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# Retirement

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After beating cancer, Gary O'Neill hangs up his boots to spend time with the kids
Irish Water insists it WILL be reducing local authority staff numbers
Opinion: Our state pensions ponzi scheme is nearing a breaking point
Aaron McKenna
Dunne, Xavi, Lahm and 16 other international soccer stars who retired in 2014
Revenue has 'no competence' to collect water charges - and that's from Revenue boss
'I knew this was my last year, so I was able to enjoy every moment' - JJ Delaney
Kilkenny's Tommy Walsh is retiring from intercounty hurling
Two of Offaly's longest-serving hurlers have retired from inter-county action
Olympian Barry Murphy decides to hang up his Speedos and goggles
Another Munster SHC winning hurler from Waterford has called it a day
'I think he'll say there's still a role for him' - Bernard Brogan on Alan's potential retirement
More good news for Kerry fans on Tommy Walsh, retirement talk and minor champions
Li Na bids her farewell to tennis with highly emotional press-conference
Opinion: Dublin is a great place to live, but not necessarily when you're old
Hugh O'Connor
Irish two-time Olympian Colin Griffin announces his retirement
Opinion: Why Shay Given is still needed and Ireland can't win anything with 'kids'
Down's former Allstar goalkeeper Brendan McVeigh has retired
Smith back in Springboks squad 18 months after retiring from rugby
Twitter reacts as Xavi announces his retirement from international football
Spanish great Xavi announces his retirement from international football
'The World Cup for me is a long way away' - Ireland captain O'Connell
Dunne one of the few latter day Irish stars worthy of comparison to Charlton generation
5 of Richard Dunne's most memorable performances in an Ireland jersey
After 14 years and 114 caps, Steven Gerrard retires from England duty
Tindall bows out to complete England '03 World Cup squad retirement
This chart shows how the strength of the garda force has changed since 2008
Good night and good luck: Michael Murphy reads his last RTÉ bulletin
Former Connacht and Scotland outhalf Dan Parks retires after '11 great years as a pro'
Missing British pensioner turns up at D-Day events in France
'I think I just need a break from rugby' - Stephen Ferris on his retirement
Brian Purcell appears before the Justice Committee, but refuses to answer questions about Callinan
Paul Warwick: 'I don't want to be in a wheelchair after a few years of rugby'
8 hurlers getting set for their first championship summer in retirement
Muller may make move into coaching after a year back on the farm
Neck injury forces Munster favourite Paul Warwick to hang up his boots
19 footballers getting set for their first championship summer in retirement
Sylvain Distin, quite brilliantly, 'retires' from international football on Twitter
'It's frustrating to have only four medals, there's one missing' -- Derval O'Rourke
'You think of giving up everything' - Arsenal's 'Mr Glass' Abou Diaby considered retirement
After 287 goals and 5 Premier League promotions, 40-year-old Kevin Phillips is retiring