“Just when you thought it was safe to go to the World Cup. He made a come back. No, not Brazil’s Ronaldo or England’s David Beckham. But, the superhoofer himself Michael [Lord of the Dance dude] Flatley.”

“The retired dancer flew into Seoul in Korea on the Sunday Ireland lost their match with Spain. Along with his long-term Tallaght girlfriend Lisa Murphy Flatley, helped the team drown their sorrows,” Yahoo News reports.

At least Lisa and Robbie Keane, who is also from Tallaght, had a lot to talk about… The Square Shopping Centre, traffic on the by pass, that sort of stuff.

After the game the Ireland team drowned their sorrows in a club called Mulligans in Seoul where Mr Flatley joined the party.

Flatley, who is currently living with Lisa in his Nice home, put his credit card behind the bar. He may have regretted this afterwards when his bar bill came close to 20,000 pounds. Ooops.

So what’s the story here? That the Irish can put away the pints? Yeah, that’s (yawn) news.

What else? That Flatley has a girlfriend? Hmm. Okay, now we’re talking story…

protein wisdom: finding the headlines beneath the headlines since… oh, I don’t remember.

Since whenever.

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