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Yes, that really is a man in South Ossetia riding a tricycle through a war zone wearing a Tyrone GAA jersey.
No, the picture is not photoshopped. It was taken by an Associated Press photographer and was published on the Guardian website last Wednesday.
I can only assume that while the lad is somewhat unhappy about Russia invading his country and looting and destroying it, he might be just a little pleased to hear that his adopted Gaelic football county slaughtered the Dubs at Croker today.
Okay, maybe 'slaughtered' isn't quite the most appropriate word.
Sorry!
Steven Staunton (pictured right in his Aston Villa pomp) is going to be sacked as Ireland manager today for being rubbish! Hurrah!
However, apparently the FAI are skint and can't afford a decent manager, so they're going to give the job to David O'Leary instead. Boo!
Can't we just give Irish football to someone who could manage it properly, like the GAA or the nuns?
These bollixes just keep breaking my heart.
On a more positive note, if you
google 'Steve Staunton', my now legendary post
'What is Steve Staunton?' is the second from top result after Stan's wiki page.
Please link now to
'What is Steve Staunton?' and let's make it number one!
Fantastic to see men from all over the 32 counties taking on the English at the quintessentially English ball game and wiping the park with them.
And a wonderful park it is too, and the GAA should be rightly proud to have shown it off to such effect to the world.
The anthems issue, talked up to all sorts of heights by the media, was a non-event, and the real talking points all relate to the quality of the performance on the pitch.
A great day for Irish rugby, Irish sport in general, for the GAA, and indeed, given how the whole island united behind Irishmen of all hues in the home of Gaelic nationalist sport, it's a pretty good day for the Irish nation.
A pretty crappy day for the handful of numpties who saw fit to protest the appearance of England at Croke Park, though, as best evidenced by the idiot above, who seems oblivious to the fact that Glasgow Celtic are a British soccer club, and hence twice as 'foreign' as a 32 county Irish rugby team.
