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# Happy Camper

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# The Happy Camper
People are rallying around that little pancake caravan in Donegal after a disastrous weekend
From heartache to hope.
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Apr 17th 2017, 2:00 PM
# The Happy Camper
This little caravan sells delicious pancakes in the spectacular setting of the hills of Donegal
Lovely.
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Apr 12th 2017, 7:55 PM
# Sign of the times
A farmer moving to Dublin for college has gone to great lengths for somewhere to stay
Grim.
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Aug 17th 2016, 2:10 PM
# Happy Camper
Roy Keane dismisses Man United Van Gaal assistant link - 'I've got a job. I'm very happy in my job.'
Keane insisted he is not currently harbouring hopes of a returning to Manchester United.
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Apr 28th 2014, 12:50 PM
# Happy Camper
Vexed van Persie dismisses rumours of Manchester United move or Moyes rift
“I’m the only one who knows exactly what I’m feeling and that is not what I or the fans have been reading,” said RVP.
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Mar 13th 2014, 10:52 PM
# Happy Camper
Photobomb of the day from this Connacht GAA fan after final win over Ulster
Connacht won comfortably by 2-19 to 1-7 against Ulster in Tuam today.
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Feb 23rd 2014, 5:26 PM
# Happy Camper
Davy Fitz: 'That was as big as anything I have ever done because we weren't given a snowball's chance'
The Clare man was pretty happy after today’s Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-final.
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Feb 19th 2014, 7:40 PM
# Happy Camper
Limerick radio commentator's joyous reaction to victory over Tipperary
Live 95FM commentator Liam Ahern’s account of the closing stages of yesterday’s game was brilliant.
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Jun 10th 2013, 2:37 PM
# Euro 2012
On Tour: Fans in Poznan dreaming of that one big day
Cian O’Callaghan has joined the green hordes in Poznan and he’s already in festive spirit.
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Jun 9th 2012, 4:23 PM
# Happy Camper
O'Shea says he has no interest in England job
His team are top of the Premiership but Conor O’Shea insists he is content at Harlequins and is not interested in the England job.
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Nov 21st 2011, 11:26 AM
# reflections
The Happy Camper: Final thoughts on an incredible tournament
The Happy Camper is home in wet and windy Ireland. It didn’t stop him from penning one last diary entry for RWC 2011.
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Oct 23rd 2011, 5:03 PM
# check in
The Happy Camper: it's time to go home, Tosh
Cian the van is parked up for the last time and the lads file onto the flight home with plenty of other Irish. It’s been a wild ride.
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Oct 12th 2011, 11:01 AM
# Green army
The Happy Camper: home thoughts from abroad
As they point it towards the airport, our man in the van recalls the many Irish friends they’ve made along the road.
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Oct 11th 2011, 2:10 PM
# garbage time
The Happy Camper: 'it feels like a one horse town when the horse is out to lunch'
It’s back behind the wheel for the lads after the weekend’s heartbreak before the flight home this week.
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Oct 10th 2011, 11:45 AM
# End of the road
The Happy Camper: And now the party goes on without us
“Imagine a junior disco in Ireland. Now imagine it without the tipsy teens staggering from one song to another before a big fight breaks out.”
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Oct 9th 2011, 11:57 AM
# End of the road
The (Un)Happy Camper: Bye, bye, bye Delilah
“Before leaving Dublin we asked only one thing of this Irish team; a whole-hearted performance. And, by God, they delivered that in every second of every game.”
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Oct 8th 2011, 10:18 AM
# Camper's run
The Happy Camper: watch out Wellington, here comes the cavalry
The greening of Wellington is almost complete. But half the Irish in town have tickets to the wrong quarter-final.
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Oct 7th 2011, 10:36 AM
# On The Road
The Happy Camper: the joys of living in a van
“Tosh arrives over to make the deposit in our laundry press. CLICK, FLOP: a pair of boxer shorts lands with unwavering precision in the middle of my bowl, breakfast is over.”
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Oct 6th 2011, 10:56 AM
# Reality check
The Happy Camper: 'It's like a deserted city scene from 28 Days Later'
The lads roll into Christchurch, a city still very much recovering from their devastating earthquake.
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Oct 5th 2011, 12:27 PM
# Penny Pinching
The Happy Camper: new austerity measures on the road
“Men like Tom Crean and Roald Amundsen have looked into such tracts of the wild unknown and thought ‘onward.’ For us, this will be the southern limit of our lifetime.”
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Oct 4th 2011, 12:27 PM
# Business end
The Happy Camper: the long and winding road...
It’s the morning after the night before and the lads head out for a bit of a bird-watch. Literally.
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Oct 3rd 2011, 10:45 AM
# Sea of Green
The Happy Camper: Bring on the Welsh!
The Happy Camper is soaking up the post-match atmosphere in Dunedin. How we wish we could be there too.
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Oct 2nd 2011, 2:24 PM
# On The Road
The Happy Camper: we always knew this would define our tournament
“The Dunedin Holiday Park was a hive of activity deep into the cold night as the community gathered to sing the songs that always bring us together.”
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Oct 2nd 2011, 8:33 AM
# Setting the Scene
The Happy Camper: the calm before the storm
The Happy Camper has arrived in Dunedin and is soaking up some pre-match atmosphere ahead of Ireland’s crunch clash against Italy.
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Oct 1st 2011, 4:41 PM
# Going native
The Happy Camper: a leap of faith ahead of Italy game
Some 84 kilos of Irish beef free-falling toward the Heineken-bottle green river below. Checklist completed; seen it, done it got the T-shirt… now for some rugby.
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Sep 30th 2011, 12:51 PM
# Leap of faith
The Happy Camper: come fly with me...
The free-fall from 9,000 feet lasts around 20 seconds. It was terrifying, exhilarating and a serious rush for the senses – it was almost as good as beating Australia in Eden Park.
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Sep 29th 2011, 11:39 AM
# Rest Day
The Happy Camper: See the world in green and blue
The Happy Camper puffs out his cheeks in an exhausted exhale. His camera battery is dying, the memory is full and he has just been to Milford Sound, the place New Zealanders go to sight-see.
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Sep 28th 2011, 1:59 PM
# RWC2011
The Happy Camper: counting down the seconds to Sunday
Sean and company found their home away from home as they rolled up to the ski slopes of Queenstown.
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Sep 27th 2011, 1:06 PM
# In focus
The Happy Camper: it's all downhill to Dunedin from here
“Tosh’s catchphrase for the week has been “schnappy schnappy” as every time a scenic vista presents itself he is compelled to take a photo of it. The words echo around the cabin as often as the steering is turned.”
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Sep 26th 2011, 1:53 PM
# On The Road
The Happy Camper: head west, young man
“It feels so long ago since the dizzy highs we experienced in Auckland, but you can always rely on the Irish to make you feel part of a group, at kick off 20 people have drifted in.”
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Sep 25th 2011, 10:51 AM
# Island hopping
The Happy Camper: southbound and down
“It was another early start in Wellington this morning, 7 am at the ferry terminal. With the Aussies in town, we shacked up on the outskirts of the city, in Porirua, and catch a train to spend Friday evening chanting ‘USA, USA’”
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Sep 24th 2011, 2:09 PM
# On The Road
The Happy Camper: Every cock will crow...
“A future quiz question beckons for a man named captain on his World Cup debut,” quips Sean as the crew move on to Wellington.
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Sep 23rd 2011, 2:09 PM
# Off Broadway
The Happy Camper: on the road less taken
“Unsure what size the bags are, or if better value sheep poo can be found, we keep motoring on until sunset and we pull into Dannevirke.”
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Sep 22nd 2011, 11:32 AM
# On The Road
The Happy Camper: the Russians are coming...
“For us, Napier is a nightmare,” writes Sean Farrell after the van’s first epic leg of its World cup journey.
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Sep 21st 2011, 11:48 AM
# On The Road
The Happy Camper: time to cool our jets
In between witnessing historic Irish victories, and hob-nobbing with international rugby managers, our man in the van hits New Zealand’s adventure sports.
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Sep 20th 2011, 11:22 AM
# On the road (again)
The Happy Camper: It’s time to move on from Eden Park
Sean and company head south to the thermal spas of Taupo in their newly-christened campervan.
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Sep 19th 2011, 2:46 PM
# On The Road
The Happy Camper: it's the morning after the night before
“As optimistic a bunch as we are, we presumed that Ireland would finish second in this group and so, we have tickets to the wrong quarter-final. They are both in Wellington however, so the hope is that we can make it to both.”
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Sep 18th 2011, 2:01 PM
# On The Road
The Happy Camper: did that just happen?
Our man in the van, sent this report from his seat in Eden Park – complete with shaky video of Irish celebrations.
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Sep 17th 2011, 12:59 PM
# Game face
The Happy Camper: it's show time...
He’s made it to his seat in Eden Park. But Sean and his pals have brought along a new friend.
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Sep 17th 2011, 9:36 AM
# Golden Ticket
The Happy Camper: It's the final countdown...
The bags are unpacked(ish) and there’s a city waiting to be explored. The Happy Camper and his merry men soak up the sights and sounds of Auckland before tomorrow’s big match.
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Sep 16th 2011, 2:35 PM
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