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# Wise Words

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'I always enjoyed the saying 'look after your own shop' or 'if it's to be, it's up to me''
Tadhg Furlong is enjoying Leinster’s offloading freedom but is still keeping his head down.
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Jan 17th 2018, 10:40 AM
'Hurling is all instinct. We forget and think we have to be robots at times'
Limerick U21 star Cian Lynch takes a refreshing approach to the game.
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Aug 15th 2017, 3:38 PM
Watch: An emotional father of a dead soldier calling out Trump and stealing the show at the DNC
“You have sacrificed nothing,” he said speaking to Trump.
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Jul 29th 2016, 8:00 PM
Here's some wonderful advice from Ireland's oldest living citizens
Older Than Ireland is a documentary looking back on the lives of 30 of Ireland’s centenarians, exploring their lives and loves and histories.
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Sep 21st 2015, 2:14 PM
'There's no point in James McCarthy going to Manchester City to sit around on the bench'
Packie Bonner says the Irish midfielder needs to consider his options carefully.
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Jul 17th 2015, 12:05 AM
Irish kids perfectly broke down the term 'equality' and what it really means
“The trick is just to be nice.”
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Apr 20th 2015, 9:11 AM
Tiki-taka Whelan, Brazil's Inception and all the week's best sporting comments
Including Mario Balotelli’s ironing technique and every Wexford stereotype you can imagine.
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Jul 26th 2014, 8:15 AM
8 things your 30-year-old self would tell your 20-year-old self
Weddings, cheese, wine and tea towels.
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Jun 18th 2014, 9:30 PM
Kanye, Kim, Keane and custard cremes: It's the weeks best comments
Kimye never did visit Turner’s Cross but there’s always next year/honeymoon.
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May 31st 2014, 7:35 AM
Motown to Portumna and forgetting Paul Green's birthday: It's the week's best comments
Compiling these tidbits is the one job Roy Keane is not interested in.
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May 24th 2014, 7:00 AM
All of the wise words from Game of Thrones, in one video
What is honour, compared to a woman’s love? What indeed.
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Apr 8th 2014, 4:04 PM
Deadly snakes, Hulkamania and Sylvester Stallone: It's the week in comments
Joey Barton opened his Twitter gob again and the hurlers of Cork and Tipperary served up a treat.
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Apr 5th 2014, 8:15 AM
Gary Goals and German scrum-halves: It's the week in comments
Featuring a Connacht Rugby conspiracy theory, Lar Corbett’s holiday dreams and a retiring George Hook.
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Jan 11th 2014, 11:00 AM
Hurling leggings and ‘Januzaj for Ireland’ campaign begins: It’s the week in comments
It wouldn’t be a sporting week without a debate about hurlers keeping warm for winter.
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Dec 7th 2013, 8:30 AM
Superman's Paulie PJs and Keano's Diadoras: It’s the week in comments
Don’t worry Georgia Salpa fans, she’s in there for a second week running!
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Nov 16th 2013, 9:15 AM
Green Thumb/Red Thumb: It’s the week in comments
Featuring a heart-warming Brian O’Driscoll tale, Emile Heskey and Mick Wallace’s love for Torino.
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Oct 26th 2013, 11:00 AM
Green Thumb/Red Thumb: It’s the week in comments
Featuring Gareth Bale’s insurance, BOD’s trick or treat and Chris O’Dowd in the (bicycle) saddle.
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Oct 19th 2013, 9:20 AM
Green Thumb/Red Thumb: It’s the week in comments
The men upstairs want Robbie Keane to score against Germany and the Kilkenny hurling conspiracy lives on.
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Oct 5th 2013, 9:30 AM
Advice from a 3-year-old: “you need to toughen up” (VIDEO)
She is the older one, after all.
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Oct 12th 2012, 7:00 PM
Nicklaus: Struggling Woods will beat my record (if he sorts his head out)
Jack Nicklaus feels Tiger Woods should never be written off, despite the fact that he has slumped to 46th in the world rankings.
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Sep 16th 2011, 2:57 PM