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# Castaway

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# Spurs
Nuno wants to solve Harry Kane situation internally to avoid ‘public argument’
The striker is due back at the club later this week after missing pre-season tests, and is set to be fined
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Aug 4th 2021, 10:41 PM
# Castaway
Mystery of enormous 60-foot whale washed up dead on Donegal island
The enormous baleen whale had been dead for about two weeks. How it died is a mystery however.
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Nov 7th 2017, 6:40 PM
# Pacific Ocean
Two women who claim they were lost at sea for five months didn't activate their rescue beacon
Doubts have been raised about their story.
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Oct 31st 2017, 4:12 PM
# Castaway
10 excellent Desert Island Discs episodes you need to download
Walking, running, bussing, sitting. There’s something here for everyone.
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Jul 23rd 2015, 10:40 AM
# survivor
Cow missing for two months turns up alive on island with surprise companion
The cow survived by basically eating everything on the island
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Sep 30th 2014, 3:32 PM
# wilsooooon
A volleyball named Wilson had Ireland sobbing its heart out last night
It was just too much.
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May 4th 2014, 11:30 AM
# Castaway
Stranded snorkellers saved after writing huge SOS in the sand
And we thought that only happened in the movies.
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Apr 23rd 2014, 2:28 PM
# Jose
Doctors extend Salvadoran castaway's hospital stay for psychological examination
However, he is said to be in ‘remarkable physical shape’.
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Feb 16th 2014, 8:15 AM
# Adrift
Castaway says dreams about his family (and food) sustained him
Fisherman Jose Salvador Alvarenga said he thought about suicide during his 13 months adrift in the Pacific.
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Feb 4th 2014, 9:52 AM
# Sail Away
"I feel bad": Castaway arrives home after year adrift at sea
Jose Ivan said he had set sail from Mexico on Christmas Eve, 2012.
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Feb 3rd 2014, 6:10 PM
# At Sea
Castaway survived 16 months adrift at sea by eating turtles
The man washed up on Thursday and said he has been floating in the Pacific since September 2012.
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Feb 1st 2014, 10:15 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 January is (finally!) over. Here are the nine things you need to know as your weekend – and February – begins.
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Feb 1st 2014, 8:58 AM
# hanks a lot
The best moments from Tom Hanks 'ask me anything'
AMAs are like a box of chocolates…
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Oct 1st 2013, 10:05 AM
# Castaway
This man is seeking a woman to live on Inishfree with him Castaway style
John McManus told TheJournal.ie that there doesn’t have to be a romantic element to the relationship “but it’d be nice to have a love interest”.
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Sep 24th 2013, 1:10 PM
# Castaway
Fisherman recovered alive after four months at sea
Asked what he wanted after his four months floating away, the Kiribati fisherman said: “Smoke.”
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Sep 14th 2012, 7:55 AM
# Castaway
Fisherman sues cruise ship that sailed past stranded vessel
The Panamanian fisherman watched his two companions die after a US cruise liner sailed past their distressed vessel in the middle of the Pacific and failed to stop.
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May 14th 2012, 10:27 AM
# Castaway
Photos: Man to live on 'desert island' in the middle of the River Liffey
Visual artist Fergal McCarthy has this afternoon taken up residence on a man-made tropical island in the middle of the Liffey in Dublin city centre…
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Sep 10th 2011, 2:51 PM