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Joined October 2010
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Brilliant piece. You won’t read anything better on what’s happening in France 👇
I've been in France since 2002 and have never seen the streets so violent nor the politics so extreme. From the sacking of the supermarket on my street to the prospect of Présidente Le Pen, here's me @FT including thoughts from 2 French Nobel laureates as.ft.com/r/addcad57-0f9d-4e…
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I watched the Rovers-Bohs game back today. Really entertaining. I enjoyed the coverage, and it looked great with a full stadium in great voice. Another example of where #LOI football is going, and can be, with the right support all 'round. ⚽️🇮🇪👍
Bodies on the line in the closing stages and McGinty at his best gets Shamrock Rovers over the line in Tallaght 👏
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Shamrock Rovers have a chance to seize the initiative in the SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division title race when they welcome Drogheda United to Tallaght tonight. Rovers, Bohemians and St Patrick’s Athletic are all level on 59 points, but with their Dublin rivals not in league action this weekend, victory in their game in hand tonight would move Rovers three points clear at the top. Drogheda are battling at the other end of the table and can move out of the relegation play-off position with a result. 📺 We are live on Virgin Media PLAY & Two from 7:30pm. #VMSport #LOI
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Straight from the Trump playbook. Every accusation is a confession. There was one credible complaint of racism last week - Israeli fans towards Adam Idah and James Abankwah. Strange that this would only come up now.
Ireland press conference in Serbia cut short after FAI shut down questions from Israeli media related to the flydubai hijack and then a racism allegation directed at an Irish player which has been strongly refuted by the FAI. Some angry scenes in the room and afterwards.
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Spotlight should fall on FAI board, not the players on a night when important business was lost before a ball was kicked Piece from Debrecen and some...interesting...Paul Cooke quotes to come shortly independent.ie/sport/soccer/…
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Portugal and Gonçalo Ramos thought they had a third. VAR has ruled it out, it stays Norway 1-2 Portugal. Watch now on Virgin Media Three 📺 #VMSport #NationsLeague
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NIGHTMARE FOR ØRJAN NYLAND! 54' - Gonçalo Ramos pounces for Portugal as they retake the lead against Norway. #VMSport #NationsLeague
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HAALAND FOR NORWAY! '50 - Erling Haaland finally gets his goal as Norway drawl level. 1-1 #VMSport #NationsLeague
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JOAO FELIX GIVES PORTUGAL THE LEAD! '17 - Lovely build-up play from the visitors before Félix finds the net with this effort. 0-1 #VMSport #NationsLeague
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They're laughing at us. Disgusting. Still not too late for the players to grow a spine and show solidarity with Gavin. #StoptheGame
Replying to @gcooney93
Israel FA say they have asked Uefa to overturn the sending off of Saied Abu Farchi vs Austria. They say his goal celebration was the mimicking of a snooker cue, 'like the legendary Ken Doherty'
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The Ditch: The Party Line | Episode 29: Foul Play, with Rebecca O’Keeffe ‘What would constitute a Kaepernick moment for the Irish soccer team over the next 10 days?’ ‘Not playing. Refusing to play. ‘There's no other action that you think we could have. There's not a taking the knee for them?’ ‘If you're talking about sporting moments, I genuinely think if they refuse to play that would be a sporting moment that we celebrate in this country. It would constitute one of the great sporting moments of this country. I think it will impact far beyond the game. I think it will have a domino effect. That will be a sporting moment. And sporting moments bring the country together collectively. It captures the nation. And that would do it.’ ‘It would be Jesse Owens. It would be Muhammad Ali not going to Vietnam. I do think that's the level we're talking about.’
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When you take a stand, it’s never forgotten
DID YOU KNOW: In 1999, Ireland refused Yugoslavia’s team entry to Dublin, preventing their match in protest against the Serbian regime’s crimes in Kosovo. We will never forget your solidarity. Much love & respect to the Irish people — you’ll always be welcome in Kosovo! ❤️🇮🇪🇽🇰
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This weeks column in the @irishexaminer. It usually runs to 1,000 words. It took 800 to name SOME of the ordinary things Israel has illegally denied the people of Gaza. I could fill another column and still not exhaust the list. There is almost no opinion here, just documented facts, each one a small but essential piece of existence weaponised to collectively punish a people irishexaminer.com/opinion/co…?
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Episode 5 of Pitch and Power, our pod series for @globeandmail. 🇦🇷 Just out of frame of the 1978 WC win, Argentina’s dictatorship was disappearing & murdering thousands. The trauma still lingers. 🤝 With @Jimmy_Burns, Brenda Elsey & Pablo Alabarces. 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
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Great article by Eoin Doyle. The government and the FAI have missed a unique opportunity to lead, to stand by the Palestinian people and to be on the right side of history. We keep working until they cancel the games against apartheid Israel. #StopTheGame rte.ie/sport/soccer/2026/070…
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🗣️ “The hard work starts now.” Stephen Kenny reflects on son Eoin Kenny's move to Portsmouth and welcomes Joseph Anang back after his World Cup experience with Ghana ahead of a big night in Waterford #VMSport #LOI
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