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Well I'll be home in time for the beach volleyball.... I will be looking forward to it all day

What do you mean? So I am not even watching the Games of Small States of Europe? Oh Lord, what have i stumbled into

I've tuned in and I see rugby sevens is on the menu .... it's not rugby 15s and it's the small states of Europe but it'll do

Huddersfield have been promoted to the English Premier League after beating Reading on penalties. Huddersfield have a famous superfan.... Patrick Stewart. Another reason for me to be happy with this result

Yay!! Make it so

Can we have some room for Thomas Barr on that podium too?

Three-Medal Haul for Irish Rowers at European Championships It was a successful morning for the Irish rowers on finals day at the European Championships in the Czech Republic today. Mark O'Donovan and partner Shane O'Driscoll secured gold in the men's lightweight pairs final. The pairing pulled away after the 600m mark and never relinquished the lead thereafter, finishing well ahead of their nearest challengers from Russia. Moments later, clubmate Denise Walsh put in a fantastic performance to claim the silver medal in the women's lightweight single sculls. Denise fought her way from 4th at the halfway mark to come home 2nd just behind the winner from Sweden. Not to be outdone, the O'Donovan brothers completed the hat-trick of medals for the Irish team with a professional performance in the men's lightweight double sculls. The Olympic silver medalists were again outdone by their Rio 2016 nemesis from France, who again have shown they are the crew to beat in this event. It was a tremendously tough field in the men's lightweight doubles here at the Europeans with several of the top crews in the world assembled on the start line. The Irish brothers looked out of contention for most of the race but their trademark sprint finish saw them move through from 5th place to secure silver and ensure a maximum 100% return on medals from the 3 Irish crews competing at the European Championships. Well done guys In other rowing news, Antonio Maurogiovanni has been named as the new high performance director of Irish rowing, taking over the role vacated by Morten Espersen. The 51-year-old Italian represented Italy at two Olympic Games (1988 and 1992) and has coached at various levels in Italy, Netherlands and Australia (where most recently he has been coach of the u23 national team coach). Best of luck to all at Rowing Ireland.... hopefully more success will follow in the years to come!

That's a very nice story and very sad that Don Charly has now passed away. But he left a great legacy by introducing one super fan to the sport who in turn helps to educate the rest of us sports enthusiasts on here

Was it later released as part of an album?

When was it released?

Oh don't tell me the Polish lost their minds too? The disease is spreading

I would love to know who was on that jury and shake them, "what the hell were you thinking?". How do I apply to become a jury member?

And this becomes 24 points with jury and televote

Both even competed in the same semi-final this year. Surely they could have separated them there as a minimum

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2017/0514/875029-uk-eurovision-entry-burned-by-nul-points-from-ireland/ Greece and Cyprus take note

Looks like one British politician wasn't happy with Ireland last night after we didn't award the UK any points . He is now being investigated by police

But that also isn't perfect solution. Last year Poland went from having just 7 points and last place to 229 points from televoting. There needs to be some kind of balance to counteract diaspora televoting. There will never be a perfect system and this current system certainly is not perfect, but definitely way better than 100% televoting, that isn't fair for nations without diasporas spread throughout Europe.

And may I say once more before this night is out..... stupid Belgium And stupid Irish jury for voting them the full 12 points

This result again goes to prove that language generally isn't a barrier..... a good song is a good song in any language

Congrats Portugal... so happy for you @kungshamra71

Stupid Belgium

Let Mrs.Merkel acknowledge that it was little old Ireland who saved the Germans

Portugal are busting the scoreboard

Me too.... stupid Irish jury awarding her 12