storm, the problem is that the banks were even more exposed than that of the UK and not even remotely well enough funded to deal with this situation. The single cause of Ireland's woes is property, it became an obsession for both the public and the banks. Given a couple of years the problems should hopefully have been dealt with and the country can get back to some sort of recovery, though with the burden of having to repay a heavy debt. What I mean is it is fiction to say that the type of growth you experienced had owt to do with the education system. It has meant you've retained more talent than you've traditionally lost (a good thing for the economy overall) but to suggest that that was something that distinguished Ireland's growth from Britain in the context of the growth being experienced is a complete nonsense. What caused the country's 'real' growth was low level of corporation tax. Something Parky's lot really don't like. What caused the countries real growth was free EU money which was pocketed by various ferral Irish tibesmen.

Not necessarily, if you take out the banks and the property market then the Irish economy isn't completely fucked. It's still not good but the country could have weathered the storm, the problem is that the banks were even more exposed than that of the UK and not even remotely well enough funded to deal with this situation. The single cause of Ireland's woes is property, it became an obsession for both the public and the banks. Given a couple of years the problems should hopefully have been dealt with and the country can get back to some sort of recovery, though with the burden of having to repay a heavy debt. What I mean is it is fiction to say that the type of growth you experienced had owt to do with the education system. It has meant you've retained more talent than you've traditionally lost (a good thing for the economy overall) but to suggest that that was something that distinguished Ireland's growth from Britain in the context of the growth being experienced is a complete nonsense. It was actually just free EU money.

Not in the past few years, no. Greeks with Guinness.

Ireland have been stealing money from Europe for a decade. Time to cut them loose.

Germany is the country of choice for mega bailouts.

Good.

Black men with shaved heads and glasses are everywhere!!!1

Designed the light sabre.

Completely agree. Can't really say a slide has started when we've been punching way above our weight all things considered. Reality bites. What are you agreeing with? Is this easier It wasnt unforseen, we were never going to finished top 8 etc so at some point the points would start to drop Our strongest side is canny but lacks depth hence our current plight HOw does the word 'the slide' imply a presumtion of top 8 ness? Well whatever way you slice it it absolutely insists upon some form of descent from high to low. I think what's being said is obvious enough, ie nobody thought we were going to be cruising at an absolute constant altitude all season. In fact the opposite is true. Yeah a slide is a descent. Well done. **YOU[ve introduced this presumtion of cruising at high altitude and I wish you would just retract it. It is an assumption that is threatening to tear apart middle east peace.