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mid ulster maestro wrote:For those of us old enough to remember the Chernobyl disaster, the drama of the same name is well worth a watch. For those not old enough to remember it is well worth a watch. Chilling stuff! Can be viewed on Sky Atlantic and Now TV.

There were lambs running round the mountains that glowed in the dark after that.

Excellent piece of TV. Very scary stuff. Nobody knew the full extent of the risk at the time!

Mrs BM used to monitor the after effects for the Dept of Agriculture. The sheep got a bit radioactive on the high ground but that came down to acceptable levels when they were grazed on lowland pastures for a while before slaughter. Don't think most of the public were aware of all that either.

big mervyn wrote:

Rooster wrote:

mid ulster maestro wrote:For those of us old enough to remember the Chernobyl disaster, the drama of the same name is well worth a watch. For those not old enough to remember it is well worth a watch. Chilling stuff! Can be viewed on Sky Atlantic and Now TV.

There were lambs running round the mountains that glowed in the dark after that.

Excellent piece of TV. Very scary stuff. Nobody knew the full extent of the risk at the time!

Mrs BM used to monitor the after effects for the Dept of Agriculture. The sheep got a bit radioactive on the high ground but that came down to acceptable levels when they were grazed on lowland pastures for a while before slaughter. Don't think most of the public were aware of all that either.

Aye, they never got too bad here, some in Antrim hills and Sperrins but a few weeks in lowland areas that didn't get the rain a few days after the event soon brought them around fairly quickly, think it was about 2010 before there were cleared for direct sale and even more recent in parts of Walea and Cumbria. There are still some tests on Caesium in the grass going on I think

RTE Investigates: Greyhounds Running For Their Lives. 16k greyhound pups born every year and nearly 6k killed if they don't make the grade for racing. Absolutely shameful this "sport" is funded so heavily by the Irish government. Disgusting.

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shamalicious wrote:RTE Investigates: Greyhounds Running For Their Lives. 16k greyhound pups born every year and nearly 6k killed if they don't make the grade for racing. Absolutely shameful this "sport" is funded so heavily by the Irish government. Disgusting.

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Absolutely. We 've all heard anecdotal stories about small time owners who treat their dogs wel,l but the "industry" as a whole is a disgrace. Mercifully dog racing is in decline and delighted that Drumbo closed this year.

Sadly Shammy, it's the same in the horse racing world.

mid ulster maestro wrote:Sadly Shammy, it's the same in the horse racing world.

Didn't know that, MMM. I had always assumed that horsey people were all mad about their animals and treated them very well. But, I suppose as soon as a pasttime becomes a sport and a sport becomes an industry, things change.

solidarity wrote:

mid ulster maestro wrote:Sadly Shammy, it's the same in the horse racing world.

Didn't know that, MMM. I had always assumed that horsey people were all mad about their animals and treated them very well. But, I suppose as soon as a pasttime becomes a sport and a sport becomes an industry, things change.

How many horses are shot at Aintree every year? It's worse than the IOM TT, and at least those mad b@stards have a choice.

Horse racing is incredibly cruel as well. The RTE programme is brutal watching but necessary to effect any sort of change.

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Some people treat animals very badly, even in horseracing. Even I don't deny that. We have seen cases in GB where a couple of trainers basically should have been sent to prison for the disgraceful way they treated the horses under their care. The British Horseracing Board did as much as they could by taking away their training licences. The fact they did shows at least there is an appetite to try to protect the welfare of the horses.

I am not saying there are not isolated terrible cases but the horseracing industry itself is not scarred. A few horses dying on the racecourse each year does not alter that fact.


Greyhounds definitely have a big problem and it is a problem seen around the world. Ireland and indeed other civilised places like Great Britain and semi-civilised places like the USA should be doing more to clamp down on the abuses.

In places like Macau it is absolutely horrific. However nobody cares.

Dave Gilmour live in Gdansk

Started over an hour ago, but you can download from the start on Sky Arts.

To be followed by Classic Albums - Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon.

Cap'n Grumpy wrote:Dave Gilmour live in Gdansk

Started over an hour ago, but you can download from the start on Sky Arts.

To be followed by Classic Albums - Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon.

Sky Arts is brilliant

Went to see the Miami Showband story in th'Opera House.

Bit meh. The music was shyte but considering the subject matter, that was a given. The young ensemble performed admirably but the script was very weak. Surprising given the reputations enjoyed by Marie Jones and Martin Lynch.

Just before the interval I had to restrain meself from shouting "SHOOT THEM NOW!!"

I'll always regret that, because it might have been the best heckle since the audience at Pia Zadora's "Anne Frank" all shouted "SHE'S IN THE ATTIC" when the Gestapo arrived on stage

John Wick 3, I liked it a lot

His Dark Materials. Looks as if the Beeb gave done a very good job with this. Certainly considerably better than the sanitized Hollywood version.

Anyone going to see Frank Skinner on Saturday?

Seen him a couple of times before. Not for the easily offended.