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An Irishman's Diary
18.06.2008 23:25
ireland.com
LIKE MANY cultural pursuits along the Border, music was often drowned out during the Troubles. But no sooner had the 1994 ceasefires been called than one Louth woman set out to help it recover its voice. Sharon Treacy-Dunne was a music teacher in the St Louis Secondary School, Dundalk. And her big idea - a little mad at the time - was to establish the Cross-Border Orchestra of Ireland, writes Frank McNally
Ireland
Opinions
McGahan is handed the task of leading Munster forward
18.06.2008 23:24
ireland.com
RUGBY: TONY McGAHAN yesterday continued the successful relationship Munster have cultivated with Australian coaches over the years. The Munster backs coach for the past three seasons became the second Aussie to take over from Declan Kidney after Alan Gaffney also took over from Kidney in 2002.
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Sports
Injury rules Woods out for rest of the year
18.06.2008 23:24
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GOLF: TIGER WOODS, who won a famous US Open victory at Torrey Pines this week despite carrying a knee injury, will not play again this year. The world number one has confirmed the worst fears of those who said he risked more serious injury to his left knee by coming back too early from surgery and has cast doubt on his golfing future.
Ireland
Sports
Hiddink facing home truths
18.06.2008 23:24
ireland.com
SOCCER/Russia 2 Sweden 0: THEY WILL be calling him Hiddinkovic after this. Dutchman Guus Hiddink, arch-craftsman of the international coaching fraternity, last night added to his remarkable CV when guiding Russia to the quarter-finals of Euro 2008, following an impressive defeat of Sweden in Innsbruck.
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Sports
Greece 1 Spain 2
18.06.2008 23:24
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A SECOND-string Spain side came from a goal down to beat 2004 champions Greece 2-1 in their final game in Group D last night.
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Sports
Klose may be best option for Loew
18.06.2008 23:24
ireland.com
"FOOTBALL," SAYS Germany's top scorer at these championships, Lukas Podolski, rather astutely, "is like chess without the dice," an observation that Joachim Loew would do well to reflect upon before deciding where to play the 23-year-old striker against Portugal tonight.
Ireland
Sports
Optimistic Tardelli warming to his task
18.06.2008 23:24
ireland.com
Emmet Malone talks to Ireland's assistant manager about his new role and Italy's current prospects at Euro 2008
Ireland
Sports
While Tiger's away the rest of us can make hay
18.06.2008 23:24
ireland.com
I BROUGHT the June gloom of San Diego back to Dublin with me after the US Open and realised that their version of gloom was pretty tame by Irish standards. I was procrastinating on the first tee as it started to drizzle. When I looked back over the city dark clouds rolled across the darkening skyline and descended upon Bull Island. My golf was cancelled, I go out in a deluge only if I am being paid for it, not for fun.
Ireland
Sports
Complex scenario but full recovery is likely
18.06.2008 23:24
ireland.com
DR RAY MORAN had just completed one of his daily anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgeries yesterday evening when he heard the news about Tiger Woods. Straight away he realised not only was it the highest-profile injury in golf history but also that the entire sporting world would be wondering if Woods would return after reconstructive surgery as great a player as before.
Ireland
Sports
Support for Galvin grows in Kerry
18.06.2008 23:24
ireland.com
AS SUPPORT within Kerry for the suspended football captain Paul Galvin began to find its voice yesterday, the county board sought additional time before presenting their case to the Central Hearings Committee.
Ireland
Sports
Lucan girls to use BB
18.06.2008 23:24
ireland.com
THE FÉILE Committee and Camogie Association have reached an agreement with Lucan Sarsfields on the use of host families ahead of the national Féile under-14 competition this weekend in Freshford, Co Kilkenny.
Ireland
Sports
Duke Of Marmalade the toast of Ballydoyle
18.06.2008 23:24
ireland.com
ROYAL ASCOT REPORT: DUKE OF Marmalade yesterday secured the Aidan O'Brien-John Murtagh team a third Group One prize in two days when running out a hugely impressive winner of the Prince Of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot.
Ireland
Sports
Yeats poised to complete hat-trick
18.06.2008 23:24
ireland.com
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD chasing a hat-trick of victories in a two-and-a-half-mile race isn't the sort of proposition that would normally quicken the pulses of John Magnier and Co but Yeats can underline the power of sentiment in today's Gold Cup.
Ireland
Sports
Lightweight four are overjoyed
18.06.2008 23:23
ireland.com
ROWING/OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION REGATTA: ALL THE work, all the twists and turns behind the scenes, all the tension here. It came down to this one race, the final of the Olympic Qualifier, and Ireland had the self-belief, the technique and the courage to go and nail their ticket to Beijing. Paul Griffin, Richard Archibald, Gearóid Towey and Cathal Moynihan finished a comfortable second to Germany, well clear of the other crews, including the ambitious Serbs.
Ireland
Sports
Randolph gets bum's rush after perp walk
18.06.2008 23:23
ireland.com
AMERICA AT LARGE: After a disastrous loss of form, the METS finally got to sack their manager but made an undignified mes of the process, writes George Kimball
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Sports
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