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# Anniversary

Apple is 40 today so here are the best and worst products it released

The company has a long and varied history, releasing both hits and flops over its 40 year history.

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Apr 1st 2016, 2:13 PM

# Anniversary

Remembering Rocky: The Arsenal legend who was taken from us too soon

It’s 15 years since the former midfielder had his life tragically cut short.

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Mar 31st 2016, 1:27 PM

# Happy Birthday

Are you a fail whale? Take our Twitter quiz

The service celebrates its tenth birthday today.

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Mar 21st 2016, 6:15 AM

# Fukushima

PICTURES: The ghosts of Japan's disaster still haunt 5 years later

Eye-witnesses to the events of Japans “triple disaster” recount their memories.

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Mar 11th 2016, 6:03 AM

# Anniversary

50 years later and the Nelson's Pillar bomber says he has no regrets

Liam Sutcliffe planted the bomb which destroyed the monument half a century ago.

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Mar 8th 2016, 4:31 PM

# RIP

7 memories that make us miss Dermot Morgan every day

Don’t we all have lovely bottoms?

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Feb 28th 2016, 9:51 AM

It's 30 years since Jack Charlton arrived but the FAI wanted a Liverpool icon instead

Bob Paisley was the choice of the majority but a controversial voting process changed the course of Irish football history.

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Feb 11th 2016, 3:16 PM

# challenger

It's 30 years since a space shuttle exploded on live tv while the world watched

The Challenger disaster of 28 January 1986 killed seven astronauts, including Christa McAuliffe – the first ever teacher in space.

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Jan 28th 2016, 10:16 PM

# from a to z

You might not think it but Wikipedia is 15 years old now

The online encyclopedia first arrived in 2001 and is now one of the visited sites in the world.

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Jan 15th 2016, 8:24 AM

# Icon

Here's seven things you didn't know about Coke's hundred-year-old bottle

If you’re drinking gallons of the stuff this festive season, you might as well know some of its history…

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Jan 3rd 2016, 7:30 PM

# former regiment

A monument to Irish men who died fighting for the British has been vandalised

A paint bomb was thrown at a monument to the Royal Munster Fusiliers in Tralee.

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Dec 21st 2015, 9:28 PM

# he did it his way

Pictures: Francis Albert Sinatra would have been 100 years old today

He was born in Hoboken, New Jersey on 12 December 1915 to Italian immigrants.

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Dec 12th 2015, 3:00 PM

# Anniversary

George Best's first TV interview: 'I've saved up about £700 and I'm hoping to get a car soon'

In 1964, the teenager had just made his debut for Manchester United and was on the cusp of super-stardom.

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Nov 25th 2015, 3:43 PM

# Anniversary

17 of the most memorable George Best quotes

It’s 10 years today since the United legend’s death.

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Nov 25th 2015, 8:40 AM

# Anniversary

'He hugged me, kissed me on the cheek and said 'Ken, it's great to see you''

Former Irish underage international Ken Fogarty played alongside and against George Best during the glory days of the NASL.

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Nov 25th 2015, 7:30 AM

# Simply the Best

'Messi is probably the most similar psychologically to Best in how he reads the game'

Matthew Nolan says only one player could star in a movie similar to the ‘lost’ George Best one.

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Nov 24th 2015, 3:56 PM

# Anniversary

It's 10 years since Mendieta destroyed Man United & Roy Keane had his infamous rant

The teams clash in the Capital One Cup later tonight.

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Oct 28th 2015, 5:14 PM

# North Korea

Loads of people are waving flags and flowers for Kim Jong-Un today

The North Korean leader struck a belligerent tone at celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the country’s ruling Workers’ Party.

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Oct 10th 2015, 1:41 PM

# happy birthday to us

Five years of TheJournal.ie: Here's some of our biggest stories, best bits and memories

Thank you for being with us.

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Oct 4th 2015, 7:45 PM

# Anniversary

How much do you really know about Super Mario?

The mustachioed wonder appeared in Super Mario Bros 30 years ago and the rest is history.

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Sep 13th 2015, 8:30 PM

# Anniversary

It's 4 years today since one of the best results in Irish footballing history

Stephen O’Donnell’s penalty with eight minutes remaining set up a famous win.

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Aug 25th 2015, 4:21 PM

# CLASSIC MOTD

It may be 20 years old today but Alan Hansen probably still regrets saying this

The Match of the Day pundit claimed Man United wouldn’t ‘win anything with kids’.

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Aug 19th 2015, 11:23 AM

# pick a side

Who won the Battle of Britpop: Blur or Oasis?

People used to really, really care about what happened in the singles chart.

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Aug 14th 2015, 9:00 AM

# Quiz

How Well Do You Remember The Films Of Robin Williams?

To mark his first anniversary…

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Aug 11th 2015, 12:56 PM

# Anniversary

21 of our favourite quotes from birthday boy Roy Keane

The Ireland assistant boss turns 44 today.

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Aug 10th 2015, 3:11 PM

# On this Day

"Clawing at the earth, swelling as if with its regurgitation of all the life that it had consumed"

It’s 70 years to the day since the bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.

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Aug 9th 2015, 7:45 AM

# Trip to Tipp

20 years on, Féile '95 still boasts an incredible line up

Anyone for some Deacon Blue?

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Aug 4th 2015, 11:50 AM

# oh mary

"I saw little birds flying in and out of Mary's crown": When Irish statues moved, and the world came to stare

It’s 30 years since Our Lady started ‘moving’ in Ballinspittle. Within days, the village was doing a roaring trade in ‘grotto burgers’.

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Jul 26th 2015, 10:30 AM

# London Bombings

London 7/7 bomb survivor: 'There was a thick blackness that was engulfing my whole world'

Gill Hicks lost both her legs in the London bombings 10 years ago.

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Jul 1st 2015, 8:00 AM

# Anniversary

It's 20 years to the day since Mandela presented the Springboks with the Webb Ellis Cup

A number of South Africa’s 1995 World Cup-winning squad gathered for a reunion at the famous ground in Johannesburg today.

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Jun 24th 2015, 5:57 PM

# italia 90 week

So just how much is your Italia 90 memorabilia worth?

From milk bottles to jerseys and everything in between.

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Jun 17th 2015, 2:00 PM

# WB Yeats

Interactive map tells the story of one of Ireland's most famous poets

It’s the 150th anniversary of Yeats’ birth today.

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Jun 13th 2015, 8:30 AM

# till gay do us part

Couple vow to divorce if same-sex marriage is legalised in Australia

The husband wrote an opinion piece about their situation.

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Jun 11th 2015, 3:33 PM

# Anniversary

'When we were 3-0 down, I tried to get out of the ground'

Liverpool playwright Nicky Allt is bringing his much-loved show ‘One Night In Istanbul’ back to Dublin.

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Jun 1st 2015, 9:55 AM

# Remembrance

Liverpool pay tribute to the victims of 'one of football's darkest days'

A service was held for the 39 victims of the Heysel disaster.

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May 29th 2015, 4:00 PM

# forever in love

This man had the sweetest surprise for his wife on their 57th anniversary

Elinor Russell was in hospital, so her husband Jim planned a special visit. D’aww.

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May 24th 2015, 2:00 PM

# Anniversary

Brian Keenan: 'If you don't have a sense of humour you are dead man walking'

It’s been 25 years since Keenan was released after four and half years of being held hostage in Lebanon.

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May 24th 2015, 7:00 AM

# Mater Hospital

"If I hadn’t been given that heart my daughters would have never been born"

The Mater Hospital is today celebrating 10 years of lung transplants and thirty years of heart transplants.

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May 21st 2015, 4:24 PM

# charlie bit my finger

These are Ireland's most viewed YouTube videos

Surprisingly, there are no cat videos, but there is one called ‘Ultimate Dog Tease’.

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May 18th 2015, 12:30 AM

# Anniversary

The British government still has unreleased files on Ireland's worst terrorist attack

34 people lost their lives in the coordinated attack 41 years ago.

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May 16th 2015, 9:00 PM