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# Hindsight

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# Hindsight
Sheedy 'the luckiest man on earth' to miss out on GAA's top job in light of Covid crisis
Tom Ryan pipped Liam Sheedy to the director general position in 2018.
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Oct 29th 2020, 6:35 AM
# Hindsight
Irish horse racing chief says Cheltenham festival should probably not have taken place
Brian Kavanagh said that, in hindsight, the festival should not have been held, but has sympathy with the British racing authorities over the issue.
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Apr 29th 2020, 5:38 PM
# Hindsight
'I was unbelievably naive' - Best opens up on regret for role in Belfast rape trial
‘It was never, ever my intention to cause any more distress on what was a very, very difficult day for that poor girl anyway.’
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Jan 22nd 2020, 9:45 PM
# Hindsight
Performance anxiety, style of play, underestimating Japan - The IRFU's World Cup review
The union’s performance director, David Nucifora, also stressed the need to focus on Irish players’ skills.
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Dec 4th 2019, 5:09 PM
# Hindsight
Stephen Kenny: 'Rice and Grealish should still be playing for Ireland'
The former Dundalk manager was speaking on Eamon Dunphy’s The Stand podcast.
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Jul 11th 2019, 6:09 PM
# Hindsight
Time has shown that Man United's problems remain - Mourinho
The Portuguese coach also refused to comment on whether he could be the next Lyon boss.
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May 15th 2019, 1:46 PM
# Hindsight
'It's not a good decision to box kick it when you cough up a 10-3 lead'
Leinster opted to keep the ball in play at the end of the first half and conceded a try.
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May 11th 2019, 9:11 PM
Can Justin Timberlake go five minutes without mentioning Britney? Apparently not
JT’s that one ex that never got over it.
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Nov 1st 2018, 5:43 PM
# hindsight is great
No regrets for Leinster or Nacewa over calf injury picked up in South Africa
The Leinster captain is out-of-action with the problem but hopes to be back sooner rather than later.
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Oct 2nd 2017, 6:40 PM
# future plans
Lions feel they would have won series with an extra week's prep
Tour manager John Spencer says the signs for the future are positive.
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Jul 9th 2017, 8:59 AM
# Hindsight
No regrets for Diarmuid Connolly over sideline tug-of-war with Ciaran Kilkenny
Connolly also named his Footballer of the Year.
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Nov 2nd 2016, 12:05 AM
# Hindsight
John Stones glad he didn't end up at Chelsea
The new Citizens recruit believes his frustration last season turned out to be a “blessing in disguise”.
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Aug 28th 2016, 3:06 PM
# Hindsight
'I was at a disadvantage going into most fights but I never accepted it as an excuse to lose'
Cathal Pendred on life after the UFC.
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Jan 17th 2016, 8:00 AM
# Hindsight
Not burning bondholders was 'significant flaw' of troika bailout: Central Bank boss
We did get stung a bit on the whole deal, Patrick Honohan says.
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Jan 19th 2015, 4:18 PM
# Redemption
Brazil's brilliant World Cup teaching naysayers a lesson, says Lula
The former president feels that pessimists can learn from the success of the tournament.
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Jul 4th 2014, 12:24 AM
# Hindsight
A US paper that called the 1863 Gettysburg address 'silly' has issued a retraction
On President Lincoln’s iconic speech, The Patriot-News of Harrisburg said yesterday that, “In the fullness of time, we have come to a different conclusion”.
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Nov 15th 2013, 11:57 AM
# voice of experience
Mike Tyson is 'really worried' about 'sweet kid' Chris Brown
The voice of experience spoke to an American radio station.
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Oct 30th 2013, 3:48 PM
# Hindsight
Lingering regret prompts shift in focus for Ulster and Anscombe
‘Maybe we got too caught up with silverware last year,” the Kiwi admitted this week.
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Aug 30th 2013, 12:27 PM
Voices
Column: If politicians re-lived the Celtic Tiger would anything be done differently?
After the boom-years, people are wondering if there is an alternative system that might work better, writes Órla Ryan, who says worker co-operatives might be just what we’re looking for.
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Jun 20th 2013, 7:00 AM
# Hindsight
Gerrard believes Torres 'regrets leaving Liverpool'
Meanwhile, the Reds captain quipped “he’ll do!” when asked about the club’s Wesley Sneijder link.
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Jan 20th 2013, 12:33 PM
# History Boys
Focus: the last three Connacht football finals revisited
Last minute winners, one-point victories, three different champions in three years; the western province’s final usually doesn’t disappoint.
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Jul 14th 2011, 12:55 PM
# Hindsight
The best of The Open: Tiger enters the record books in 2000
Tiger Woods misses this year’s Open Championship through injury, but his first win back in 2000 remains in the memory.
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Jul 12th 2011, 10:34 PM
# Hindsight
Focus: the last three Munster football finals revisited
Cork and Kerry prepare to do battle for another Munster Championship. Have we been here before?
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Jun 28th 2011, 4:38 PM
# Masters 2011
Rory: I should have attacked at Augusta
McIlroy prepares for first outing in Europe since traumatic Masters collapse – and reveals he received an encouraging text from one football legend.
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May 19th 2011, 12:35 PM
# Hindsight
Five steps to heaven...
Here’s what you could’ve won… we take a look back at a weekend of missed opportunity. Again.
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Mar 29th 2011, 5:26 PM
# Flutter
Hindsight: Five steps to heaven
Our tipping form has improved slightly, which is a good thing considering the week that’s in it.
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Mar 14th 2011, 6:24 PM
# Flutter
Hindsight: Five steps to heaven
We got 20% of our tips right this week – which is better than 0%. Find out how you could have made €40,000+ from your €10 stake.
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Mar 8th 2011, 3:01 PM
# Flutter
Hindsight: Five steps to heaven
On Friday, we brought you five betting tips ahead of the weekend’s sporting action, all of which lost. Here are the five which could have won you €1.2m.
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Mar 1st 2011, 1:12 PM
# Flutter
How to turn €10 into €75,000 this weekend
Hindsight is a beautiful thing – here’s how you could’ve made a mint last weekend – and how to do it again.
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Nov 12th 2010, 12:10 PM