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@noshiteplease @jamesfahey15 The beatings will continue until moral improves..

We've actually reached peak stupidity in Ireland. A Garda doing his job, Convicted of dangerous driving, banned for 2 years & fined €500 for chasing dangerous Scrotes on Scramblers. This is a signal to all Scrotes on Scramblers, Gardai won't trouble you anymore

@philipnolan1 Brilliant

That strange sound you hear is 1.5million toilets flushing… 🤣

@RobLooseCannon Super piece.. well done.. wonderful memories of Auntie May and the pint of plain( milk)😎

Lets visit infamous this post pub oasis of yesteryear. The site at 23 Harcourt Road had form even before The Manhattan Café. In the 1940s, it was Tony’s Café, run by Anthony Tighe, who made the courts more than once for dodgy practices. For example he was accused in 1941 of selling porter late at night without a licence (he swore he was only “treating” customers), and sued again in 1952 by the Performing Rights Society for letting unlicensed music be played. Shocking stuff! The Woods family took over in 1954, rebranding it The Manhattan. Under the iron rule of May Woods, known to all as Aunty May, the café became legendary. By all accounts I could find May was part doorman, part matriarch. You couldnt just stroll in , you had to “pass muster.” Regulars knew that if you acted the maggot, you’d be barred from food, which was the ultimate punishment. Staff like Bernie, who worked there for decades, became fixtures as much as the faded wallpaper and lethal stairwell to the toilets. The menu was classic post pub delicious junk. The Works (sausages, bacon, eggs, chips, fried liver, baked beans), mixed grills, toasties, and endless tea poured from heavy pots. Rumours persisted of late-night wine served under old licensing loopholes, but a pint of milk in a glass bottle was more likely. Prices were cheap, portions enormous. And its clientelle, apart from gee-eyed locals, was stellar. U2 dropped by in the 1980s, Bon Jovi’s band too. Acts finishing in JJ Smyth’s or the Baggot Inn often wound down here. Bibi Baskin, Mick Lally, Richard Harris, Joe Dolan, Ulick O’Connor, even Dickie Rock. Personally after a few jars if I bumped in to that lot I`d probably shag them all but leave Bibi wanting. A young Charles Haughey was spotted there, long before his diet consisted solely of champaign drank out of the skulls of county council estate children. Niall Quinn met his wife Gillian in The Manhattan at half-three in the morning. He knew she was the one when she shared a scrap of “hairy bacon” from the floor. By the 1990s, The Manhattan was one of the last true all-night eateries in the city, sharing the twilight trade with places like The Gigs Place and Topo Gigio. But stricter licensing laws, changing habits, and the slow creep of gentrification spelled its doom. The café finally closed in the late 2000s, likely around 2009. The building went derelict, and in 2019 Dublin City Council blocked a €1.4m sale for office development, citing its cultural heritage. Some councillors even called for the famous “M” sign to be preserved in the Little Museum of Dublin. By 2024, the site was demolished, probably to make way for offices or student housing. Thanks to @neilbodl and @RareIrishStuff who inspired this a while ago 🍻 SOURCES Irish Independent: “When stars ended Dublin nights with fine wine or baked beans” independent.ie/life/food-drin… Come Here To Me!: “The Manhattan and other late night eateries” comeheretome.com/2012/09/11/the…

@ExtremeFootbal4 Ah yes.. Remi Moses.. great baller😂

Only true football fans will remember this baller.🙌🇮🇪

@JohnDugganSport Arkle Arkle Arkle

Your favourite Cheltenham Festival memory is?

@LeinsterClub If you are good enough then you are old enough ..

If Tom Wood is as good as people are saying he is, we should wait until he is at least 24 until giving him the Ireland Jersey. We have learnt our lesson about rushing players into the senior set up.

@LowryTracker ?

@Caolan_Scully Well deserved..

First Six Nations game as accredited media Another bucket list item ticked off ✅

@EwanMacKenna Wouldn’t it be great if ZERO tickets were sold for this Wouldn’t it be great if IRISH fans boycotted the game.. I’ll dream on..

Ireland getting Israel in the Nations League has made my day. Hopefully they send their Maccabi and Beitar thugs, with their Mossad handlers, over to Dublin so we can show them our famed hospitality and a good time.

@Rayzor337270015 @EwanMacKenna Sad

@EwanMacKenna I’d rather support Israel than our own weak shithole country

@terenurerugby OMG! The comms!!! 🤮

Link to the stream for today’s game 🔗 youtube.com/live/QYWFmXfSU…

@OdohertyI64991 Bambi

Well, I reckon anyone who has seen Martyrs...

@Caolan_Scully That sums it up.. France were sublime at times .. we were average at best.. kicking game was poor… France back line will punish any team..

Ireland should get praise for their fightback, but ultimately one of the worst performances of the Farrell era Headless at key times, careless errors and blown out of it in contact France were sensational; but a harrowing night in Paris

@Caolan_Scully Great preview..let’s hope it’s not the hope that kills us.😎

IRELAND v FRANCE: The Preview ☘️ A 1,500 word tactical breakdown on the direction of travel, and Ireland's 'Path to Victory' if they are to replicate the magic of 2000, 2014 and 2018. Enjoy! 🏉 open.substack.com/pub/caolanscul…

@RoyCurtis68 @JohnDugganSport @Mulligans6 What a beautiful piece! Thank you.

A column on one of Dublin's most joyous men. For almost 50 years, Noel Hawkins dispensed porter and good humour at @Mulligans6 Hard to believe he has left us.

It’s time for #MatchDaySorted 🥳 📷 Follow & RT for a chance to win: 2x Tickets to Leinster v La Rochelle match on January 10th in AVIVA 4x Pints of @Heineken_IE 2x Match Day Burger Winner announced on Thursday, January 8th!

@Caolan_Scully @bernardjackman Doak to Sale?

Some interesting contract rumours in the Sunday Indo, courtesy of @bernardjackman Apparently Ulster could be looking at Matthew Devine and Joey Carbery 👀 With Frawley heading to Connacht; it would be a great spread and rebalancing of talent from David Humphreys and the IRFU

@ThatEricAlper Cream always rises to the top

Pink Floyd make U.K. chart history as 'Wish You Were Here' returns to #1 on the Official Albums Chart, more than 50 years after its first week at #1 in 1975, breaking a record previously held by The Beatles.

@ThatEricAlper I don't believe in any old Jesus If there was a God, then why is my arse The perfect height of kicking?'

@david_mc67 Obviously not enough! I’m just a real fan who SUPPORTS the team.. warts n all..

@One2One9020121 How much is scales paying you to reply to every tweet about him 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Liam Scales is an embarrassment of a footballer and should’ve nowhere near that Celtic team