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Royals rumbled by price of St Patrick's weekend flights

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  IF YOU want to travel between Dublin and London on a holiday weekend, you have to book your flights early to avoid being ripped off. Just ask Meath’s hurling panel, who won’t be celebrating St P...

McPhail's game of survival

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On Sunday week, Stephen McPhail will make his fourth trip to Wembley in four years, his latest excursion towards unexpected glory. And while Cardiff City’s return to another major Cup final is a t...

London to appeal Mulvey's red card

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LONDON will lodge an appeal against the red card shown to Lorcan Mulvey in Sunday’s defeat to Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds in Division Four of the Allianz Football League. Mulvey was given his ...

School of hard props

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IRISH props who can get the job done in the scrum – they’re a rare breed. Cian Healy and Mike Ross have provided Ireland with solid engagement at the set-piece over the last 12 months, Tom Court ...

Blow to Exiles as new trio quit panel

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  LONDON hurling manager Eamonn Phelan has received a blow after losing three of the panel’s new additions for this season. James Rigney (pictured), Joe Clarke and Lee Mackey have all been trainin...

Celtic Lion

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WHEN he was on the N84 from Galway to Derry, David Forde could hardly have guessed the carriageway would double up as his redemption road. For back then, his head was torn between his profession a...

Pictures that put rugby into perspective for Heaslip

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  JAMIE HEASLIP has just two photos of his sporting career at home. Any more and he fears he’d turn into a rugby version of Alan Partridge. So the self-obsession can wait for another day. For this ...

A force of nature in the ring, a force of unity out of it

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Barry McGuigan remembers a feeling of expectation. It was the summer of 1980, and the Irish amateur team were busy preparing for the Olympic Games in Moscow. For two weeks they sweated and sparre...

Rebel's double life

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AS ONE of the GAA’s few remaining dual players, one would assume Eoin Cadogan embraces every available opportunity to give both his body and mind a break from the rigours of hurling and football a...

How McClean earned his stripes

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THE Derry man has clearly turned things around at Sunderland. In relegation trouble during the dying embers of the Steve Bruce era, they have since steadily moved into mid-table, their self-esteem...

Rebel rattles boxing's cage

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THERE was a time when professional boxing was the greatest show on Earth. That time is no longer. Too many belts, too many divisions, too much corruption and not enough fights people want to see m...

Sky is the limit for kids' GAA festival

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  HUNDREDS of young GAA players from across the UK will descend on Greenford this summer for the first ever All-Britain Competitions. The Irish Post can exclusively reveal that the games will take...

Blaney: London Irish must return from Exile

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LONDON IRISH hooker Brian Blaney says the club must consider returning to London and signing more Irish players in order to connect with the rapidly expanding Irish community in the city. The Exi...

Celtic Tiger still on the prowl

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Geordan Murphy remembers the day he shot to stardom. It was January 4, 1998 and Leicester Tigers were playing Coventry in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Cup. The competition felt like a big deal ba...

Zebo inspires rampant Munster

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NORTHAMPTON  36 MUNSTER 51 FROM Dublin to Toulouse to London, they can hear the footsteps of the Red Army on the march again. Munster have won six out of six pool games and tonight sit atop the Eu...

New pitch for Ruislip in 2012

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NEW London GAA chairman Noel O’Sullivan has identified the development of the county grounds at Ruislip as his main and immediate priority. The first phase of an initiative aimed at upgrading the...

Final fling for Emmetts

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MICK O’DEA admits to knowing little about Mount Leinster Rangers, but one thing the Robert Emmetts’ manager does know is that his side won’t be underestimating the challenge of the Carlow and Lein...

London target three League wins

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LONDON midfielder Mark Gottsche says that three wins from their forthcoming National League campaign is a realistic target. Paul Coggins’ side concluded their involvement in the FBD Connacht League...

Atkinson keen on dual role

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PETER ATKINSON has declared himself fit and ready for Robert Emmetts’ meeting with Mount Leinster Rangers of Carlow in Sunday week’s All-Ireland Club Intermediate Hurling semi-final at Parnell Par...

Moloney leaves London panel

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THE London footballers’ hopes for 2012 have suffered a blow. Manager Paul Coggins confirmed that last year’s full-back Mike Moloney has returned to Ireland. Moloney, who captained Kerry during last...
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