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# leap year

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The year the government gave a 'special welcome' of €100 to every baby born on 29 February
There’s a 1 in 1,461 chance of being born on a leap day.
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Feb 29th 2020, 10:30 AM
Quiz: Are these real or fake Leap Year traditions?
Some are real. Some are nonsense. Can you tell which ones?
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Feb 8th 2020, 9:00 PM
The Irish For: Time for two Irish romantic traditions - Leap Year proposals and the Skellig Lists
February 29 proposals are sweet, but the Skellig Lists were another story, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
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Feb 8th 2020, 8:15 AM
19 frankly preposterous things that happen in Leap Year
What a rollercoaster.
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Sep 2nd 2017, 6:00 PM
Debt advisers slammed as 'penny pinching misers' after docking workers' Leap Year pay
Debt advisory service MABS had docked the paychecks of two workers to the tune of between €140 and €160 each.
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Apr 19th 2017, 6:20 AM
10 times Hollywood got Ireland all wrong
*shamrocks*
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Jul 3rd 2016, 6:00 PM
7 things you should do with your extra day this Leap Year
So much extra time… sort of.
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Feb 26th 2016, 3:51 PM
We're getting an extra second this year, but don't jump for joy just yet...
Some computer systems might have a bad reaction to the leap second.
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Jan 7th 2015, 3:33 PM
10 of the biggest crimes Leap Year commits against Irish culture
Make it stop.
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Dec 31st 2014, 8:42 AM
What are the odds: Mother and child both born on leap day
A New Jersey mother has beaten two million-to-one odds by giving birth to her daughter on her leap day birthday.
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Feb 29th 2012, 10:00 PM
Open thread: Should a woman propose marriage today?
Your chance to weigh in on the Leap Year tradition…
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Feb 29th 2012, 8:00 AM
Happy Leap Year: 'Today is my uncle's 21st. He's 84.'
Ireland holds the record for most consecutive generations born on 29 February…
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Feb 29th 2012, 7:40 AM