Ireland's appeal against the three-week suspension handed to flanker Alan Quinlan for stamping has been rejected. Quinlan was given the ban for an incident involving All Black number eight Rodney So'oialo during the first half of last Saturday's 22-3 ...
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Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said on Thursday he was talking to banks about reform measures to shore up credit supply in the economy, but he would not comment on reports of an impending recapitalisation plan. Ireland was one of the first ...
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An air hostess helped land an Air Canada jet carrying 146 passengers after the co-pilot had an apparent mental breakdown over the Atlantic Ocean. The plane, bound for Heathrow from Toronto, diverted to Shannon in Ireland after the flight officer ...
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World number one Tiger Woods and multiple major winner Padraig Harrington of Ireland are in the running for the 2008 PGA Tour Player of the Year award. U.S. Open champion Woods and Harrington, who clinched the British Open and PGA Championship, have ...
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GERMANY weren’t the only losers of this week’s friendly in Berlin. There were at least eight England players sitting at home who also missed out. Fabio Capello has come up with the perfect solution to the eternal club v country row — forget ...
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“As quietly as you can,” he whispered in my ear, “climb over the gate and then crawl up to the side of the bridge.” I climbed and straddled the gate, as you should, nearest to the hinge. My companion Ion Hamilton, my assigned stalker for the ...
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This town ain't big enough for the two--or is it six?--of us. Ireland's banking sector was looking particularly crowded on Friday, as one of the country's six big lenders admitted that it had received unsolicited takeover approaches. Shares of Bank ...
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