On April 15th, 1989 96 Liverpool fans went to watch their team play Nottingham Forrest in the FA Cup Semi-Final. They never returned…

The search for justice continues today!

I’ll be buying this!

The Fields of Anfield Road for Hillsborough

For those of you who don’t know, Hillsborough

As anyone who reads my blog posts will know, I have a fondness for football. One of the best football blogs around is that of Guillem Balague.

He recently posted this which I thought was hugely relevant to our current affairs, so I’ve posted here instead of under sport.

How do we judge Avram, Jose, Ferguson and Benitez?

Avram Grant has just written a fascinating article for this website, published here in the Guest Writer section, where he talks about the challenge of implementing change at Chelsea…

The former Chelsea boss also talks candidly about his long term vision for that club and his justifiable frustration at not being given the time to see his ideas come to fruition.

Avram`s article has reminded me of one of the most interesting debates we have had in the blog recently, which was prompted by my observation that we are sometimes deprived of independent thought in the modern media. Collective thinking seems to be the order of the day and if ever we needed an example of how, like a shoal of fish we are first led one way, and then the other by a press that has the power to decide who we should hate – and then subsequently fall in love with – then this week`s outpourings of collective grief over the death of an individual we were once taught to vilify shows just how pervasive this culture has become. (more…)

For anyone who isn’t yet aware of the Brian Cowen nude paintings, you can read about the story here and here. I’d especially recommend that you listen to the clip from the Ray D’arcy show!

The extremely short version is that RTÉ went from this;

to this;

Will Ferrell has been doing a Broadway show called You’re Welcome America: A Final Night With George W. Bush and HBO aired one of the final performances live last night. I hope to get my hands on it soon to see what it’s like.