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THE TEAM AT Newstalk Breakfast got a bit of a shock this morning when presenter Ivan Yates revealed live on air that he had sold their beloved greyhound.
The show’s team collectively owned RazlDazl Newstalk and had all grown quite fond of the pooch so Chris Donoghue was very much taken aback when he read out a question from a listener about whether they regretted selling him.
“You sold my dog?” he asked Yates, who coldly responded he had. The dog was snapped up by a syndicate in England and has apparently been doing quite well for himself since.
Chris: “Was it when I was in Gaza?
Ivan: “Well look, if you want to save the world, I’ve got to deal with the real world.”
The presenter said it is a long story, but a “happy news story for Ivan”, and declined to reveal how much he got for the dog.
“It’s confidential. There’s not going to be a commission of inquiry into this.”
He’s a hurdler and all the best hurdlers are in England. His future was always going to be in England, they don’t run enough hurdle races in Ireland. It was the right thing to do, believe me.
Poor Chris Donoghue was still said to be having trouble processing the news after the show.
This afternoon, however, he told us part of the deal to sell the dog dictated that upon his retirement from racing he will be returned back home to Ireland for a loving retirement with his trainer Dolores.
Listen to the full exchange here.
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Pay the police a pittance and they won’t try an inch.
Interesting finding given the inquiry heard no evidence from the Police. It sounds like a typical British inquiry we’ve experienced many times in Ireland. It starts with an outcome and works it’s way backwards from there to find evidence that fits that outcome.
Do you mean the units that deliberately slowed down to delay their arrival at the scene thereby giving adequate time to the murderer to carry out Allahs will
Those are hate facts.
@George Roche: Yes, apparently. And any commentary on them or on how they might possibly be related to the Tunisian attacks would really be hate opinion.
Have you read the disclaimer about bias in their results, I’d say not given your blind faith as displayed in your post citing them
And as for your claim the journal banned someone you know (most likely another of your on line identities I’m guessing) for a comment: I’d say you’ve gone the “full Trump” there, by banned you actually mean the moderator deleted a comment ? Big difference!
@Boganity: You’d be wrong on all counts.
Why is a low paid Tunisian police officer going to risk himself to protect wealthy tourists ?
Because it’s his job
@Mrs M: Poorly paid police around the world protect richer people than themselves every day amd always have done. Not everything is all about money.
It is if your a policeman in country that doesn’t provide an income to your family if you get killed on the job.
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