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# opener - Wednesday 30 January, 2019
Van der Flier set for Ireland's seven shirt as Henshaw lined up for 15
Ireland kick-off their Six Nations campaign with a massive clash against England on Saturday.
# opener - Tuesday 29 January, 2019
'We can't fall in love with ourselves and think it's going to happen again'
Joe Schmidt has been focusing in on the imperfections of last year’s Grand Slam campaign.
# opener - Wednesday 5 December, 2018
Irish fans allocated 500 tickets for Euro 2020 opener
It is also understood that the Football Association of Ireland are hoping more tickets will be made available to the most loyal fans.
# opener - Monday 12 November, 2018
Ireland's young guns - managed by ex-LOI star - beaten as the North bag late double
Paul Osam’s U16s suffered a 3-1 defeat in Tralee.
Ireland hammered by Australia in World T20 opener
Alyssa Healy made history as the tournament favourites earned a nine-wicket victory in Guyana.
# opener - Thursday 20 September, 2018
Aubameyang at the double as Arsenal prevail in Europa League opener
The Gunners saw off Vorskla in the Europa League thanks to goals from Danny Welbeck, Mesut Ozil and a brace from the Gabonese striker.
# opener - Friday 10 August, 2018
Paul Pogba handed captain's armband in Man United's Premier League opener
The France international starts just a couple of weeks after starring in the World Cup final.
# opener - Saturday 21 July, 2018
Dortmund ease past Man City in Champions Cup opener
Mario Gotze’s first half penalty was enough to see off the Premier League champions.
# opener - Thursday 14 June, 2018
Here is the first goal of the 2018 World Cup
Russia have made the perfect start to the competition.
# opener - Saturday 3 February, 2018
Six Nations opportunity beckons for Joe Schmidt's Ireland in Paris
The Irish record at Stade de France is poor but there are many reasons to be confident.
# opener - Friday 11 August, 2017
Arsenal edge 7-goal thriller in Premier League opener
Olivier Giroud emerged the hero in a game ridden with defensive errors.
# opener - Wednesday 31 May, 2017
Te'o at 12, the Irish contingent and more Lions team talking points
The quality of the Lions’ bench to face the NZ Provincial Barbarians indicates their depth.
Sexton, Best and Henderson start the Lions' first game of 2017 tour
Warren Gatland’s men face the New Zealand Provincial Barbarians on Saturday.
# opener - Tuesday 25 April, 2017
Everyone is loving Obama's opening line on his return to public life yesterday
“So, uh, what’s been going on since I’ve been gone?”
# opener - Saturday 3 September, 2016
Hard-thinking Jones enjoying transition to coaching as he begins first season after retirement
A neck injury forced the fullback to retire at the age of just 28, and he’s barely taken a day off since.
# opener - Thursday 17 September, 2015
Robbie Henshaw set to miss Ireland's World Cup opener with injury
Joe Schmidt will name his team at 2pm this afternoon.
# opener - Thursday 10 September, 2015
Schmidt not ignoring 'incredible banana skin' in Ireland's RWC opener
‘You don’t have to look back too far to 2007 and see that assumptions can undo teams very quickly.’
# opener - Saturday 10 January, 2015
Markovic denied stonewall penalty before scoring his first Premier League goal
The young Serbian looked sharp in the early stages and got his reward on nine minutes.
# opener - Monday 29 December, 2014
From The42 
A goalkeeping blunder and a touch of class from Lallana helped Liverpool rout Swansea
The Reds won 4-1 in a confident and comprehensive display.
# opener - Tuesday 9 December, 2014
The brilliant Steven Gerrard free-kick that gave Liverpool late hope tonight
The hosts needed a win to progress in this evening’s clash.
# opener - Wednesday 4 June, 2014
Waterford announce their team ahead of Saturday's Munster SFC clash with Clare
Waterford go into 2014 without Gary Hurney for the first time in 15 years.
# opener - Monday 17 March, 2014
Superb Ireland overcome Zimbabwe in Cricket World Cup opener after late drama
They ultimately won by just three wickets.
# opener - Tuesday 18 February, 2014
Ibrahimovic double puts PSG on verge of quarters
The French champions are away to Bayer Leverkusen.
# opener - Sunday 10 November, 2013
Cool finish from Remy puts Newcastle ahead against Spurs
The Magpies have taken an early lead at White Hart Lane.
# opener - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
Wigan relegated from Premier League, Arsenal go fourth
It’s the end of the road for James McCarthy and his Wigan team-mates.
# opener - Tuesday 29 January, 2013
Opinion: Kidney gets our hopes up (again) with wing picks
Keith Earls and Fergus McFadden will be perplexed at their slide down the pecking order.
# opener - Wednesday 22 August, 2012
Celtic's Champions League dreams burn bright after Swede victory
Goals from Kris Commons and Georgios Samaras put The Bhoys in a great position to advance to the group stages.
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Poll: Should Ireland only fund Olympic sports where we have the best chance of winning?
IRISH ATHLETES WINNING medals at the Olympic Games is as wonderful as it is rare.
On the all-time list of medal-winning countries we come in about 60th place, depending on what exactly you’re counting.
As a small country it’s clearly very hard for Ireland to compete with the big nations but one of the suggestions that’s been put forward is only funding the sports where we have the best chance of winning.
It’s a model adopted by the similarly-sized New Zealand that has proved very successful in recent years.
In the latest episode of our Ireland 2029 podcast series, we take a look at whether Ireland could go down that route and what advantages and disadvantages there are to it.
But are the Olympics all about winning, or is taking part important too?
Poll: Should Ireland only fund Olympic sports where we have the best chance of winning?
Poll Results:
No (5447)
Yes (2504)
Don't know (294)
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Simon Coveney: The backstop is overwhelmingly supported. This gets little recognition in the UK Brexit debate
By Simon Coveney - @simoncoveney
A hard Brexit, if the UK chooses one, will be ugly and difficult, says the Tánaiste.
'Collecting the school voluntary contribution is an unwanted and stressful obligation on principals'
By Joseph A Moynihan
As things stand, the contribution is needed to keep school doors open, writes Joseph A Moynihan.
Katy Hayward: Why we should take note of the unexpected in Boris Johnson's letter to Donald Tusk
By Katy Hayward - @hayward_katy
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