Big intelligent fella from Offaly
Brian Cowen must feel a bit hard done by. The Taoiseach has spent most of his life being called a f***er on an almost daily basis, a big ignorant one from Offaly to be precise.
- Published on May 22 2008
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Brian Cowen must feel a bit hard done by. The Taoiseach has spent most of his life being called a f***er on an almost daily basis, a big ignorant one from Offaly to be precise.
A high standard of archery was in evidence at the Schools' Shoot in St Brendan's Bray...
The community college have dominated in track and field.
A fine double in the throws was recorded by Aoife Hickey of Loreto Kilkenny. After her personal best of 50.81 at the South Leinster Schools Championships a week earlier, Hickey had hoped to improve on Eileen O'Keeffe's Leinster Schools record of 49.51, but fell short with a best of 48.24, still enough to give her an emphatic win.
A sensational record in the senior boy's 400m by one of Ireland's brightest new stars in athletics, new Beijing Olympic hopeful Brian Gregan of St Mark's Tallaght, proved the highlight of the first day of the KitKat Leinster Schools' Track and Field Championships held in Santry last Saturday.
GOLF: Phil Mickelson has given his backing to the way Torrey Pines is being groomed for next month's US Open, saying it will provide a fair but stern test. "I love something they're doing, where there are a couple of different layers of rough," said the the world number two. "I think it's going to be a great championship, because the course is so hard as it is you really don't need to do too much to it to make par a good score."
Belfast's David McCann took over the yellow jersey after Stage 4 of the FBD Insurance Rás on a day of mixed fortunes for the leading local interests.
VINNIE MULVEY and Orla O'Mahoney made it a Raheny double at the Woodie's DIY Dublin 5 Mile Classic organised by Sportsworld in Walkinstown.
PAULINE CURLEY has already set her sights on attempting to win the three races in this year's Lifestyle Sports adidas Races Series -- the three road events which take place in the Phoenix Park in July, August and September.
BADMINTON: Irish badminton is celebrating the qualification of not just one but two players for the Beijing Olympics. Irish men's No 1 Scott Evans had his place confirmed last week and earlier this week, 19-year-old Chloe Magee from Raphoe in Co Donegal, who had been second reserve, was approved for selection. Magee will have her name submitted to the OCI for approval and if accepted, will join Evans in Beijing.