"To fund his golfing ambitions, McIlroy's parents took on extra jobs. Gerry worked 100 hours a week; he cleaned toilets and showers at a local sports club in the mornings, served as a bartender at Holywood Golf Club from 12 to 6 pm, then returned to the sports club to work behind the bar in the evenings. Rosie looked after Rory during the day, and worked night shifts packaging rolls of tape at a 3M factory in Bangor, County Down. Due to their conflicting schedules, McIlroy's parents rarely saw each other during this period. Gerry later said: "I had no idea what else to do. I’m a working-class man. We wanted to give our only child a chance."
After finding success as a professional golfer, McIlroy bought his parents a house in 2009, and stated: "I’ll never be able to repay Mum and Dad for what they did, but at least they know they’ll never have to work another day. I’ll do whatever it takes to look after them."
2.5 years later, what "beautification drive" was done for 15 Cr per ward?
Imagine recommending a cancer patient to do makeup instead of chemotherapy.
These drives have done nothing to improve the infrastructure of Mumbai, except ugly pop-ups of "I love *ward name* installations.
The @mybmc has rolled out a 90-day plan to beautify Mumbai following directions of CM @mieknathshinde. Every ward to be given Rs 15 crores for undertaking works. Beautification works will include beach beautification, traffic island and creation of urban forest among other things
Life became much better when I muted a lot of WhatsApp groups.
Life became even better when I turned off sound notifications for all apps, except WhatsApp.
A simple change that has helped me reduce my screen time, and focus on much better things in life!
Can @WhatsApp please create a separate section for businesses and make the notification silent by default? Getting spammed by literally every other app I've signed up on, and it's an SMS 2.0 situation.
I understand monetization is important but not at consumers inconvenience!
@atlys hi i was supposed to receive the visa today, but my profile page is blanked out on Atlys and i can't see any update on my application?! Please help. Travel upcoming!
Muhammad Ali is considered GOAT not just for his achievements in boxing, but also for his impact outside the ring. The commitment to his principles came at a great personal cost.
Vinesh, you legend! 🥺🫡🇮🇳 Praying you get the GOLD, you deserve nothing less! 🙏🏽
Just watched a press conference with Declan Rice, defending his girlfriend as she took her Instagram down due to trolls stating she's not WAG material and he could do better.
Other footballers have Latinas, glamour models and pop stars.
His girlfriend, then feeling inadequate, went on to delete all her selfies and photos.
He began speaking about her and he said she was real, funny, beautiful and kind and that he loves her more than anything in the world. She has been his safe place when he's felt alone in the world.
They've welcomed a baby together in 2022 and since she's become a mother, he loves her and fancies her even more.
When asked if he ever read comments and wondered if he should upgrade his wag he replied My woman is the love of my life and there is no upgrade that exists for me.
Declan... you truly are a gentleman. 👏🏻❤️🏴
Recently, a student asked me why they have to learn trigonometry which doesn’t have real life applicability. My response wasn’t convincing. Here is Stanford alumni, Hamza Alsamrae, a math major, who responds as it should be…
Focus on Joaquin.
Pull focus to window.
Gaga draws perfect smile.
Pull focus back to Joaquin.
Joaquin moves head.
Joaquin smiles perfectly.
You are in the hands of fucking professionals.
My generation benefitted immeasurably from the liberalisation programmes that Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh led. Those benefits transformed confidence levels and led to this brilliant, confident younger generation that is taking India beyond what we could have dreamt of. As in cricket, where you give a guard of honour to a rival on retirement, it is time for everyone to say thank you to Manmohan Singh for the transformation that the mid 90s brought about.
India in test cricket
Before 2001 Eden Gardens:
M 337, W 63, L 113, W/L 0.56
After 2001 Eden Gardens:
M 242, W 115, L 65, W/L 1.77
It’s the game that changed Indian cricket forever.
on the 19th of July 2026, Portugal will win the football World Cup, and Ronaldo in his 6th attempt, aged 41 will be the oldest player to ever do it. it will re-open the GOAT debate, and rightfully so.
Messi and Ronaldo are both GOATs.