Tuesday, June 08, 2004

Some match results from the weekend. In a soccer friendly Ireland beat Hollland 1 - 0 thanks to a Robbie Keane goal.
In Gaelic Football Westmeath 0 - 14 Dublin 0 - 12
" " " Wexford 0 - 12 Kildare 0 - 10
" " Hurling Waterford 4 - 10 Tipperary 3 - 12
Shannonbridge were beaten in a football challenge against Clara.

Martin Burke has a barrel of water at the bottom of his garden for birds to use for bathing. Yesterday was a humid day and all doors and windows were open but it was a surprise to find that a swallow had flown into the kitchen and landed on the window sill.Darren Finn is a dab hand with the birds so he caught her in his hands and released her.
Heard on the news this morning of the death of journalist Mary Holland aged 69. Mary was credited as the first journalist to highlight Northern Ireland as a political problem and she was to the forefront of the Women's Liberation Movement in the 1960 era.

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