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Smyth faces challenges on all fronts
19.06.2008 23:39
ireland.com
DES SMYTH admits that continuing his lucrative relationship with the US Champions Tour for a seventh season will be even more challenging than the gusting northwest winds and squally showers that dogged him in his final practice round for the Irish Seniors Open on Ballyliffin's spectacular Old Links yesterday.
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Caman down and enjoy hurling on the quays or green
19.06.2008 23:39
ireland.com
MOSTLY HURLING: Imaginative initiatives that bring hurling to the people in cities and towns must be hailed, writes John Allen
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Kearns strikes good balance
19.06.2008 23:39
ireland.com
LEINSTER SFC: THIS CONCERNS the evolution of Gaelic football. The game has rapidly progressed over the past six years, mainly due to an Ulster revolution that forced the old order to reassess and rebuild, literally, the foundations of an intercounty player's physique.
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Foley looks to get over final fence
19.06.2008 23:39
ireland.com
JUST MOMENTS after last September's comprehensive All-Ireland final defeat to Kilkenny several diehards approached Mark Foley to plead with the veteran not to walk away. Now 33, the keenest observers of Limerick hurling knew that no ready made replacement was waiting in the wings.
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O'Grady wins fitness battle
19.06.2008 23:39
ireland.com
GERRY O'GRADY has seemingly won his battle with a fractured hand to take up the right-corner-back slot in Clare's Munster hurling semi-final against Limerick at Semple Stadium on Sunday.
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Springbok Smal joins Kidney's coaching team
19.06.2008 23:39
ireland.com
DECLAN KIDNEY has added a new name to his Ireland back room team with the appointment of former Springbok, and World Cup winning coach, Gert Smal. The addition means Niall O'Donovan, who took part in Ireland's recent tour to Australia and New Zealand and was the Irish forwards coach under Eddie O'Sullivan, steps aside for the 46-year-old South African to begin a three-year contract. The agreement with the IRFU is to include Rugby World Cup 2011.
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England aim to restore shattered reputations
19.06.2008 23:38
ireland.com
THERE IS a game of Test rugby between England and the All Blacks tomorrow but the sheen of anticipation has long since disappeared. The reputation of Rob Andrew's squad has been sullied on and off the pitch in the past six days and New Zealanders will not miss these tourists hugely when they fly home on Sunday.
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O'Brien's Hebridean can continue his good run of form
19.06.2008 23:38
ireland.com
THE UNKINDEST cut of all prevents Hebridean from taking part in a Derby but the Aidan O'Brien-trained gelding can prove he holds no grudges with a victory in Royal Ascot's blue riband version this afternoon.
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Gold medallist Grael joins the fun
19.06.2008 23:38
ireland.com
SAILING/ROUND IRELAND RACE: ONE OF THE biggest fleets in recent years has gathered for tomorrow's 4pm start of the biennial BMW Round Ireland Race at Wicklow that will sail a 705-mile circumnavigation of Ireland. Big also describes some of the entrants including the largest ever yacht and a clutch of the world's best known offshore sailors.
Ireland
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Seven Beijing hopefuls line up in Leiria and Tallinn
19.06.2008 23:38
ireland.com
ATHLETICS/EUROPEAN CUP: WITH THE Beijing Olympics now a mere seven weeks away it's hard to get excited about the European Cup, a competition that doesn't create much excitement to begin with. Only seven of Ireland's 13 Olympic qualifiers are in action this weekend, and their main priority will be avoiding any silly injuries.
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Deignan to the fore in Swiss climb
19.06.2008 23:38
ireland.com
CYCLING NEWS ROUND-UP: IRISH RIDER Philip Deignan showed his strong climbing ability on yesterday's mountainous sixth stage of the Tour of Switzerland, going clear in an 11-man breakaway group on the first climb of the day and later forging ahead on the ascent to the finish at Verbier.
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Heavweight four fight for Beijing berths
19.06.2008 23:38
ireland.com
ROWING/WORLD CUP REGATTA: IRELAND'S HEAVYWEIGHT four and lightweight single sculler Sinéad Jennings will be firmly in the spotlight at the final World Cup Regatta in Poznan in Poland this weekend.
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Pace notes man Kiely takes the wheel
19.06.2008 23:38
ireland.com
MOTORSPORT ROUND-UP: EUGENE DONNELLY and Paul Kiely won their third Donegal Rally last weekend to add to a long list of wins and championships. Not contented with reading the 271 pace notes, Kiely drives a Mitsubishi Evo 9 in Sunday's North-East stages run out of Carrickmacross.
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IL&P shares rise despite likely fall in earnings
19.06.2008 23:37
ireland.com
SHARES IN Irish Life Permanent (ILP) rose 5.1 per cent to €9.20 yesterday, despite the group saying that it expected earnings to fall by between 5 and 9 per cent this year as new lending slows and the credit crisis drives up the cost of bank funding.
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