# Foot and Mouth

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# Foot and Mouth

'We had to walk through disinfectant buckets in our boots... You weren't allowed meet up in groups'

JP Rooney and Colm Nally recall how the Wee County suffered from the foot and mouth disease.

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Mar 19th 2020, 12:00 PM

# Foot and Mouth

'He tells the story that I kind of threw him under the bus with ROG, but that's not the case'

Shedding light on 2001′s foot-and-mouth-impacted Six Nations, Eddie O’Sullivan recalls his having to convince Warren Gatland to drop Ronan O’Gara after a Murrayfield disaster.

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Mar 3rd 2020, 6:04 PM

# Looking Back

'I'm acutely aware of the danger': When Ireland entered crisis mode for Foot and Mouth disease in 2001

19 years ago it was livestock and farmers’ livelihoods at stake.

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Mar 1st 2020, 11:00 AM

# Only a game?

Remembering the last time the Six Nations ended up in chaos

The Ireland v Italy game is almost certain to be postponed because of the Coronavirus, evoking memories of 2001 when the foot and mouth crisis forced rugby to look at the bigger picture.

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Feb 25th 2020, 8:45 PM