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reeling in the years 2009

  • 04-08-2009 7:53pm
    #1
    mukki
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    okay in a few years time hopefully their will be a 2009 edition of "reeling in the years", and it will be epic

    heres thread of suggested material and we can link back to this thread when its on

    name a few thing that you think should be on it


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  • #2
    Elmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    I did this a while back can't remember what I said so I might say it again :)

    Sports
    Ireland and the Triple Crown, Grand Slam and 6 Nations Champions 2009 (Big lead up from 2000 to 2008 for that).
    Roy Keane
    GAA Championships
    Croke Park open to "foreign games"
    The Williams Sisters

    Politics
    Obama
    Bush
    Blair
    Ahearn (3 times elected Taoiseach)
    No to Nice, Yes to Nice
    General Election 2007
    Good bye PDs
    No to Lisbon ......
    BIFFO
    Local/European Election 2009
    Good bye Greens

    Economy
    The Euro
    Record Growth
    Crash landing
    George Lee
    David McWilliams
    That cork guy

    Entertainment
    No Eurovision
    Expect clips from Fair City, The Clinic, Batchelors Walk etc
    Reality TV
    Pat Kenny and the Late Late
    Micheal Jackson dies
    U2 Slane, Croke Park * 2

    Controversy
    Tribunals
    Ray Burke resigns as Minister for Foreign Affairs
    Clerical Abuse
    Leas Cross
    HSE waiting lists
    Dr. Neary


  • #3
    whirlwind
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 88 ✭✭whirlwind


    Agree with all that except maybe the williams sisters and maybe iam wrong but did ray burke not quit in 1998?


    Heres some more i think will feature. i assume this is for the 10 years, 2000-2010.

    International stuff

    Sept 11 + Afghanastan
    Iraq War
    Pope John Paul Dying
    Beslan
    London Bombings
    Tsuami on stephens day in south east asia
    Hurricane Katrira
    Terri shirvro (maybe not just a hunch

    Irish

    IRA dicommissioning
    Paisley McGuinness power sharing (That will feature heavily because every year mentioned the NI problem)
    Paisley meeting Bertie at Boyne site
    Haughey dying
    Foot and Mouth in 2001
    Gangland out of control kinda thing
    Dustin in eurovision

    Sport

    Liverpool coming back to win 2005 European Cup
    The Boxers in the oylimpics last year


  • #4
    Lobster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 302 ✭✭Lobster


    Poker Face soundtrack ;)


  • #5
    Elmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    whirlwind wrote: »
    Agree with all that except maybe the williams sisters and maybe iam wrong but did ray burke not quit in 1998?

    Damn Ray Burke, you are right 1998. :( I will watch the repeat when it is on, get to see Bertie saying what a nice person Ray really is.


  • #6
    Brian CivilEng
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,041 ✭✭✭Brian CivilEng


    Elmo wrote: »
    Sports
    Ireland and the Triple Crown, Grand Slam and 6 Nations Champions 2009 (Big lead up from 2000 to 2008 for that).
    Roy Keane
    GAA Championships
    Croke Park open to "foreign games"
    The Williams Sisters

    You forgot Leinster winning the Heineken Cup. Highlight of my year anyway.


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