When Con Houlihan went to Mexico - four decades since his words captivated a nation
Remembering Con today in The Star
Just google ‘Con Houlihan news’
Relive/relove the magic - and leave a comment if you want
If Leinster are hosting the URC Grand Final, it will be Croke Park, Dublin, on FRIDAY, June 19 (19:30 ). This is due to venue availability - Croke Park is the only suitable stadium available in the Dublin/Leinster area that weekend.
Have been asked a fair bit about this as it was sorta on RTE news. I took it and it was on our Mirror game blog from where it was lifted variously and has been watched over 1m times on other a/c’s.
Over the moon that The Wig For Washing-Up - a film I made with Ellen Donovan & Diego Arribas Quintana - won a big prize at the Fastnet Film Festival in Schull on Sunday. Amazing few days in West Cork, a magical place.
Yungblud @RedRocksCo dedicates gig to Ozzie Osbourne and does a straight up version of Changes … this will be all over the internet v soon @VisitDenver
And last one from me, Patrick Schick’s penalties comprise a soft run, shape to go his left, slight stutter, switch hips/shoulders, and put to the right hand side (ie ‘keeper’s left)….
Also, TV has shown Patrick Schick’s 24 Czech goals from 50 games. Awful lot are from FREE headers from broken play (ie not set-pieces) in the box. He’s gonna need (never thought I’d hear myself say this) some epic ‘Keith Andrews-coached’ pulling’/draggin’/wrestlin’ to be policed
Lots on Czech TV tonight (in Czech of course) about AZ Alkmaar -it wasn’t about Troy Parrot!
Rather, 6’1” 21 year old Matej Šín who signed a five-year contract with AK in summer 2025.
He won the Czech Young Player of the Year at their Awards Ceremony tonight
Influence of fans, thinking Twickenham?
Turn on @SkySports right now, you’ll see Sri Lanka’s T20 side in Colombo with an incredibly noisy - Richter Scale nearly - stadium urging on their side against NZ…and NZ have collapsed under the pressure…seriously check it out for 2 min
Jeez, had thought Echo & The Bunnymen’s @bunnymen ‘lazy’ cover of It’s All Over Now Baby Blue was better than the Bob Dylan @bobdylan
original but have just heard Joe Cocker’s @JoeCockerMusic fire-it-up version…wow, not so sure now…
I’m very excited to tell you about A Nation Once Again, a satirical comedy I’ve written about a secret government department making arrangements for a United Ireland. It will be published in August and is available for pre-order here. https://t.co/vsQ3xypuNr