The UAFC

A "Dominic Cummings" is now a golf term.
It's a really long drive that goes way out of bounds but there's no penalty.

So Dom Cummings survives.
I wonder how the lady doctor who was the Scottish CMO feels about this.
And Prof Ferguson.
Double standards?

Snipe,
In contrast to governments who have to keep demand going in the economy, private organisations like Irish Rugby can survive by not spending, viz.stopping wages which are not being subsidised by the taxpayer.

As long as Central Banks in the developed world keep on printing money we will all be fine. There is no inflation, in fact there is going to be deflation. The public are saving money week by week because it's impossible to spend, and when the controls are relaxed there will be a spending spree. The ...

Another statistic this morning: 3 million people in ROI under the age of 45 and 14 Covid deaths in that age group. The same number may have died, or more even, in that age group in road accidents in the last six weeks. Yet their economy is closed down and their future is very uncertain. Younger peop...

They are the published figures. Death rates may be a bit different and certainly the ROI deaths are much lower than in Great Britain per capita.
The hospitalisation figures for NI seem very high.

The Republic of Ireland has a population of over 2.5 times the population of Northern Ireland (4.9m versus 1.9m). Yet I read today that ROI has only 16% more Covid patients in hospital than NI. We have 987 today and you have 848. Why is your hospitalisation rate so high, over twice as high, compared...

Twin is excellent and keeping us in thrall in these horrible times.
Never did I think that remote life in a freezing Norwegian fjord could be so watchable! It has to end badly.

Jackie, try Safe on Netflix. Also, the Nest on BBC is absolutely superb.

That's a fascinating set of programmes bringing back great memories. I was at the home games and at the game in Cardiff which was a miserable experience surrounded by typically arrogant Welsh fans. Ireland hardly ever won there. Younger fans should watch the way that scrums formed immediately the re...

I came home from Spain yesterday. The airport reminded me of the clambering on the last helicopter leaving Saigon in April 1975, On Sunday and Monday, in Marbella, we had experience of being sent home by the police because we were only out for a local walk. Cyclists were being fined on the spot. If ...

A move to Ulster would be a great way for Mads to finish his career on a high.
It makes sense all round. Good work by Nucifora if it comes to pass.

It might equally be said that allowing thousands of Madrid fans attend a match in Liverpool tonight is arsefoonery.

I agree. Ham fisted. Better decision would have been to play behind closed doors and avoid the "mass gathering" of people that worried the authorities. Now there is no alternative date available. I wonder how much of this is tied in possible insurance claims. The IRFU wanted a "directive" that they ...

The Minister is reported to be rowing back and talking about the game now being played behind closed doors.

The authorities down here made a complete ballix of the "decision" to call off the Italy match yesterday. The Chief Medical Oflicer of the Department of Health announced it and the Minister went on tea time news to the same effect without anyone telling the IRFU. Nobody thought through if this appli...