Well blog, it’s been a while… Apologies to all those who signed up to long-gone rugby stats and are now receiving tedium on names. Because I’m a daring, exciting kind of person, I’ve been playing recently with a dataset I’ve scraped of Irish births from 1864 to 1958. One thing that’s interested me for … [Read more…]
Home Win Draw Away Win Glasgow 32% 2% 66% Munster Ospreys 83% 2% 14% Ulster Dragons 94% 1% 5% Zebre Leinster 74% 2% 25% Connacht Cardiff Blues 87% 2% 11% Scarlets Edinburgh 97% 1% 2% Benetton Treviso Home Win Draw Away Win Sale Sharks 23% 1% 76% Exeter Chiefs Harlequins 64% 1% 35% Newcastle … [Read more…]
Home Win Draw Away Win Bath Rugby 77% 1% 22% Montpellier Northampton Saints 99% 0% 1% Benetton Treviso Saracens 92% 0% 8% Sale Sharks Racing Metro 32% 3% 64% Ospreys Clermont Auvergne 56% 1% 43% Munster Scarlets 29% 1% 70% Ulster Leinster 77% 1% 22% Harlequins Glasgow 74% 1% 25% Toulouse Toulon 67% 0% 33% … [Read more…]
I’ve just posted up a couple of blogs from a previous attempt at blogging last year. I might start going again with something more regular here soon…
Sinn Féin’s recent “Border Poll” appears to be a ludicrous exercise in not only shooting yourself in the foot, but giving yourself a solid kneecapping in the hospital car park while you’re at it. The “People’s Referendum” hilariously asked voters in Louth and South Armagh whether they would like a united Ireland or not … [Read more…]
One of the major arguments that’s been used recently in favour of the abolition of the Seanad has been that the second house has been a retirement home for obsolete TDs and a runners up prize for those unable to get in there in the first place. Is there any truth to this? I decided … [Read more…]