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French village wants to stop twinning with UK town, link with Cork locals instead

The president of the villages’s twinning association is hoping one Cork town will “embark on an adventure”.

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Jul 17th 2016, 12:00 PM

Here's one more Sean O'Brien fact: he carried Jimmy Bullard around Ibiza

An unlikelier pair we’ve never met: the Tullow Tank and English football’s jester on a Mediterranean boat cruise.

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Oct 25th 2011, 9:53 PM

Leo Messi nets 6.5million Facebook fans in first hours

Fans of the Barcelona star flock to his new page in record-breaking numbers. How many do you think he’ll have by tomorrow?

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Apr 6th 2011, 5:59 PM