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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

A thread detailing my dispute with @Ladbrokes over extremely unfair resettlement of a winning bet: On Saturday 18th February I placed four bets, each with a stake of €5, in a Ladbrokes shop on Darts Players Championship #3 ~ Outright Winner to be Kim Huybrechts @ 500/1. (1/11)

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

Haven’t been able to watch the build up to a Boxing fight with a straight face since this moment of absolute magic on BT a few years back. Still the funniest thing I’ve ever seen on a sports channel.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

3 years

Rahm being told he’s tested positive for Covid moments after walking off the 18th green with a six-shot lead thru 54 holes is definitely in the top 3 shaftings I’ve had dished out in my punting career. What is betting? What is life.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

@LeoVaradkar We’re the laughing stock of Europe. 5,000 going to French Ligue 1 games & you won’t let 500 go to a GAA match in a 20k capacity stadium. Pubs open across Europe for 3 months but you’ve drove our industry into the ground. A complete embarrassment of a situation.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

A few different people have messaged me this evening to say that their online bets have now been resettled at the original price of 500/1 & I have arranged a callback with Ladbrokes tomorrow morning so am hoping this will see the issue resolved. Thanks to everyone who retweeted.

Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

A thread detailing my dispute with @Ladbrokes over extremely unfair resettlement of a winning bet: On Saturday 18th February I placed four bets, each with a stake of €5, in a Ladbrokes shop on Darts Players Championship #3 ~ Outright Winner to be Kim Huybrechts @ 500/1. (1/11)

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

However, given other similar examples of misconduct from Ladbrokes that have surfaced in recent days, I believe this is now symptomatic of internal policy which is unfair, unethical & a breach of GC licensing conditions. I will continue to update as the case progresses (11/11)

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

5 years

Don't mind who wins the Masters as long as all of my selections finish the course safe and sound

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

Got my first #Huybrechts docket paid out from Lads on Grafton St just there (at correct price 500s). Popped into the toilets of the Costa up the road to double check that it was correct amount & the lock broke off the toilet door from the inside. This gambling game ain’t easy.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

6 years

Fairly sure if you went into the Boylesports in Ranelagh to ask what time it is, they’d ring over to head office

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

These fake crowd noises on Sky are so unrealistic. James McClean scores away at Nottingham Forest and you couldn’t hear any sectarian abuse being shouted at all.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

With @Ladbrokes now refusing to discuss the issue any further, I have filed a formal complaint with IBAS to investigate their misconduct & am consulting with a solicitor with a view to instigating legal proceedings against Ladbrokes to recoup my full winnings of €10,000. (9/11)

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

3 years

The Christmas shopping pint on your own in Kehoe’s is one of the greatest pints of the whole year

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

7 months

@Woolberto have you seen a worse umpire call than this? Ulster intermediate semi final - Ballyhaise vs Glenullin

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

Step 1: Leak an outrageously extreme recommendation to go to Level 5. Step 2: Let public tensions simmer. Step 3: Cabinet ride to the rescue & adopt a much lighter approach of level 3 restrictions & pretend they’re representing the people. Emotional blackmail at its finest...

Mícheál Lehane

@MichealLehane

4 years

NPHET recommend LEVEL 5 restrictions for entire country in letter to Government. Party Leaders set to seek meeting with the CMO tomorrow to discuss the recommendation. @rtenews

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

3 years

Throwback to this 30 seconds of absolute art from last year 😭

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

Few things more demoralising than watching two lads walk into the barbers when you’re 20 feet from the door

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

5 years

What a time to be alive

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

Choosing the right pub to watch the Cheltenham racing in is just as important as choosing the right horses to back, maybe even more important.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

5 months

Been to it every year since the inception but Jesus, I won’t go next or near Dublin Racing Festival 2025. Bar staff who’ve never been in a bar before, never mind working in one; 40 min ATM queue; can’t get in for a piss. So poorly managed for what should be a great day out.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

From speaking to other customers, it transpires that Ladbrokes waited until Huybrechts won his first 6 matches & then decided to cancel Retail bets & re-price online bets to 100/1 in order to minimise potential losses. This is an egregious abuse of the palpable error rule. (7/11)

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

If the Irish media had put half as much effort into scrutinising the NPHET guidelines themselves as they have done investigating Phil Hogan’s country road trip, then we’d all be able to go for a pint on our way to a GAA match this weekend, and that’s a fact.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

What the rule is not there for is to allow traders to have a retrospective do-over on bets they’d prefer to have laid at slightly shorter odds & to withhold funds from a customer who has placed a fair bet at a fair price – a price which had been checked before accepting. (8/11)

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

3 months

A valiant effort but out in 58/5230. Will treat myself to a shop bet on the Grand National on the way home. Really enjoyable & excellently ran tournament & festival @Irish_PokerOpen

Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

3 months

At what stage can you start thinking “I could win this thing”

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

2 years

Very uncharacteristic of Armagh to get involved in a scuffle like this

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

Two days since the biggest breach of public health guidelines in Ireland from the first case was diagnosed & here are the headlines in newspapers for today & yesterday. RTE no better with their lack of commentary. This is worrying behaviour from a supposedly objective media.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

If government responses to the pandemic were bookmakers, a thread:

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 months

The nostalgia of college days.. the guaranteed 0% EV… this is a potential all in job

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

3 years

Switch off RTE before yon charlatan comes on at 6 and go out and support your local in all its glory.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

This is the greatest two minutes in the history of Irish politics betting.

An Outside Bet - Gary Bermingham on Vincent Browne

Independent candidate for Dublin West by-election Gary Bermingham on Tonight with Vincent Browne, Monday, 24th Oct 2011.

www.youtube.com

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

Deliveroo back in full swing and one thing is for sure - chips are the Dennis Bergkamps of sides, they simply do not travel well

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

2 months

@SmallerFishGAA Ulster championship is higher scoring than Connacht & Munster so far this year. Being competitive is what makes it entertaining, not pathetically one sided affairs.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

@Michael10585957 @Ladbrokes He hadn’t won a players championship event in 10 years, there’s thirty of them per season. It was general market price, other firms paid out at 500/1, 300/1 etc. Even after winning it, he was still 80/1 - 125/1 for the following day’s mirror event.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

3 months

Late Cheltenham tip for backers in Boyles Retail ~ if you bet Lucky 15s in shops you’re better off writing out: €1 Singles x4 €1 Yankee x11 That will leave the Singles eligible for BOG whereas a L15 will mean they’re excluded. Not a criticism, it’s likely a system limitation.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

3 years

Punting the Euros

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

@icyestretro She’ll get some hop behind the counter when I tell her I want the 10 bags on Trap 5 in the next at Monmore.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

7 months

When the barman at the office Christmas party asks you to show a token for your 11th drink

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

2 years

2022 would want to sort itself out, has a horrible attitude in the early stages

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

7 months

@clucker60 Arva & Ballyhaise aren’t Senior Championship teams in Cavan football. If they were, they’d have been competing in the Cavan Senior Championship. The clue is in the name.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

5 years

People have no issue texting you to join them for a drink at 8pm on a Friday evening but when you ask the same question at 11:30am on a Saturday morning then all of a sudden it’s an issue. Hypocrites. #DerbyDay

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

3 years

- General disdain for test matches ✅ - Decent stake on New Zealand -9.5 ✅ - Watching the match in a boozer in Rugby Country (aka South Dublin) ✅ - Willing to risk jail time if some loser shushes me when Johnny Sexton is taking a penalty ✅ All the makings of a good day out

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

5 months

For those who take pleasure in bad beats on Golf and haven’t seen the below, this one still remains my favourite 🤦🏻‍♂️

Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

3 years

Rahm being told he’s tested positive for Covid moments after walking off the 18th green with a six-shot lead thru 54 holes is definitely in the top 3 shaftings I’ve had dished out in my punting career. What is betting? What is life.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

6 years

Have gone to decent lengths before to keep a session going, but trekking into Pennies on Henry St in the pissing rain with 10 pints on board and buying a pair of 13 quid jeans to stick on over my trackies so I could drink on in Keoghs is up there with the best of them

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

The palpable error rule is only supposed be applied in instances where the error is obvious. The rule has its merits in the instance of genuine palps. In this instance, that would be something like Peter Wright being posted at 500/1 instead of 5/1. (7/11)

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

3 years

Actual new closing time announced for pubs: 5pm - 13/2 6pm - 12/1 7pm - 6/1 8pm - 4/1 9pm - 6/4 10pm - 15/2 No change - 3/1

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

Jesus I can’t wait til this is all over and I can get back to being wedged into Cassidys on a Sunday night with a gallon of Guinness on board #takemeback

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

6 months

The home of Sport

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

So many of these government directives simply don’t make any sense & you could pen an article on several of them. But a big one which made no sense to me was the introduction of mandatory masks. My piece, questioning the many anomalies in that decision:

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

6 years

Martinez really hasn't helped himself here by bringing on Fellaini and Chadli to solve their problems

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

5 months

Theegala lip out for birdie on the 18th last night to then end up losing by just one shot with -29 beating -28… Who needs Rahm, the PGA is so #Back

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

2 years

Walking into the boozer for the Belgium game and held the door for an old man to go ahead of me ~ and he’s only gone and taken the best seat in the house in the snug. Newspaper out and all, he’s going nowhere any time soon. A harsh lesson learned, never again.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

2 years

@SmallerFishGAA Why would Dalo say “WHAT a game of football” if it was a Hurling match? Are you insinuating he would be drunk during the analysis? That’s not on.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

I fully appreciate that mistakes can happen and inexperienced traders can wrongly apply palpable error logic where it has no merit. This has been a longstanding issue with the industry and several firms have taken strides to ensure palps are only applied sparingly. (10/11)

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

I assume everyone has a list of petty boycotts that they actively engage in? Current favourite is my three & a half year boycott of The Duke pub cause the barman laughed & said “we don’t show that stuff in here” when I asked him to stick on the Darts World Championships in 2019.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

3 months

“Any plans for the evening?” “Gonna sink a few pints and go round the shops requesting massive stakes on complete No Hopers to be next Taoiseach and see if I can get one of them short enough to make national news at 9pm.” “Nice one.”

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

5 years

You only regret the pints you don’t drink

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

3 months

At what stage can you start thinking “I could win this thing”

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

3 years

“Sure we’d all love a good rave in a nightclub next Friday night! Haha” “No, but seriously, the restrictions are never going to be lifted..”

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

Some start to Monday - two losing punts on the darts, decide to go for a smoke outside in the wind & hair blows into my face, go to push it back & drive the cigarette into the other hand & burn it which causes me to drop the phone into a puddle & smash the screen. Good times.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

Are you ready for Dublin @Wayne501Mardle ? 🎯

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

Surely the obvious & logical thing to do here is to just make all of the players, spectators & club officials order a €9 meal when they’re passing through the turnstiles?

TheJournal.ie

@thejournal_ie

4 years

'Not the optimal approach': Taoiseach says he has spoken to the acting CMO Ronan Glynn about attendee number restrictions at sporting events

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

2 months

The Masters

@TheMasters

2 months

Eagle for Scheffler. He returns to a tie for the lead. #themasters

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

About 2,000 people on South William street right now. No harm to anyone here, like myself. But don’t dare pretend this easing of restrictions helps everyone while people in Cavan can’t go for a quiet pint in the local. Absolute disgrace. Urban/Rural divide is real. #OpenAllPubs

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

I’ll tell you, when this lockdown is over, there’ll be a new 4th favourite for the BDO 🎯

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

6 years

Immense mutual respect there between the delivery guy and myself. He didn’t question me ordering 25 quid worth of chicken from Nandos at 2 o clock in the day and I didn’t question why he was making deliveroo drop offs while driving a 181 Range Rover #Respect

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 month

Rare opportunity to undo something that has been immensely damaging to the sport. Sky showing videos of that Aguero title winner vs QPR in the lead up to this Sunday - a moment of pure ecstasy that would never have been possible in a world with VAR. Get rid and don’t look back.

Sky Sports News

@SkySportsNews

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🚨 BREAKING: The Premier League has released a statement, after it was announced that Premier League clubs will be asked to vote on a possible abolition of VAR

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

3 years

Ah to be living on the border in these tumultuous times 🍻

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

3 years

Micheál Martin should just break the bank & sign McIlroy’s PR team. I’ve never see an elite sportsperson underperform for so long & still have ordinary people convinced that they’re top class & doing a great job.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

5 years

Got chatting to a homeless bloke on Camden St last night. Polite, articulate, but down on his luck. Said unfortunately he’d probably have to throw a brick throw a shop window one of the nights soon to get into Mountjoy and get food, shelter etc. Absolutely dire state of affairs

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

Blocking a small number of spectators from attending outdoor sporting events in order to “suppress the virus” is the equivalent of me putting up flood guards & sandbags for the storm that hit the south coast last night. And I live in Cavan, on a hill.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

Into these

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

All these years watching prison films and thinking if I was isolated in solitary confinement at least I’d come out in serious shape Reality is cracking open your second tray of Ferrero Rocher before 5pm and wondering why your beer belly hasn’t banished after going dry for 6 days

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

3 months

That Cheltenham card isn’t even worth heading for a pint to watch ffs

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

#NoSurrender

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

2 years

Just need to get through seven more races to complete the perfect game (0/28)

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

3 years

Lest we forget, the best QF of them all - England vs Germany - was supposed to be in the Aviva in Dublin. All hail big Tony.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

Cavan begin to visualise how we can beat Donegal next weekend

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

5 years

Imagine writing a book about life as a border in a Catholic secondary school in the 80s and calling it this !

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

From start to finish - the better side. Have never been as spooked or as proud watching a Cavan team play. Huge underdogs with outrageous character. So, so proud. Well fucking done 👏.. Will enjoy every second of it.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

5 years

Looking forward to getting to the Aviva and cheering on my beloved *checks betslips* Dundalk 😳

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

6 years

For anyone wondering why I’m walking around the office with a jumper tied around my waist. No, I’m not looking for a game of 5 a side on my lunchbreak. The arse pocket has ripped out of my jeans and I’m using the jumper to disguise it

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

2 months

Fantastic day out at Punchestown. Enjoyable racing, no queues at the bar or jacks and easy to get a bet on in the ring. 10/10 would recommend.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

The irony is that this Oireachtas committee is the most entertaining television content that RTE have produced in years

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

6 years

Bank, Bookie or Bed & Breakfast, there’s no customer service chat that cannot be made awkward

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

2 months

0-0 Correct Score has to be the most torturous bet around. Can’t think of any other selection in any sport that’s as miserable to watch.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

To see the below carry on in the Mater Private was something to behold. Don’t think I’ve ever left anywhere, never mind a hospital, so disgusted with what was happening. @DonnellyStephen @SimonHarrisTD You need to take more than a “dim view” on this, it can not be tolerated.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

5 years

If none of you teachers are willing to go on the beer at 1:30pm on a Wednesday afternoon then yous don’t deserve to have two weeks off for midterm. Should all be back in school the day after Easter Monday

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

“Put all of the best golfers in the world into the same marquee event but coverage is Paul McGinley talking about Rory McIlory rather than showing any of the actual play.”

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

If I walked into a pub & the customers were queueing in a straight line, I’d leave & never darken the door again. Have only witnessed it happen once ever in Ireland and the pub closed down not long after opening.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

The following day, I went into the shop to collect winnings of just over €10,000 and was told by the shop staff that my bets had been cancelled - with zero explanation given as to why. The staff member offered me my stake back & refused to escalate the issue on my behalf. (4/11)

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

The classic McIlroy double bogey on the Thursday of a major. Vintage.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

Time to get out of Dodge. See ya in a month, Dublin 👋

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

First time blinkers

Chris Hammer

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1 year

No way is Gerwyn Price playing with those on

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

3 years

County Junior Final in Breffni Park this Saturday, 500 people allowed in. In a stadium with 25,000+ capacity, attendance is restricted to just 2% of the max. 1.1% in Cork. @jackfchambers can you explain this omnishambles? Cause there’s certainly no science to explain it. Joke.

Irish Examiner Sport

@ExaminerSport

3 years

'A lot of unhappiness in clubs': Delayed Cork football final crowd capped at 500

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

The bets were placed on an SSBT machine in retail, three hours before the tournament started. All four of the bets were sent off to be manually reviewed & were subsequently accepted by the traders who had checked & confirmed they were happy to accept the bets at the price. (2/11)

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

8 months

A good rule of thumb for Irish Twitter users.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

“What a week, huh?” “Captain, the first race doesn’t start for half an hour.”

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

Why does Micheál Martin think that there’s a risk associated with crowds at GAA matches because people would be using public transport to go to them? Does he not realise they neglected public transport in rural Ireland so badly that most people can’t go to a game unless by car?

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

3 years

Texting your housemate some words of encouragement the night before the county final after you’ve offered a book on the match.

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

4 years

Would love to send a weekly money diary into this for the craic. “On Wednesday afternoon I was 9 pints deep come 4 o’ clock and got the nod for the fav in the last at Lingfield.”

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Malachy Rooney

@RooneyMal

1 year

The following day, I received a phone call from Ladbrokes stating that they had resolved the settlement and that they were happy to confirm the bet would be paid out at odds of 100/1 but not at the actual price of 500/1. This represents an -€8,000 deficit in my winnings. (6/11)

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