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Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 08:24 AM

Giovanni Trapattoni’s broken english can’t mask the truth

Manuela Spinelli was on the Late Late Show on Friday night, and not for the first time did the smoothest Italian in Ireland catch Ryan Tubridy’s attention.

The lovely Manuela, in case you don’t know her, normally features on these sort of pages as interpreter for a man by the name of Giovanni Trapattoni.

Trap wasn’t at Manuela’s side this time around, however. Instead she was working for someone happy to speak Italian and let Manuela do her job.

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Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 09:19 AM

Tiger Woods is a slob; Wayne Rooney is a hero

Wayne Rooney bicycle kicks his way back into the good books last Saturday against Manchester City.

Tiger Woods doesn’t play soccer. Some could argue right now that he doesn’t play much quality golf these days either.

He has been to football matches, however. I’ve seen him at Stamford Bridge, enjoying the hospitality of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich who is no longer one of the three richest men in Russia just in case you are interested in such things.

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Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 08:29 AM

Time to stop saying cheers - Kenny Egan admits to being an alcoholic

Parents of teenagers -- as opposed to those teenage parents who feature on silly reality TV shows -- will know all about the railway station effect that hits the family home at some stage of your child’s development.

It’s a good thing by the way, but it can stifle your viewing options when you have to stay in on a Saturday night and find yourself surrounded by kids almost old enough to vote in the upcoming Irish election.
The problem in such circumstances is remote. Or a remote control to be precise. The teenagers may be younger in years, but they are more ambitious in their choice of TV viewing come prime time on your Sky satellite.

As visitors, they get first call on the telly in what my mother has always referred to as the good room. Incidentally, she has still to tell me where the bad room is and I’m no longer sure I want to know!

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Thursday, February 03, 2011 at 04:21 AM

Team Cowen finally gets sidelined

You could get very upset, angry even, if you sat back and analyzed the madness of Transfer Deadline Day in England on Monday, but we have far more important things to be worrying about in this country today, Tuesday.

Not 24 hours after Fernando Torres left Liverpool for Chelsea and Andy Carroll left Newcastle for Liverpool, the man with a title once referred to as the “Tea Shop” by Tony Cascarino made a move all of his own.

Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Brian Cowen and his government went on the transfer list on Tuesday afternoon, and a nation celebrated as Team Fianna Fail fell apart in spectacular fashion.