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# Michael Smith

This year
2023
# love the darts
Michael Smith follows up world title with historic victory in Bahrain
‘I am riding a nice wave at the minute, and hopefully it continues.’
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Jan 14th 2023, 1:56 PM
# bully boy
Michael Smith begins life as world champion on a high
Smith kicked off the Bahrain Darts Masters with a resounding victory.
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Jan 12th 2023, 9:36 PM
# Test
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How closely were you paying attention to the week’s sporting headlines?
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Jan 6th 2023, 5:00 PM
# Take a Bow
Michael Smith throws stunning 9-darter en route to winning World Championship
Michael van Gerwen failed to win a fourth title.
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Jan 3rd 2023, 10:45 PM
Last year
2022
# 180
Van Gerwen and Smith survive dramatic scares to clinch last-16 spots at Ally Pally
Alan Soutar, Jose De Sousa and Joe Cullen also progressed at the PDC World Darts Championship.
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Dec 29th 2022, 9:32 AM
# Michael Smith
Editor of magazine that revealed GP contract leak brings defamation case against Leo Varadkar
A spokesperson for the Tánaiste said that the claims will be “fully defended”.
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Oct 10th 2022, 3:54 PM
# Champion
Peter 'Snakebite' Wright triumphs in thrilling World Darts Championship final
It is the second time the 51-year-old Scottish player has won the illustrious prize, having previously been crowned champion in 2020.
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Jan 3rd 2022, 10:40 PM
# Job Done
Smith eases past Wade to reach second World Championship final
The 2019 runner-up prevailed after fourth seed Wade had rallied to threaten a tense finish.
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Jan 2nd 2022, 10:06 PM
All time
# Disappointment
Willie O'Connor exits World Darts Championship at the hands of 'Bully Boy'
The Limerick native bowed out of the competition at the last-32 stage.
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Dec 27th 2021, 5:02 PM
# Do do do do do do do
Michael Smith lit up the 3Arena last night with this nine-dart finish
Smith’s perfect leg was the first in the Premier League for three years.
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Feb 28th 2020, 11:34 AM
# MVG
'Everyone knows I've had a difficult year so to win this trophy is phenomenal'
Michael van Gerwen was a happy man after winning his third world title last night.
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Jan 2nd 2019, 7:42 AM
# Ally Pally
Oh Michael van Gerwen! Dutchman clinches third PDC world title with victory over Smith
MVG beats Michael Smith 7-3 in the Alexandra Palace decider.
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Jan 1st 2019, 10:09 PM
# demolition job
Van Gerwen blows Anderson away to set up Smith decider
What promised to be a classic semi-final proved to be a one-sided affair as Michael van Gerwen beat Gary Anderson at a canter.
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Dec 30th 2018, 11:28 PM
# High Court
Former Gate director Michael Colgan is suing Village magazine
The magazine carried an editorial which was sharply critical of Colgan in mid-November.
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Jan 19th 2018, 6:05 AM
# Courts
Tipperary man jailed for raping young girl who believed he was her Dad
Michael Smith will spend at least 12 years in prison.
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Jun 19th 2015, 2:45 PM
# inspired by cadbury
What's the worst place to be stung by a bee? This student has found out...
Yes, by stinging himself all over his body with a bee. ALL over his body.
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Apr 7th 2014, 6:00 PM
# one hundred and eighty!
Van Barneveld ousted from PDC World Championship
26th seed Mark Webster dumped out the Ally Pally favourite.
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Dec 28th 2013, 10:30 AM
# Mahon
Mahon Tribunal timeline: From whistleblower to digouts
Here’s everything you need to know to get to grips with the planning and permission tribunal of inquiry, which published its final chapter this morning.
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Jul 31st 2013, 11:28 AM
# Appointment
Barrister whose ad led to Mahon Tribunal nominated to the High Court
Colm MacEochaidh, a former Fine Gael general election candidate, has been nominated to the High Court by the government.
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Jun 5th 2012, 6:30 PM
Voices
Column: The Mahon Tribunal failed - and the media did too
Michael Smith, one of the two men whose offer of a reward for information about planning corruption led to the Mahon Tribunal, explains why the investigation was a damp squib.
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Mar 28th 2012, 2:48 PM
# Mahon
Barrister whose ad led to Mahon calls for an anti-corruption commission
Colm Mac Eochaidh has said the information revealed by the Mahon Tribunal has been priceless but has offered an idea for how such costs might be avoided in future.
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Mar 27th 2012, 7:31 PM
Voices
Column: ‘I thought it would last two months’ – the man whose ad led to Mahon
Colm Mac Eochaidh, one of the two men whose offer of a £10,000 reward for information about planning corruption led to the Mahon Tribunal, reflects on the past 15 years.
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Mar 27th 2012, 7:30 PM
# Pensions
In full: what former ministers get after the government's new levy
We’ve gone through the list of ministerial pensions to see precisely how each living former minister is hit by the various levies.
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Nov 30th 2011, 10:08 AM