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2023
This quarter-final exit feels all the more dispiriting because it was different
Ireland were left with questions about fine margins rather than the big issues.
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Oct 15th 2023, 6:56 PM
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'I'd be prepared to go. That's not a threat, it's just life': Old Trafford, Valencia and Roy Keane's 'perfect day'
The midfielder was in a contract stand-off with Manchester United and had the opportunity to sign for Juventus or Bayern Munich.
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Oct 2nd 2018, 12:00 PM
Did Klopp snub Man United? German admits to turning down 'historical' post
Prior to joining the Reds, the coach concedes that he knocked back an approach from another leading Premier League team.
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Nov 9th 2017, 3:38 PM
'I spoke to Mourinho about Man United move'
N’Golo Kante swapped Premier League champions Leicester City for Chelsea in the off-season.
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Sep 2nd 2016, 1:08 PM
Boston Globe fake front page imagines 'deeply disturbing' Trump presidency
“Deportations to begin,” reads the Globe’s fake headline, dated 9 April 2017.
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Apr 10th 2016, 6:52 PM
'I should have gone to the other corner' - Richard Keogh rues his missed chance
Derby defender had Ireland’s best chance of a late equaliser in Warsaw.
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Oct 11th 2015, 11:10 PM
16 things that would happen if rom coms took place in Ireland
Just imagine it.
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Oct 10th 2015, 1:00 PM
People share some of their regrets on love, life and children
The nagging question of ‘what if’ plays in many peoples’ heads.
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Sep 27th 2015, 9:00 PM
10 of the best players who could have played for Ireland
Is Jack Grealish set to follow all these top players and opt out of playing for Ireland?
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May 17th 2015, 7:00 AM
The hype wasn't quite Jack Grealish but a rugby World Cup winner could have played for Ireland
There wasn’t much fanfare when Lawrence Dallaglio was asked to play in green though.
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May 12th 2015, 5:37 PM
Costa: I almost joined Liverpool before Chelsea
The Blues striker says he came close to leaving Atletico Madrid for the Reds in 2013.
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Mar 8th 2015, 2:21 PM
"There have been a lot of bad buildings and bad spaces created in Dublin"
Thinking outside the box.
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Feb 7th 2015, 9:45 AM
'Cristiano Ronaldo almost joined Birmingham'
The former Premier League outfit were offered the Portuguese superstar by Sporting Lisbon.
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Dec 29th 2014, 2:41 PM
Here's the 2014 Irish Fantasy Football team of the year
There are some notable omissions and surprise inclusions in the starting XI.
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Dec 24th 2014, 10:00 PM
This is what will happen if a person in Ireland gets Ebola
Plans are in place for a number of different scenarios.
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Oct 17th 2014, 7:00 AM
How an Irishwoman's diner became the setting for Daniel Radcliffe's new film
And how they came to sell Fool’s Gold.
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Sep 21st 2014, 6:30 PM
Here's how your life would be different if Facebook didn't exist
Imagine a world where stalking your ex actually meant stalking your ex.
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Feb 4th 2014, 1:00 PM
Column: Downtown Boston is a crime scene and I’m sitting in my office a few miles away
Having just moved to the US, Jan Schneider had planned to go watch the Boston Marathon. Luckily, other things came up and he never made it. Here’s his account of living in the aftermath of the Boston bombings.
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Apr 17th 2013, 2:00 PM
Poll shows that, given the chance, Ireland would reelect Barack Obama
The Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll showed that 79 per cent of the 1,000 people surveyed said that they would vote for Obama.
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Oct 22nd 2012, 11:37 AM
Cold case: Ireland beat France in first rugby game on ice
Will Greenwood was on the whistle as skaters from both countries faced off.
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Mar 1st 2012, 1:25 PM
Here's how Trap's Ireland team would look if it were based on FF statistics
While Marc Tierney and Leon Best may miss out on a Euro 2012 place, they would be assured a place in the team if this alternative selection policy was taken into account.
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Jan 21st 2012, 11:00 AM
What would happen to us if Greece defaulted?
TheJournal.ie reporters have been quizzing those in the know to describe the potential fallout of a Greek debt default on Ireland’s economic, social and political scene…
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Sep 17th 2011, 8:41 PM
Q and A: How Ireland can qualify and other Group B permutations
In light of last night’s results, we examine some of potential outcomes to Group B.
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Sep 7th 2011, 11:04 AM