# Netherlands

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# Les Bleus

Sublime Giroud volley sinks Dutch as France's World Cup champions return home

Olivier Giroud proved a popular hero on France’s competitive return to Paris against the Netherlands.

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Sep 9th 2018, 10:37 PM

# Explainer

How it could impact on Ireland's Euro 2020 qualification and all you need to know about the Nations League

Uefa’s bold new competition aims to decrease the amount of meaningless friendlies.

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Sep 5th 2018, 12:40 PM

# for real doe

Dutch town overrun with deer plan to use lion manure to scare them off

Zandvoort has over the past decade been invaded by thousands of the boisterous bucks.

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Aug 14th 2018, 7:43 PM

# grounded

Hundreds of Ryanair flights cancelled as German and Dutch pilots join strike

The airline said strike action on Friday is “unnecessary”.

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Aug 8th 2018, 6:18 PM

# On the box

Over 40% of Irish TV viewers watched Ireland win historic silver medal in the World Cup final

Ireland defied the odds to finish as runners-up at the 2018 Hockey World Cup World Cup.

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Aug 8th 2018, 3:50 PM

# Netherlands

Study to aid pregnant women by giving them Viagra stopped after 11 babies die

The study was first launched in 2015, focusing on women whose babies developed poorly in early pregnancy.

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Jul 24th 2018, 8:29 PM

# Tour de France

Dan Martin suffers crash as Dutch ace Groenewegen makes it back-to-back stage wins

Ireland’s Dan Martin suffered a worrying crash during stage eight, while Groenewegen sprinted to back-to-back stage wins.

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Jul 14th 2018, 7:07 PM

# Report

Watch: Bournemouth star scores late equaliser as Netherlands draw with Italy

Italy looked to be heading for a friendly victory courtesy of Simone Zaza’s goal, but Nathan Ake had other ideas.

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Jun 4th 2018, 10:05 PM

# One Step At A Time

'We've shown that we can compete, now it's a question of going the whole distance'

Ireland’s focus is on Slovakia first as they prepare for two massive World Cup qualifiers in Tallaght.

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Apr 3rd 2018, 1:06 PM

# Chip off the old block

'I felt jitters in my stomach' - Patrick Kluivert's son makes senior Netherlands debut at 18

The Ajax teenager came off the bench for a late cameo in last night’s 3-0 win over European champions Portugal.

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Mar 27th 2018, 1:28 PM

# friendly rivalries

Lingard's first international goal sees England defeat the Dutch on Koeman's debut

The Manchester United attacker bagged the winning goal in Amsterdam tonight.

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Mar 23rd 2018, 10:31 PM

# Production

Ireland up against Germany and Netherlands to win over UK-based TV channels after Brexit

Some of these companies have already met with the BAI here in the last year.

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Mar 18th 2018, 8:00 AM

# Announcement

Dutch record caps holder Sneijder retires from international football

After a meeting with new manager Ronald Koeman, the former Ajax, Real Madrid and Inter Milan midfielder is packing it in with the Netherlands.

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Mar 4th 2018, 1:41 PM

# Katie Couric

Journalist apologises for saying Dutch excel at Winter Olympics as skating is 'important mode of transport'

Katie Couric made the comments during the Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday.

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Feb 13th 2018, 7:33 AM

# Dutch Gold

'I have always said that it is an ambition' - Koeman has eyes on Netherlands job

The former Oranje star is taking time to consider his future but admits the vacant national team job is one of his biggest ambitions.

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Dec 22nd 2017, 10:40 AM

# Schiphol

Police shoot knife-wielding man at Amsterdam Airport

Police say the situation is now secure.

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Dec 15th 2017, 4:34 PM

# cryptocurrency

European police target Kinahan's hidden Bitcoin cash in Belgium and the Czech Republic

A Bitcoin ‘mine’ was discovered in a raid on the cartel last month.

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Dec 3rd 2017, 10:00 PM

# that's my boy

18-year-old Justin Kluivert did something his dad never could: score a hat-trick for Ajax!

The teenager scored a brilliant solo hat-trick against Roda JC on Sunday.

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Nov 26th 2017, 5:51 PM

# Making Good Choices

'It was just me being realistic. I wouldn't have been happy sacrificing my education for football'

Republic of Ireland’s Harriet Scott decided to put her studies first but kept the faith that she might still have the chance to pursue international football.

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Nov 26th 2017, 7:30 AM

# Absent

Here are 10 stars that won’t be at the World Cup in Russia next summer

It just won’t be the same without them.

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Nov 14th 2017, 5:42 PM

# honesty

'A 7-0 win at home to Sweden isn't going to happen'

Arjen Robben gave a frank assessment of the Dutch side’s chances of overhauling their rivals.

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Oct 8th 2017, 1:28 PM

# Netherlands

Manchester City confirm Sergio Aguero "sustained injuries" in Amsterdam car crash

Aguero was injured last night in the Dutch city when a taxi in which he was a passenger hit a lamp-post.

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Sep 29th 2017, 11:03 AM

# vote number 1

'Power to the Peepee': Dutch women are protesting about a lack of female public loos

A woman was fined €90 this week for public urination.

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Sep 23rd 2017, 4:27 PM

# cbd

Family of Ava Twomey separated as she remains in Netherlands for medicinal cannabis treatment

Ava’s mother Vera led a public campaign for her daughter to access medicinal cannabis in Ireland.

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Sep 5th 2017, 3:31 PM

# Allah-Las

Dutch police ramp up terrorism probe after Rotterdam gig cancelled

A 22-year-old was arrested in a pre-dawn raid on a house this morning, and a van driver is in custody.

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Aug 24th 2017, 12:23 PM

# Netherlands

Concert in Rotterdam cancelled after terror tip-off from Spanish police

The band Allah-Las were due to play the Maassilo arena.

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Aug 23rd 2017, 9:35 PM

# Whisky Business

Supermarkets scrambling to remove products as millions of European eggs 'could be poisonous'

It is feared over 10 million eggs may contain high traces of an insecticide.

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Aug 4th 2017, 7:56 PM

# mh17

Netherlands vows to prosecute anyone suspected of shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight

Most of the 298 victims were Dutch citizens.

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Jul 5th 2017, 10:20 AM

# grave matters

Vegetable garden graves, build-your-own caskets, and coffins to play games on - inside Amsterdam's death expo

The death expo recently held at Amsterdam’s historic Westerkerk church attracted 3,500 visitors in just one day.

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May 28th 2017, 5:00 PM

# Rotterdam

IVF doctor who 'swapped donors' sperm for his own' allegedly did it at major Dutch hospital

Jan Karbaat is said to have fathered at least 19 children in this manner.

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May 27th 2017, 2:13 PM

# going dutch

Ryanair hits back at tourism boss who accused it of 'destroying' cities

Amsterdam Marketing chief executive Frans van der Avert said that “cities are dying from tourism”.

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May 7th 2017, 7:00 AM

# bad tourism

European tourism chief says Ryanair and Airbnb travellers are 'destroying' cities

Amsterdam Marketing CEO Frans van der Avert has suggested that a glut of visitors is making historic European cities less ‘livable’.

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May 5th 2017, 10:54 PM

# Solidarity

Dutch men are holding hands en masse in wake of a brutal attack on gay couple

The trend comes after gay couple Jasper Vernes-Sewratan and Ronnie Sewratan-Vernes were attacked on their way home last weekend in Arnhem.

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Apr 6th 2017, 12:17 PM

# Anger

What can you say? This is a nightmare - Robben blasts Netherlands defeat

The Dutch side were abject in their loss to Bulgaria their star man was scathing, though he refused to single out debutant Matthijs de Ligt.

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Mar 26th 2017, 4:36 PM

# tried and tested

Dutch voters have rejected Geert Wilders' play to be an anti-Islam Prime Minister

Current PM Mark Rutte has seen his off Wilders’ challenge comfortably.

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Mar 15th 2017, 8:38 PM

# voting begins

'The Dutch Trump' and PM Rutte go head-to-head in Netherlands' elections

There is an intense media frenzy around the Dutch elections this year because of the anti-Islam sentiment linked with Brexit and the US election last year.

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Mar 15th 2017, 8:00 AM