Also, Rory McIlroy says who he’d pick as Europe’s next Ryder Cup captain, Cian Healy admits he has a penchant for snoozing and David Meyler reveals his love for The Jeremy Kyle Show.
This week, Rob Kearney attacks the Daily Telegraph, Rio Ferdinand compares One Direction to The Beatles and someone (possibly Paul Galvin) tampers with Killian Young’s shoes.
In what has been the most eventful year – like, ever – in the Twittersphere, we’ve picked our favourites from the last 12 months for your entertainment.
Eamon Fennell lives it large in Florida, Wayne Rooney shows off his new boots and Brian O’Driscoll reveals who he regards as the team to beat in the Heineken Cup this season.
Find out what Bernard Dunne had to say about David Norris, the latest in the McIlroy-Westwood saga and the identity of the one footballer that finds Piers Morgan amusing rather than irritating.
Find out about the tweet that landed Rory McIlroy in trouble, which presidential candidate Cian Healy appears to be backing and which footballler “ruined” Bernard Dunne’s weekend.
Find out which Premiership club Robbie Savage thinks will get relegated, what question Aindreas Doyle has asked Twitter’s contingent of alcoholics and which musician Jamie Heaslip has been listening to lately.
Wayne Rooney gives Liverpool fans another reason to dislike him, Barry Cahill struggles to comprehend Google Plus, Rory McIlroy chats to a less-than-sober Darren Clarke, along with much more this week in the Twittersphere.
Find out which rumour Rob Kearney was forced to deny, why Rio Ferdinand was reluctant to sit beside Michael Owen on a flight and what Conor Niland thought of Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life.
THEIR THREATENED STRIKE drew fears of a ‘black Christmas’ fraught with electricity blackouts, but unions reached an agreement with the ESB yesterday.
The dispute centred on the company’s pension scheme, and the resolution means that it will be protected as a Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.
However, today it emerged that unions and the company disagree on whether the deal will add any liabilities to the ESB’s balance sheet. Management say it will mean any further liabilities but unions believe it will add at least €369 million.
The dividends from the scheme will continue to be paid to the government.
We ask: Are you satisfied with the resolution of the ESB strike threat?
Sun and some clouds
Max: 12 °C
Min: 7 °C
Intervals of clouds and sun
Max: 9 °C
Min: 8 °C
