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# Phew

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February 2023
# Phew
Connacht overcome second-half scare to win 13-try thriller with Zebre
An early Dylan Tierney-Martin hat-trick felt like a distant memory as the dust settled on Connacht’s 57-34 success.
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Feb 18th 2023, 5:22 PM
# Phew
Missing radioactive capsule found in Australia
Mining giant Rio Tinto apologised for losing the capsule.
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Feb 1st 2023, 8:22 AM
Last year
2022
# Phew
'I couldn't tell John to be honest' - Gillane's frisbee injury fright before All-Ireland final
Limerick’s star forward suffered a minor knee injury before the Kilkenny but his fitness for the game was never in doubt.
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Aug 4th 2022, 3:13 PM
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Schauffele survives stressful final round to secure third successive win at Scottish Open
The Olympic champion fell back to one behind American Kurt Kitayama heading into the back nine on the last day.
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Jul 10th 2022, 8:46 PM
All time
# Phew
Three goals in final nine minutes rescues Manchester City from shock FA Cup exit
Phil Foden, Gabriel Jesus and Ferran Torres were on target against League Two side Cheltenham.
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Jan 23rd 2021, 8:51 PM
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Taylor-Persoon undisputed showdown still on despite Miller's failed drug test
The Anthony Joshua-headlined Madison Square Garden event will go ahead with or without Jarrell Miller.
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Apr 17th 2019, 3:13 PM
# Phew
Palace win a 'massive relief' for Liverpool boss Klopp
The Reds were forced to come from behind to prevail in Saturday’s seven-goal thriller.
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Jan 19th 2019, 6:16 PM
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'Our dressing-room is quiet in there' - Cody and Kilkenny relieved to escape Leinster opener with win
Kiklenny rallied to defeat Dublin with a dramatic injury-time goal in their Leinster SHC Round 1 clash.
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May 14th 2018, 7:45 AM
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Man doesn't say 'f*** you' to Paddington in advert
Some who watched the Marks and Spencer Christmas ad were convinced the little bear was sworn at.
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Nov 14th 2017, 9:34 PM
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Drake Bell is now OK with the fact that he wasn't invited to Josh Peck's wedding
You may be able to salvage some part of your childhood from this.
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Jul 9th 2017, 11:36 AM
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'I was having flashbacks to 1992 when Clare last beat Kerry'
After receiving his marching orders in the first half against the Banner, Kingdom wing-forward Donnchadh Walsh was particularly relieved to see his team-mates get over the line.
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Jun 15th 2017, 5:48 PM
# Phew
Theo Walcott's 100th Arsenal goal ends non-league Sutton's FA Cup dreams
Lucas Perez opened the scoring for Arsene Wenger’s side as they avoided an upset.
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Feb 20th 2017, 10:14 PM
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Australia softens its tax on backpackers after outcry from farmers
A campaign by farmers and the tourism industry had an impact.
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Sep 27th 2016, 9:11 AM
# Phew
Anna Faris has completely shut down the rumours that Chris Pratt cheated on her
She said the rumours have been “blindsiding” to them both.
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Aug 12th 2015, 4:19 PM
# Phew
UFC confirm that McGregor vs. Aldo will go ahead as planned
However, there’s a replacement opponent on standby just in case.
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Jun 25th 2015, 7:49 AM
# Phew
The out-of-control Russian spacecraft disintegrated before it reached Earth
It entered the atmosphere over part of the Pacific Ocean.
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May 8th 2015, 3:34 PM
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US avoids West Wing-style shutdown as House passes $1.1 trillion spending bill
The late night vote followed a long day of arm-twisting by the White House as dozens of Democrats revolted over parts of the bill.
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Dec 12th 2014, 7:17 AM
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Martinez insists Darron Gibson's latest injury is nothing to worry about
We may not need to deploy Paul Green in the engine room after all.
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Oct 30th 2014, 11:07 AM
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All is well with the world: Twink has been reunited with her dog
A man has been arrested in relation to the dog-napping.
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Sep 24th 2014, 8:32 AM
# Phew
More staff shown the door at Microsoft, though Irish workers should be safe
Latest layoffs the next round of company’s 18,000 job cuts.
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Sep 18th 2014, 4:41 PM
# stinky
Someone in England has been flushing piranhas down the toilet
Local residents had reported that something smelt fishy. No really, they did.
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Apr 8th 2014, 4:37 PM
# stinky
You can detect almost a trillion more smells than previously thought
The misconception that humans can only smell 10,000 different odours was based on research from the 1920′s.
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Mar 20th 2014, 10:08 PM
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Another shutdown averted as US lawmakers announce two-year budget deal
President Barack Obama hailed the agreement as a sign of rare bipartisan cooperation.
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Dec 11th 2013, 7:59 AM
# sausage meet
Solid proof that Superquinn sausages aren't going anywhere
God bless us, everyone.
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Aug 13th 2013, 10:13 AM
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Some very happy people got One Direction tickets this morning
Are we all OK out there?
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May 25th 2013, 3:51 PM
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It's back! Google Maps now available on iPhone
Just in time for Christmas…
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Dec 13th 2012, 9:25 AM
# Back Together
'All is well with the world again': K-Stew and R-Patz get back together
Pathetic, pfff and idiot were some other words used by Twihards on hearing the news of Robert’s forgiving nature this morning.
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Sep 17th 2012, 12:48 PM
# La Roja
Soldado comes to world champions' rescue
Spain set off on the road to Brazil with a late, late win in Tblisi.
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Sep 11th 2012, 9:01 PM
# Euro 2012
Relief as Given gets the all-clear for Euro 2012
Goalkeeper tells his Twitter followers he’ll be back training next week.
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May 24th 2012, 5:05 PM
# Lucky Escape
VIDEO: Phew, that was a close one...
I can’t look!: Driver on motorway can do little but wait for a massive truck to hit him… But he’s okay.
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May 24th 2012, 12:30 PM
# Moody's
Safe: Moody's says it will maintain France's AAA rating
It follows Standard & Poor’s downgrade of France and others on Friday.
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Jan 16th 2012, 11:44 AM
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Treviso push Leinster all the way in Italy
The Italians didn’t manage to emulate their heroics of the previous season, but did prevent the European Champions from leaving Italy with a valuable bonus point.
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Nov 26th 2011, 5:34 PM
# Uars
Ireland is safe as NASA satellite falls
NASA is still awaiting confirmation that the dead satellite has re-entered Earth’s atmosphere but the space explorers believe it fell over Canada and vast areas of world’s oceans. Nobody has been injured.
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Sep 24th 2011, 7:44 AM
Falling NASA satellite slows down, Earth strike delayed
“It is still too early to predict the time and location of re-entry with any certainty,” says NASA.
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Sep 23rd 2011, 10:24 PM
# Internet
.phew, .abouttime: Internet naming body agrees to expand domain names
The organisation has voted to allow the creation of new domain suffixes, meaning .google, .apple or .thejournal are a possibility.
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Jun 20th 2011, 9:01 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: Taoiseach offers finder’s fee for job creation; Obama’s Croke Park gig is called off; Duck! A Potentially Hazardous Object heads for earth…sort of.
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May 5th 2011, 8:12 AM
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Small fire blamed on hot weather at Swords nightclub
A small blaze on the roof of The Wright Venue at the Airside Retail Park was brought quickly under control.
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May 3rd 2011, 3:53 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: The HSE offers its sympathy to the family of a woman who died shortly after giving birth to a healthy daughter; tornadoes and storms ravage the US; the super-injunction celebrities named.
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Apr 28th 2011, 8:13 AM