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# We all partied

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# We all partied
The year the government gave a 'special welcome' of €100 to every baby born on 29 February
There’s a 1 in 1,461 chance of being born on a leap day.
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Feb 29th 2020, 10:30 AM
# the boom baby
What Percent Celtic Tiger Cub Are You?
We can tell you.
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Jan 13th 2018, 9:30 PM
# We all partied
'We're only human': Berlin police remorseful after wild partying costs them G20 duty
“They drank, danced, pissed and, yes, apparently also bonked, as our press officer put it so well,” the police statement said.
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Jun 28th 2017, 9:13 PM
# We all partied
This whopper lunch receipt from a Dublin café has raised some eyebrows
€16.95. For a salad.
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Sep 29th 2015, 10:01 AM
# We all partied
Bank of Ireland CEO: 'We can repay people financially, but not morally'
Richie Boucher said bankers’ pre-crash salaries were “relatively generous”.
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May 6th 2015, 1:28 PM
# We all partied
The government says it saved over €10bn by complaining to the Troika
Some people still think we could have got a better deal, however.
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Apr 7th 2015, 3:00 PM
# We all partied
E's are gone: Michael D has signed that emergency law, making loads of drugs illegal (again)
Ecstasy, ketamine, magic mushrooms and crystal meth (etc. etc.) will be illegal to possess once again, from midnight.
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Mar 11th 2015, 11:01 PM
# We all partied
'It felt great at the time. People didn't want to hear that something was wrong'
The banking inquiry heard from a former financial advisor to Brian Lenihan this afternoon.
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Mar 4th 2015, 5:20 PM
# We all partied
Looking for an alternative Valentine's Day card this year?
Charlie’s card comes with its own brown envelope.
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Feb 10th 2015, 9:00 PM
# We all partied
Bertie: Fianna Fáil won't be back on government benches after next election
The former Taoiseach and party leader said he does think they will make a comeback and he hopes he lives to see it.
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Jan 30th 2015, 6:58 PM
# We all partied
Twitter is having a field day suggesting names for Lucinda Creighton's new party
“Cumann na mBland”.
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Jan 2nd 2015, 12:24 PM
# We all partied
The recession is popping up a lot on Leaving Cert papers this year
First they were asked to analyse budgets for families on the dole, now it’s essays on poverty and calculating youth unemployment rates.
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Jun 9th 2014, 9:41 PM
# We all partied
It's not over yet but these candidates have already been popping the champagne
There were tears, there was laughter and we imagine some weary heads hitting pillows last night.
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May 25th 2014, 5:14 PM
# Time warp
So, here's what definitely won't be in Budget 2014...
Let’s take a nostalgic* look back at what Charlie McCreevy had in store for us ten years ago. We all partied. Apparently.
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Oct 13th 2013, 8:30 PM
# Plus ça change
Back again: Iceland re-elects the parties blamed for causing financial meltdown
Iceland’s voters flocked back to the two parties ousted in 2009 after presiding over the worst financial crisis ever to hit the country.
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Apr 28th 2013, 1:21 PM
# Flashback
Fianna Fáil's 1980 Ard Fheis... with added Larry Gogan (and fancy raffle prizes)
Seven day tour of European capitals, anyone?
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Apr 27th 2013, 8:30 AM
# Vroom vroom
Graphs: Here's how car-crazy Ireland was in 2000
Figures compiled by the All-Ireland Research Observatory show just how much car sales in Ireland spiked (especially in 2000) – but how they fell sharply in the crash.
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Jan 16th 2013, 8:17 PM
# celtic tiger soup
'Was It For This' Pic of the Day
We all partied.
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Dec 7th 2012, 10:19 AM
Voices
Column: Real reform is being overlooked in the deficit scramble
There was broad consensus that our political system needed major change, writes David McCann – but that now seems largely forgotten.
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Dec 6th 2012, 7:00 AM
# We all partied
Wet spring, hot summer threatens world champagne supply
A combination of lethal frosts, intense heat and destructive hail in France mean whatever bubbly survives will be awesome.
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Sep 5th 2012, 4:14 PM
# Memories
9 videos that sum-up Ireland's banking and economic collapse
“We are where we are” and “we all partied”. We look back at those turbulent two years that led us towards Ireland’s current economic state.
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Jul 28th 2012, 8:15 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Every morning, TheJournal.ie brings you the nine things you need to know as you start your day…
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Jun 2nd 2012, 9:02 AM