In football the conflict of interest between club and country drags on like the hundred years war. The heartening 2-1 win over Germany which Fabio Capello's irregulars achieved in Berlin on Wednesday night may have further convinced the nation that ...
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Talent and tenacity: Stephen Ireland, seen here evading the challenge of Bolton's Gavin McCann, has fought hard to make his mark on Manchester City's first team Photo: GETTY IMAGES Never mind Robinho, the £32.5 million man, or indeed the oil-rich ...
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Ireland’s three largest banks are coming under mounting government pressure to merge with their smaller rivals as Brian Lenihan, the Irish finance minister, seeks to strengthen the sector. Bank of Ireland confirmed on Friday it had received ...
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In the past this match would have been all about Ireland seeking revenge for 2007, but now it is all about 2011. The 30-15 hammering Argentina gave Ireland last year in the World Cup will be added fuel to the fire, but the IRB's new points ...
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The Ulster Unionist party has agreed to an electoral pact with the Conservatives to fight Northern Ireland seats in the next European and Westminster elections. The move was overwhelmingly endorsed at a meeting of the second-largest unionist party ...
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BROOKSVILLE — They never lost a game they played this year. But the record books will show a 9-2 season and a big asterisk for Nature Coast after a final Hail Mary came up short Friday in a Hernando County courtroom. County Judge Kurt E. Hitzemann ...
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FEW people who know new Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester claim he is desperately sentimental. So it was praise indeed for the new chief executive of RBS's global markets and banking division (GMB), 38-year-old John Hourican, when ...
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