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# back in the day

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# back in the day
When a League of Ireland side travelled to a 'war zone' for a game against Iraq
The World Cup warm-up match for the Iraqi team was part of the birthday celebrations of Saddam Hussein.
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Apr 3rd 2020, 2:55 PM
# back in the day
'We didn’t think he was disciplined enough for the reserve team, never mind the first team at that time'
Darren Fletcher played with Paul Pogba for Manchester United’s reserves.
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Nov 5th 2018, 9:52 PM
# cursed name
A complete collection of all the times Hollywood butchered Saoirse Ronan's name
Well, those available on the internet.
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Dec 13th 2017, 9:00 PM
# potus
17 times Barack Obama was just seriously sound on Twitter
And unlikely to start World War III.
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Aug 17th 2017, 8:00 AM
# Quiz
Name The Nostalgic '90s TV Show From Just One Shot
Allll the way back.
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May 14th 2017, 7:00 PM
# pint baby
An Irish baby supping a pint on Nationwide in 1997 has become a phenomenon
Who is Pint Baby?
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Feb 18th 2017, 9:44 AM
# back in the day
This flashback to the 1982 Late Late Show Valentine's special is an absolute joy
Oh Nelly Gray.
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Feb 10th 2017, 10:30 AM
# Good Times
11 things Irish kids actually used to do for fun
Taping videos off Top 30 Hits.
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Feb 4th 2017, 11:00 AM
# Nostalgia
People are sharing their childhood struggles kids today just wouldn't understand
Kids these days.
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Dec 28th 2016, 3:43 PM
# naww
15 reasons *that* Nadine Coyle passport moment is so iconic
“Naww, I gave the wrong date of birth”
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Dec 16th 2016, 1:04 PM
# back in the day
Irish people are reminiscing about the time Zig and Zag interviewed Donald Trump
Very Presidential.
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Nov 10th 2016, 7:35 AM
# back in the day
When students struck back: During the 2001 teachers' strike, students took to the streets
Frustration boiled over as the dispute went on and on.
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Oct 22nd 2016, 10:00 PM
# after school
17 photos of '90s TV shows that will make you sick with nostalgia
Good times.
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Sep 4th 2016, 9:30 PM
# estate royalty
11 things that made you the King of the housing estate
Instant legend.
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Aug 9th 2016, 9:30 PM
# back in the day
10 drinks that summed up Irish nightclubs in the 00s
“What colour WKDs do you have?”
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Jul 16th 2016, 8:15 PM
# cool pop
Mr Freezes were the definitive taste of an Irish childhood summer
Sun’s out, Mr Freeze’s out.
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Jun 6th 2016, 12:07 PM
# back in the day
'It's a known fact, watching some of our games - The 'Golden Years' - they're dreadful games'
Mikey Sheehy compares the Gaelic football past to the present.
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Aug 18th 2015, 6:01 PM
# back in the day
Why the long era of TV advertising supremacy is about to end
Nowadays it’s all about the data.
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Jun 4th 2015, 8:00 PM
# back in the day
Have you seen this amazing photo of a young Michael D. Higgins at Slane concert?
The picture is being shared everywhere and the general consensus is that we have a deadly President.
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May 31st 2015, 3:52 PM
# Memo
REVEALED: How Labour considered water charges, meters and an ‘ESB for water’… five years ago
Labour was vehemently opposed to water charges in opposition, but we’ve seen a document which shows how senior party figures considered water charges in 2010.
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Mar 15th 2015, 4:30 PM
# back in the day
This old Premier League ad is one of the most 90's things to ever happen
The hair and clothes are a little suspect.
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Jan 8th 2015, 4:53 PM
# back in the day
Poorhouses and midnight mass: What Christmas was like in 1901 Ireland
According to the Intermountain and Colorado Catholic newspaper.
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Dec 25th 2014, 9:15 AM
# Flashback
Check out this short video of Charlie Haughey telling us 'we're living way beyond our means'
“I wish to talk to you this evening about the state of the nation’s affairs and the picture I have to paint is not, unfortunately, a very cheerful one.”
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Nov 2nd 2014, 5:30 PM
# back in the day
'There was about 200 people at the match' - Leinster vs Munster has changed a lot since '98
David Wallace talks about playing derbies in front of 200 people and Peter Clohessy fighting his brother.
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Oct 1st 2014, 9:00 PM
# Political nostalgia
Back in time: Recognise this "medical doctor" posing with Keith Duffy?
Hint: It’s Leo Varadkar.
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Sep 10th 2014, 8:30 PM
# michael disappointed
Back in time: It's ten years since Labour decided NOT to run Michael D for the Áras
Come with us on a journey through time and space … to September 2004.
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Sep 7th 2014, 5:30 PM
# back in the day
Check out this video of Fianna Fáil minister Ray Burke 'baring his soul' to the Dáil in 1997
Four months after Fianna Fáil’s return to power, the new minister is embroiled in controversy.
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Aug 31st 2014, 5:30 PM
# back in the day
Check out this Dáil row between Charlie Haughey, Dick Spring and John Bruton in 1991
“Who wrote that rubbish?!”
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Aug 17th 2014, 5:15 PM
# Eamon Chilled-more
Recognise this relaxed, laid-back and groovy future Tánaiste?
Simpler days for a certain future Labour leader…
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Apr 5th 2014, 10:30 AM
# easy like a
7 smells that will remind you of a Sunday morning
What’s that I smell? Is it.. a fry?
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Oct 13th 2013, 9:30 AM