No quitten we're whelan onto chitchat 12.

Delighted for Rory, he deserves that more than anyone else. I don’t know how they handle the pressure, my nerves are in bits the last 5 hours and I’m only sitting on the couch looking at it.

Some achievement, best sportsman/woman ever from this little island.

Our minds and the contexts they're in are funny things, what pressure was McIlroy under after? He's a multi multi millionaire from playing tiddly winks and it's not like he was operating on someone's brain or defusing a bomb.

He's doing the same thing week in week out for his whole life and still struggles to maintain his standards when it matters. Maybe it's the element of (relative) risk management that flips the mind?

It's amazing that there isn't simple routines and systems to manage this in the professional sports world. I suppose if they were normal balanced people they wouldn't be at it.

As for our greatest sportsman, he's certainly the best Irish golfer ever but it is still a privileged minority sport that doesn't have a large reach, unlike say soccer or athletics.

Mighty achievement by Rory and all you can do is pick faults .

This was the culmination of all his training ,analysis ,experience and he knew if he blew it ,he would propbaly never again get the chance to prove his talent was worldly record breaking .

He gives joy for people to watch ,he gives the inspiration to doctors (that you mention)to suceed in the life saving operations they preform .

He is a complete professional ,how many times did it look like he had blown it last night but he kept battling back ,that is the role model that children need to look up to but hey in your eyes he is only a master of tiddly winks ,everyone it seems can not be as brillant as you .

Play tell us again what you have achieved that is so earth shattering or is that you just are a know all

I remember as as a small kid watching Rory putting balls into a a washing machine one morning on the UTV breakfast show. I remember trying it myself when I came home from school. Couldn't hit the washing machine never mind get it in the door of it & my golf hasn't improved anything since.

I am delighted for him, he has battled hard to be the top in his profession, there has been plenty to knock him but its a fantastic achievement for him.

Brownes are causing chaos around here now, they sold Thousands of euros worth of vouchers on Mothers day and closed the doors two days later.

They still have tullamore open but refuse to redeem the vouchers bought in Tyrrellspass, A friend bought €250 worth for presents and they're worthless now, she's 90 years of age and very disappointed'

I got on to 103fm to investigate them , I'd consider their action nearly fraud, hopefully it'll make brownes change their minds about honouring them

I’d expect most people will stop reading when they get to “tiddly winks” so anything after that is irrelevant.

I know nothing about certain sports, like cricket, hockey, mma and plenty more. I’d still never dismiss the achievements of anyone that excels in them sports.

They won't be welcomed back if they try to reopen. I know one lad bought vouchers on mothers day and they closed. So himself and the Mrs went to Tullamore and ate all they could and gave the vouchers which were rejected. They just left told them to contact the boss man! What is the story around making one of the employees there a director a few days before closing up?

Must be in the Genes.

Don't forget what Tobin said about ye...

"West Cork? A shur they're not Corkmen at all, - They're only Kerrymen with shoes"

He really was brilliant. Before his time.

He was very funny, really witty. John b Keane and bredan grace, dermot Morgan ect.

Am I getting old, but it's hard to find comedians nowadays that don't depend on sarcasm or being vulgar.

Apparently bayer is considering halting roundup production due the huge mounting legal costs, wouldn't have thought it was possible with huge business it's worth but it might happen. Three weeks ago they were ordered to pay 2 billion dollars in a case, and plenty more on the horizon.

What would conventional lads do without roundup, would it just be a case of moving on to some other glysohpate product instead?

The danger is the production of glysohpate might cease and then there is a problem.

Some of these cases are ridiculous. One poor chap developed cancer but it was openly declared in court he never followed basic recommended safety precautions. He had an accident where a burst hose drenched him in chemical and he continued to work for the day. But still the court awarded him multi million compensation package if not billions when he developed cancer.
I can’t see how you can completely misuse a product and then claim damages when it goes badly, that’s not proper justice, that’s emotion and propaganda over facts.

Ya, you're getting old. Mario Rosenstock is very good. I saw him in Killarney recently. Going to see conor moore later in the year.

Strictly speaking it might not be comedy but I'd prefer it myself. Those "comedians" do too much shouting. Jimmy carr can be alright, he's very sharp.