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5 years
'What happened the team bus before the game?' Mick McCarthy: 'It broke down.' 'Can you expand on that?' MM: 'It wouldn't go any further'.
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What a picture by @Inphosports 😭💚
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A night to remember for Aaron Greene's son, Jack. After watching his dad play for @ShamrockRovers against AC Milan, he's going home with Zlatan Ibrahimovic's shirt as a souvenir (📷 @Inphosports )
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Roy Keane on West Ham co-owner David Gold saying he hopes Declan Rice becomes a "strong England defender": “It's going to be pretty difficult if he's Irish – and he is Irish. He plays for Ireland."
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The best news we've heard all day. Sean Cox is finally home with his family in Dunboyne tonight ❤️
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One reader suggested this to us and we think it's a great idea. #ThanksPaulie http://t.co/52Qex6ragF
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Here's why the Kildare teenager was man-of-the-match on his Premier League debut last Saturday 👏 🇮🇪
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Henry and Heather de Bromhead with Rachael Blackmore after Honeysuckle's emotional Cheltenham win in the Mares' Hurdle. Pic: @Inphosports
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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 '𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥' 𝐐𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞? 🇶🇦 🗣️ "We don't have a f*ing clue." @gcooney93 explains the difficulty of covering the World Cup in Qatar. Get the full podcast by becoming a member ⬇️
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Magic. Dublin's Kevin McManamon leads Smithfield with a powerful rendition of 'The Rare Auld Times' at the All-Ireland homecoming earlier
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6 years
Dora Gorman has represented Ireland in football and hockey, won an All-Ireland minor championship with Galway and is now a qualified doctor after graduating top of her class in UCD aged 25.
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3 years
IRELAND WIN GOLD 💚 Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy squeeze home in first place. Incredible. #Tokyo2020 #TeamIreland
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The goal that sent Ireland to the 1994 World Cup. RIP Alan McLoughlin.
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The only man to start in two Grand Slam-winning Tests for Ireland. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you Rob Kearney.
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Gold for Ireland! 19-year-old Rhys McClenaghan has just won our first-ever gymnastics medal at the European Championships 🇮🇪🥇
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Ten years ago, @bfcdublin was close to bankruptcy. Now, as a central part of the Phibsborough community, Bohs are "building not just a team, but building a club".
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What an achievement by Sinead Diver! The Mayo-born marathon runner has finished 7th at the London Marathon and secured qualification for next summer's Olympic Games 👏
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2 years
Keith Earls' 'Fight Or Flight' has been named Sports Book of the Year.
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4 months
Star girl 💫🇮🇪 Rhasidat Adeleke breaks two Irish records in scintillating start to season:
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Canning: 'That young fella lost his life on the hurling pitch, on that pitch in Thurles, and what they done to the foundation, the family, the disrespect they showed by not allowing that . . .'
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4 years
Things you love to see...
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The goal from Amber Barrett that sends Ireland to the 2023 Women’s World Cup!
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Margaret and Pat started a small shop in Finn Park to raise funds for the club. 22 years later, their homemade chicken and veg soup has become known around the league and is a staple for both home and away fans in Ballybofey. #HumansOfTheLOI @FinnHarpsFC
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Michael Murphy’s thunderous All-Ireland final goal. It set Donegal on their way to Sam Maguire glory in 2012. 👏
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4 years
This is what it means to Sam Bennett and his Deceuninck-QuickStep team-mates...
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8 years
John Kavanagh says @TheNotoriousMMA is still training twice daily with UFC 200 in mind
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2 years
Ireland make history and qualify for the 2023 Women's World Cup!
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⚪️ 19 years old ⚫️ 60th game for Derby County ⚪️ Wayne Rooney's captain 🇮🇪 Ireland's Jason Knight
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🌈 The iconic Guinness Gates have been completely transformed for the first time in their history to promote the upcoming Union Cup. @ewrfc @unioncuprugby @IrishRugby @GuinnessIreland #TryWithPride 📸: @Inphosports
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Liverpool have confirmed that the club’s charity game at the Aviva Stadium has raised €748,000 for Seán Cox 👏
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6 years
THIS IS THE MOMENT. CHLOE WATKINS, TAKE A BOW!
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@irishhockey Brilliant #FIHShootout at the @Vitality_UK #HWC2018 in London! 👏 IRL v IND @irishhockey Watch here 📺
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7 years
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GOLD! Paul O'Donovan blows rivals away to storm to World Rowing Championship glory
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6 years
Katie Taylor defends her WBA lightweight title by unanimous decision -- 97-92, 97-92, 98-91. What a woman!
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'This won't be the first time @TheNotoriousMMA has defied the odds' - @John_Kavanagh
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'His rivals may feel hard done by but Conor has earned this historic opportunity' - @John_Kavanagh
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'I wouldn’t take a Libya cap away from a Libyan person who it would mean more to. Ireland is my country, that’s who I want to play for'
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Huge roar as Ireland’s Ayeisha McFerran wins the goalkeeper of the tournament award! 👏🇮🇪
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7 years
The window game is back 😂🇮🇪🇮🇪
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In ‘a ground-breaking deal for Irish sport’, the Ireland senior men's and women's football teams will now receive the same match fees.
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8 years
'What goes around, comes around baby' #irefra
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Damien Duff says Government's €50m for Casement Park should go to League of Ireland academies. Impassioned Shelbourne manager admits far more needs to be done to develop Irish players for a future in the game but clubs need backing to provide it.
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7 years
AND NEW! Katie Taylor is the new WBA world lightweight champion. Unanimous decision.
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THEY HAVE DONE IT! 💚 Third for Ireland in the women's four final. Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe, Fiona Murtagh and Emily Hegarty, bronze medallists 🥉🥉🥉 #TeamIreland #Olympics
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Niall Quinn: "I had 92 caps and today, for the first time in my life, I was truly embarrassed by my association. This is as low a point as I can remember.”
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Solheim Cup debut? This is how you do it.
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“There’s a guy at home, Kieran — Kieran O’Connor from Aghada, and he’s going through an enormous battle of his life. And just to let him know that we’re thinking of him."👏
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Aaaaand still! Katie Taylor was scintillating tonight.
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‘Is he here?👀’ Katie Taylor has finally shaken off world-class man-marker Minister Shane Ross. 🎥 @GavanCasey
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6 years
Ireland caused a massive upset in their World Cup opener in London
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4 years
“We can almost consider him British. I know that you lot won’t like that, will you?” said Bradley Wiggins, glancing over at Sean Kelly. At which point, Kelly interjected: “You’re not going to claim him”. 🇮🇪
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7 years
Roy Keane: 'Ruud would be worth, in the market now, probably a billion'
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3 years
As Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 comes to a close, Clare Shine opens up further on her ongoing battle.
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Three out of four and a little bit of Irish boxing history for @KatieTaylor , who found herself in with a worthy opponent in Rose Volante and battered her into submission.
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Jimmy Magee - A different class.
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9 years
Say hello to Ireland's new world champion... @AndyLeeBoxing http://t.co/TNBFtoronE http://t.co/izUGbjZbtW
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Katie Taylor is changing the game again, and the Irish people will have a major role to play in her efforts.
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And here it is: She Can! The Colouring Book for Tomorrow's Irish Sports Stars. It's €7.99, available to buy now at , and in Eason's, Dubray and all good bookshops from next week. We hope you like it!
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Caoimhin Kelleher’s three saves as he proved Liverpool’s hero in last night’s penalty shootout win at Anfield. 👏
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BRONZE! Ireland's Rhys McClenaghan wins pommel horse bronze at the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart.
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National record for Ireland in second, Germany take gold and GB third.
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Katie Taylor was in a world of bother in the 10th and final round of a war with Delfine Persoon, and took a controversial majority decision to become Ireland’s first undisputed boxing champion of the modern era.
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In his latest column, @John_Kavanagh discusses UFC 202 and what's next for @TheNotoriousMMA
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GOLD FOR IRELAND! Sensational O'Donovan and McCarthy crowned European rowing champions again
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Irish wrestler @BeckyLynchWWE made her WWE Raw debut last night http://t.co/7NUL112ona http://t.co/jWQOUAq1T3
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. @TheNotoriousMMA is a million miles away from his days as an apprentice plumber http://t.co/UYsQXOhSL0 http://t.co/ChKqemYwDp
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Welcome home, champ! 👏👑
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ANOTHER GOLD FOR JASON SMYTH 💚 Incredible. #TeamIreland
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6 years
A special moment in Gyor. (Pic: @Inphosports )
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'I've a wife and a child at home. I have to go home and be in some kind of humour for them' We followed a bookmaker at Punchestown on opening day to find out what a big festival is like from the bookies' point-of-view, whether that's big wins or losses.
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Triple Crown - Team, Coach, Player of the Year 🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪
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Isaiah Thomas had no regrets over his trip into the crowd to confront a fan who abused him out of frustration at not getting a free dessert during the Washington Wizards’ defeat to the Philadelphia 76ers.
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That putt. That roar.
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When Peter Ryan missed a hand-pass in a hurling game in 2010, he went home thinking he might need contact lenses. Instead, the then-19-year-old was told that he was about to lose 90% of his vision.
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What a night for Andy Farrell's men
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FT: IRELAND 0-6 NETHERLANDS Ireland are the 2018 Hockey World Cup runners-up. An incredible adventure. An incredible achievement.
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Shane Lowry off to a flying start at the Par 3 tournament at Augusta! #themasters
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Chloe Mustaki on beating cancer and returning to play in Sunday's FAI Cup final
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In Richmond Park there is a small portakabin nestled in the corner between the Main Stand and the West Stand. The man inside, Pat O'Callaghan, has been selling progammes in Inchicore since the 80s, and has collected football memorabilia from around the world spanning decades.
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