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Off The Ball Breakfast 7:30am - YouTube🎧 OTB FM - 7pm, Sat+Sun 1pm | @NewstalkFM & the Off The Ball app📱 For all content: https://t.co/7JEaOWXAwQ
Joined October 2011
Get your tickets here- LIVE Premier League wrap show: .Two legends of Irish football Richard Dunne and Glen Whelan plus Liverpool Legend, Steve McMahon. Thursday the 22nd of May at The Goat Bar in Dublin. This is all with thanks to @GuinnessIreland ,
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"Thank you" | Sean Cox addresses public for the first time. Seán will attend Friday's charity match, Liverpool Legends vs. Ireland Legends in the Aviva Stadium - tickets are still available & all proceeds will go towards Seán's recovery. FULL STORY:
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🗣 'They thought they could get rid of us, and they can't - this is proof of our existence.'. 🇵🇸 Palestine player Charlotte Phillips' gave a powerful interview alongside her grandparents following their 2-1 win over @bfcdublin last night. 🎙: @ashoreilly_
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🗣"He's not making excuses like some of the bolloxes.". 🗣"I'd rather have left my wife than see [Kenny] go.". @AshOReilly - "You're hoping she doesn't see this". 🗣"I don't mind, she might leave me then and she might be better off.". Absolutely gas craic this fella is😂
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"And Ferguson came out afterwards: 'I always did what was best for United.' Nonsense! His son played for the club and won a league medal. ". Roy Keane did not pull any punches talking about Sir Alex Ferguson l @cadburyireland #Cadburyfc. Full #mufc chat:
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UNCUT: Roy Keane and Gary Neville on the Treble, Booze and the Glory Years at Manchester United | #MUFC #CadburyFC #OffTheBall
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“Thank You.” | Seán Cox addresses public for the first time ahead of Friday’s charity match, @LFC legends v @FAIreland XI. Tickets still available, all proceeds go towards Seán’s recovery - @Robbie9Fowler, @kdkilbane77, @MCATEER4 and more are playing!.
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"I have to crank it down a bit for English people". Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher on his thick Dublin accent. we never knew!. @paddypower
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What would you do if you just booked your place in the All Ireland final? | 🤔. If you're @lougalvin4, you run straight into the change room to breastfeed! | 🤱. 🗣 'I’ don’t know if it’s the first baby to be breastfed in Croke Park…’. 🎙 @ashoreilly
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🗣️ 'Become a Premier League champion!'. @LFC's Virgil van Dijk talks to @nathanmurf about his 'one moment of defensive uncertainty', and his advice to Caoimhin Kelleher to get more first team football. | #LFC. Off The Ball Football w/ @WilliamHillIre.
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'No matter what I shoot tomorrow, my two-year-old daughter will be there waiting for me' ❤👪. After Saturday's 63, Shane Lowry leads #TheOpen by four shots heading into the final round. No matter what happens tomorrow, Shane will have done his country proud 🇮🇪
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"People say football doesn't really matter. No, it absolutely highlights how much sport matters and how special what we have managed to do is". @JamieMooreSport has been speaking to Dublin's Jack McCaffrey at Children's Health Ireland today.
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"I have to score this point or else the wedding is gone" 🤣. Dean Rock personally couldn't afford a replay of today's final 💍. @AIBGAA | #TheToughest
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We don't know who this man is, but apparently @AshOReilly stumbled upon the greatest football analyst in Ireland out on the street after the Ireland game. As good a five minutes of Ireland-France reaction as you'll get. Football with @SkyIreland
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“I’m standing there and Darren Randolph was the keeper. Middlesbrough fans behind the goal were shouting, ‘You f**king Fenian c**t. You Irish c**t.’. “And I’m going, ‘Your goalkeeper’s Irish. You’re cheering for him.’". James McClean on sectarian abuse. @paddypower
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😂 Paddy Andrews FINALLY lifts the lid on the greatest Dublin drinking story (that we're aware of) from their greatest era!. ft. the Wolf, Jim Gavin's gaff, a big of cans, and a very bold @MDMA_9. All is revealed on Ep. 11 of The Football Pod 👇
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🚨⚽We have two tickets to a Premier League game of your choice, + €500, flights & accommodation. Like and retweet this post to enter. Budweiser official beer sponsor of the Premier League | Always drink responsibly. Get the facts. Be drink-aware. Visit
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EXCLUSIVE: The GAA and Sky have ended their broadcast relationship.
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"I just pictured him leaving Dublin airport, excited to go to a football match, and to think that something like that could happen just touched a spot.". @seamiecoleman23 on his support for the #SeanCox charity match ☘. Full interview with Seamus here:
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🗣"Absolutely going full demented.". 🗣"I'm waiting for Gucci now to give me the endorsement.". Darragh O'Donovan and David Reidy are 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 enjoying the celebrations in Limerick😂. (The last 90 seconds might go a bit off the rails🤣). 🎙️@AshOReilly. @BGEGAA | #GAA
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Damien Duff speaks of his dislike for agents when asked about the back-and-forth between Ian Harte and Stephen Kenny this week. #LOI
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"This is the day of the hurling people!". Tommy Walsh's incredible monologue summed up the excitement of the #AllIrelandFinal!. Full report from #Tipperary and #Kilkenny's incredible match:
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🗣 'This game wasn't about winning or losing; it's about solidarity.'. 🇵🇸 Jennifer Shattara paid tribute to the support in Ireland for Palestine following last night's friendly against @bfcdublin. 🎙: @ashoreilly_
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“I’ve put an awful lot of money behind the bar and they’ve drank it.”. "The players had the cheek to ring me and ask for their €500, so I had to Revolut them.". Damien Duff on that missed call to Mourinho and fronting the Shels celebration bill. OTB Football w/ @williamhillire
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EXCLUSIVE: ’The fun had gone out of the whole thing… I think the All Ireland Final broke me.’. Jack McCaffrey opens up about the reasons behind his decision to leave the Dublin panel on The Bernard Brogan Podcast 🎙️. With @SuperValuIRL| #SupportWhereYoureFrom
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Ger Gilroy caught a mesmerising moment in Paris when two local Skibbereen men serenaded their gold medal winners.
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🟢𝗟𝗔𝗨𝗥𝗬𝗡 𝗠𝗖𝗖𝗔𝗕𝗘 + 𝗥𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗛𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗟𝗘𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪⚪️. 🗣"I can't believe it. It's unreal.". @AshOReilly speaks to Katie McCabe's sister and @RueshaLJ after Ireland's historic win. Football with @SkyIreland #OUTBELIEVE
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It’s been an emotional day for Team #OTBAM 🥲. One of the great bromances on Irish airwaves - and today @gergilroy sees @EoinSheahan off on his travel adventure 👋🏻. Farewell (but not goodbye) to the Kingdom’s finest 💚💛
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"It's worth repeating, because we've got loads of time to fill in this particular show!". This may be his best yet - @RisteardCooper drops @EoinSheahan alongside @gergilroy and @AlanQuinlan1!. @VodafoneIreland #TeamOfUs. For all of Risteard's Rugger Thing:
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🗣"If West Ham beat Villa 2-1. ". 🗣"It's awful. It really is.". Unlike other podcasts, we couldn't make it one week into the Premier League season without covering Aston Villa extensively!. cc @McCarthyMick. Football on Off The Ball with @WilliamHillIre
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🗣️ 'We were questioning if this would ever happen'. @FossaGaa's David Clifford reflects on his spectacular 2022 and looks towards @Kerry_Official's 2023 hopes after his side booked a date in Croke Park in the Club Junior final | 🏐. 🎙️ @ashoreilly. @AIB_GAA | #TheToughest
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🏌 "My brother is always telling that story, 'I swear to God lads, Tiger was disgusted with him.'" 😂. @ConorSketches shared his golfing woes with @TigerWoods in conversation with @GolfWeeklyOTB 🐯. Full @powerscourtgolf chat 👉
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⚫️"𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣"⚪️. 🗣"At least have the decency to shut up at times. We know who pays your players, we know who pays your salary.". @PhilippeAuclair eviscerated Eddie Howe, even while restraining himself. #NUFC. @SkyIreland
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You booked your flights WHEN?! 🌎☘. This Irish fan was convinced by @SligoRvsWomen's Emma Hansberry to book her flight to Australia literally days ago | 🤯. 🎙 @kathleen_mcn
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David McGoldrick has choice words for BBC pundit Garth Crooks' criticism of Sheffield United 👀 #twitterblades #sufc #COYBIG
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🗣️ "I played [GAA] 'til I was 18. so it's in the blood.". Seamus Coleman on today's All-Ireland final and his cousin Dessie Farrell | 🏐 . 🗣️ "I've got the family connection with Dublin. so I'll probably be rooting for Dublin today!". @ashoreilly | 🎙️. @AIBGAA | #TheToughest
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🗣 'They thought they could get rid of us, and they can't - this is proof of our existence.'. 🇵🇸 Palestine goalkeeper Charlotte Phillips gave a powerful interview alongside her grandparents following their 2-1 win over @bfcdublin last night. 🎙: @ashoreilly_
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🗣"I am amazed by the amnesia around it all.". 🗣"It hasn't been referred to at all. City are about to win their fifth title in six years.". Man City might win the treble and the 115 charges against them are not even a part of the story. Football with @SkyIreland
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🗣"I loved Jack Charlton's style of play, I did. Kenny's style of play is alright, it is.". We 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 expect this young man to be a Jack Charlton superfan😂. What an interview, @AshOReilly!
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Weeshie Fogarty was a magnetic and talented broadcaster. We challenge you to listen to his incredible piece with @molloyjoe at Fitzgerald Stadium and not be moved. #WeeshieFogarty #Kerry
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Safe to say our new policy of social distancing and guests on Skype had a few teething problems earlier😂👦. An embarrassed @TommyMartinVM had his own BBC News moment on The Sunday Paper Review earlier 🗞️✍️. Full Paper Review👉
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🗣️ 'He was a loveable, cheeky kind of fella - and a modest young man who was wise far beyond his years.' . Monaghan native @ShaneHannon01 paid a moving tribute to the tragically departed Brendán Óg Ó Dufaigh | ⚪🔵. @monaghangaa @MonaghanHarps
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🚨 𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧 🚨. Ireland have beaten England at the T20 World Cup by five runs 🏆.
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COMPETITION TIME! . We have a pair of tickets to give away to Ireland vs England on Aug 19th at Aviva Stadium with thanks to @Vodafoneireland!. Simply Like & Retweet to be in with a chance to win!
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🚨⚽We have two tickets to a Premier League game of your choice, + €500, flights & accommodation. Like and retweet this post to enter. Budweiser official beer sponsor of the Premier League | Always drink responsibly. Get the facts. Be drink-aware. Visit
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🚨 NEW IRISH RECORD! 🚨. @ciaramageean has broken the 27-year-old Irish 1500m record in Brussels at the Wanda Diamond League | 🏃♀️. She carved two seconds off Sonia O'Sullivan's record with a time of 3:56.63, claiming first place | ⏱
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18 months ago, @EoinSheahan made this incredible call about Ireland’s Olympic hopes on #OTBAM’s 2020 Crystal Ball - what an absolutely sensational call 🔮 we’re live now across @offtheball 🎥 .
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We don't know who this man is, but apparently Aisling O'Reilly stumbled upon the greatest football analyst in Ireland out on the street after the Ireland game. As good a five minutes of Ireland-France reaction as you'll get. Football with @SkyIreland
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If you watch one thing today, make it Roy Keane's hilarious story about trying to sign Matty Taylor (@Official_MattT)! 😂. Full part one of our unforgettable @cadburyireland #CadburyFC show with Roy and Gary Neville:
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🗣"There was a lot of respect but there was some respect that I don't have for some of the players like". 🗣"I'll say nothing about it". Conor Glass on the intensity of today's Ulster final between Glen and Kilcoo🏐. @AIB_GAA #TheToughest | @WattyGrahamsGaa @ashoreilly
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🚨Competition time!🚨. We've teamed up with @WilliamHillIreland to give away a trip to the Manchester Derby! . Simply like and repost to win. #KnowTheGame
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🗣️ 'To play for Celtic FC, you have to go another level!'. @ShamrockRovers' Johnny Kenny reveals to @nathanmurf that he is indeed heading back to @CelticFC in the New Year! | ☘️. Off The Ball Football w/ @WilliamHillire.
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🚨 COMPETITION TIME! 🚨. We have a pair of tickets to give away to Ireland vs Italy on Aug 5th at Aviva Stadium with thanks to @Vodafoneireland!. Simply Like & Retweet to be in with a chance to win!. #TeamOfUs
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🚨Competition time!🚨. We've teamed up with @WilliamHillIreland to give away a trip to the Manchester Derby! . Simply like and repost to win. #KnowTheGame
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🚨⚽We have two tickets to a Premier League game of your choice, + €500, flights & accommodation. Like and retweet this post to enter. Budweiser official beer sponsor of the Premier League | Always drink responsibly. Get the facts. Be drink-aware. Visit
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"The club look after me. ". "This is just the best day of my life". @ErrigalCiaran1 man Ciaran McAleer is over the moon following his club's victory this afternoon! | 🏐🌟🏆. Club GAA on OTB w/ @AIB_GAA
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🚨⚽We have two tickets to a Premier League game of your choice, + €500, flights & accommodation. Like and retweet this post to enter. Budweiser official beer sponsor of the Premier League | Always drink responsibly. Get the facts. Be drink-aware. Visit
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COMPETITION TIME! . We have a pair of tickets to give away to Ireland vs England on Aug 19th at Aviva Stadium with thanks to @Vodafoneireland!. Simply Like & Retweet to be in with a chance to win!
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🏉 𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 🏆. 🗣️ 'Days like to day, [my mum] is too into it!'. The importance of family has never been lost on Ronan O'Gara, and he has brought that with him to @staderochelais | 🏉. 🎙️ @ashoreilly. @VodafoneIreland | #TeamOfUs
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First pictures emerging of St. Peter's GAA Dunboyne jersey in Liverpool's dressing room. Irish man Sean Cox in everyone's thoughts ahead of today's match.
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🗣️ 'I remember reading one story. she just had twins. the first night. a bomb dropped on their gaff. !'. @shelsfc's Joey O'Brien explains why he has been supporting the Palestinian cause, and why he wants to use his platform to spread awareness about the situation. | 🇵🇸
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COMPETITION TIME! 🚨. We have a pair of tickets to give away to Ireland vs Italy on Aug 5th at Aviva Stadium with thanks to @Vodafoneireland!. Simply Like & Retweet to be in with a chance to win!. #TeamOfUs
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And STILL the undisputed lightweight champion of the world KATIE TAYLOR‼️🥊🇮🇪🇪🇸 #TaylorGutierrez
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Just in case you were wondering. Gavin Bazunu - 19 .Andrew Omobamidele - 19 .Dara O'Shea - 22 .Adam Idah - 20 .Aaron Connolly - 21 . Ireland may not go on to win this game. But some context to us being 1-0 up on a team full of superstars. #COYBIG
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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐃𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐒. 'I'd say "good morning" to them every morning, and they'd never speak me!'. 'There's taxi drivers and bus drivers beeping their horns at me!'. Don tells @EoinSheahan that his newfound fame isn't all it's cracked up to be!
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'No matter what I shoot tomorrow, my two-year-old daughter will be there waiting for me' ❤👪. After Saturday's 63, Shane Lowry leads #TheOpen by four shots heading into the final round. No matter what happens tomorrow, Shane will have done his country proud 🇮🇪
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What would you do if you just booked your place in the All Ireland final? | 🤔. If you're @lougalvin4, you run straight into the change room to breastfeed! | 🤱. 🗣 'I’ don’t know if it’s the first baby to be breastfed in Croke Park…’. 🎙 @ashoreilly
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"You can't eat beans with a spanner!" 😂. Joe, Eddie & Jamie talk @IrishRugby & their #RugbyWorldCup hopes against Japan! | @VodafoneIreland #TeamOfUs Everyone In
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Ronan O'Gara on why Irish people CAN feel represented by the current Irish squad. "You can see why some people don't like the Irish rugby team. ". "They can see a team that represents the working class as opposed to just the elite private schools.". #RugbyWorldCup
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🗣️ "You stepped away from the game for about ten years!". 🗣️ "I'm a single parent, you sacrifice so much.". Charlene Tyrrell became the first @LeitrimLGFA person to win two All-Ireland Intermediate medals today. She spoke to Aisling O'Reilly after the final in Croke Park.
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Some news from the #OTBAM team (you may want to sit down for this) | 😥. Our own @EoinSheahan has announced he's leaving the show! | 💔. Get your tributes in below to see if we can change his mind. 👇. @GilletteUK | #EffortlessFlow
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🗣"Malachy's not a Glen man. Malachy's an outside manager who could easily end up managing Kilmacud in a few years.". The GAA are putting managers, players and clubs in an unfair position with their inaction, says @JoeBrolly1993. @AIB_GAA #TheToughest
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🗣️ 'Schmeichel calls him over, 'Irish, can I see my face in these?!''. 🗣️ 'Keane says, 'His name is not Irish, it is f****** Dessie!'. @gergilroy reads an insightful story Dessie Baker told about Roy Keane at #MUFC | #OTBAM #RoyKeane50. @GilletteUK #BestFaceForward
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"People say football doesn't really matter. No, it absolutely highlights how much sport matters and how special what we have managed to do is". Jack McCaffrey spoke to Off The Ball at Children's Health Ireland in Crumlin today. Full story from yesterday:
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🗣 "There's so much football people in Waterford.". 🗣 "This is a turning point in the year!". @EoinSheahan speaks to @WaterfordGAA's Caoimhin Walsh following his side's first championship win since 2010. @AIB_GAA | #TheToughest
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"There's no spirit in the forwards" 😐. Tommy Walsh's bombshell statement caused quite a stir in the Kilkenny dressing room after the 2012 Leinster Final 🤣. The Hurling Pod with @BGEGAA. Catch the full roadshow 📺
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🗣️ "Fairly savage boo". 🗣️ "One of the biggest compliments of my career". 🗣️ "Thanks Murrayfield". Peter O'Mahony thanks Scottish fans for booing him off the pitch in Sunday's 32 - 18 win in Murrayfield. and the rivalry continues!. #Rugby | @BankOfIreland | #NeverStopCompeting
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We put Henry Shefflin calling him one of the greatest defenders of all time to Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, something that would make anyone blush. and Sean Óg barely noticed because he wanted to talk about the importance of his mother. Beautiful. @BGEGAA
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🚨Competition time!🚨. We've teamed up with @WilliamHillIreland to give away a trip to the Manchester Derby! . Simply like and repost to win. #KnowTheGame
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🚨⚽We have two tickets to a Premier League game of your choice, + €500, flights & accommodation. Like and retweet this post to enter. Budweiser official beer sponsor of the Premier League | Always drink responsibly. Get the facts. Be drink-aware. Visit
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🗣 "Everton Football Club is my life.". 🗣 "This club is everything to me.". Seamus Coleman chats to @nathanmurf in the aftermath of Everton's final day defeat vs Arsenal. OTB Football with @williamhillire.
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If you listen to one thing today, make it the late Eamonn Ryan's empathetic approach to players. "The player was the last person who wanted to make a bags of it.". A huge loss to Cork, and to the GAA.
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🚨COMP TIME🚨. WIN a L'Oreal hamper with €150 of Men Expert products!. @Lorealparis | #MenExpert . Like & repost for your chance to win! Best of luck!
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