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# sad - Tuesday 19 February, 2013

From The Daily Edge Award Show Tears This post contains videos

11 Oscar speeches that will leave you an emotional wreck

We’ll accept our Oscar for Most In Bits after Watching Tear-Jerking Speeches now.

# sad - Sunday 20 January, 2013

January sucks: here’s 8 tips on finding cheap holidays to escape the blues

Ugh, January. Stop fantasising about being somewhere warm – here’s how to actually do it (cheaply).

# sad - Thursday 3 January, 2013

Pics: Emotional post-Christmas goodbyes at Dublin Airport this morning

With Christmas and New Year over many of those who came home for the festive season are now heading back.

# sad - Tuesday 25 December, 2012

45 images that made us cry this year

Emotional for different reasons – some tragic, others victorious – these images touched us during 2012.

# sad - Friday 12 October, 2012

From The Daily Edge Spoiler Alert This post contains videos

The 7 saddest moments from your childhood

“He can’t see without his glasses”. Weep.

# sad - Monday 18 June, 2012

From The Score Sad

Monaghan United withdraws from Airtricity League

Chairman Jim McGlone confirmed the club’s decision to end its 27-year affiliation with the League of Ireland in a statement released this morning.

# sad - Monday 14 May, 2012

Sixth child dies after UK house fire tragedy

Duwayne Philpott, whose five siblings died on Friday, lost his fight for life at Birmingham Children’s Hospital overnight.

# sad - Thursday 26 April, 2012

HAPPY NATION This post contains images

How happy are you? Scientists want to know

The Science Gallery’s new exhibition ‘Happy? Take a Second Look’ uncovers the true mood of the nation – and will putting the country to the happiness test.

# sad - Wednesday 18 April, 2012

From The Score Sad

Wallabies fly-half Michael Lynagh receiving treatment for suspected stroke

The 48-year-old World Cup winner was visiting his hometown of Brisbane when he suffered the ill-effects of intracranial bleeding.

# sad - Saturday 4 February, 2012

From The Daily Edge The Dollstore This post contains images

Dublin’s 74-year-old doll hospital and teddy bear clinic closes today

Business was good at The Doll Store but expensive overheads mean it will only continue to trade online.

# sad - Monday 7 November, 2011

From The Score Sad

Ferdinand death threat delivered to Loftus Road

The Queens Park Rangers defender, currently involved in both an FA and police racism inquiry, was the intended recipient of a threatening letter sent to the club’s West London ground.

# sad - Tuesday 21 June, 2011

From The Daily Edge Sad

Arthritic man robs $1 from bank – so he can get healthcare in jail

An American man resorted to crime simply because he couldn’t afford health care without being in state custody.

# sad - Saturday 23 April, 2011

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Pensioner who was dropped into freezing sea by medics dies in hospital

Janet Richardson had been on holiday aboard a cruise liner when she fell ill. As she was being evacuated on to a rescue boat she fell into the sub zero seas.

# sad - Monday 18 April, 2011

Take 5: Monday

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.

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Mother “shocked” to learn sons had been kept caged by their father

US woman says she had no idea the sons she hadn’t seen in a year were being kept caged in a darkened room by their dad.

# sad - Wednesday 16 February, 2011

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Woman dies at workplace desk… nobody notices until next day

Rebecca Wells, 51, worked for the county of Los Angeles. She died on Friday morning… but nobody realised until Saturday.

# sad - Tuesday 9 November, 2010

Child beggars up by 9%, according to ISPCC

The number of children seen begging in Dublin reaches 966 in 2009, with a further increase likely.

# sad - Friday 22 October, 2010

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Generous Irish donors pay for Stefan’s body to go home

Thousands pledged to repatriate remains of depressed Slovakian man who killed himself over financial woes.