| Giovanni Trapattoni Giovanni Trapattoni (born March 17, 1939) is an Italian football coach, considered the most successful club coach in the history of Serie A,and former player. He is the manager of the Republic of Ireland national team, also having coached Italy. He is also the only manager to have won all UEFA club competitions and the Intercontinental Cup. He achieved this with Juventus over his two spells with the club. Giovanni_Trapattoni
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| Brian O'Driscoll Brian Gerald O'Driscoll (Irish name:Brian GearĂłid Ă“ hEidirsceoil ; born 21 January 1979) is an Irish professional rugby union player. He is currently the captain of Ireland and captained Leinster Rugby until the start of 2008 season. He also captained the British and Irish Lions for their 2005 tour of New Zealand. Brian_O'Driscoll
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| Luiz Felipe Scolari Luiz Felipe Scolari, ComIH (born 9 November 1948 in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil), also known as FelipĂŁo in Brazil and sometimes in Portugal is a World Cup-Winning, Brazilian football coach who is the manager of FC Bunyodkor. Luiz_Felipe_Scolari
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| JoĂŁo Bernardo Vieira JoĂŁo Bernardo "Nino" Vieira (27 April 1939 President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2009. After seizing power in 1980, Vieira ruled for 19 years, and he won a multiparty presidential election in 1994. He was ousted at the end of the 1998 and went into exile. JoĂŁo_Bernardo_Vieira
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| Arjen Robben Arjen Robben, (born 23 January 1984 in Bedum, Groningen) is a Dutch footballer who plays for Real Madrid. Though often classified as a forward, he usually plays behind the forwards as a winger. He is also a part of the Netherlands national football team and has appeared in the UEFA Euro 2004, the 2006 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Euro 2008.Robben first came to prominence with Groningen, for whom he was player of the year for the 2000-01 Eredivisie season. Arjen_Robben
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| Antonov An-24 Antonov_An-24
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| Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution of Ireland Talk:Articles_2_and_3_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland
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| St Patrick's College, Maynooth St Patrick's College, Maynooth () is the "National Seminary for Ireland", Pontifical University, and was a college of the National University of Ireland. The college and seminary often called Maynooth College located at Maynooth, Ireland. The college was officially established as the Roman Catholic College of St Patrick by an Act of Grattan's Parliament in 1795, Mr. St_Patrick's_College,_Maynooth
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| John P. Wilson John Patrick Wilson (; 8 July 1923 Fianna Fáil politician. He was first elected as a Teachta Dála for Cavan in 1973 and served in Dáil Éireann until 1992. Wilson served variously as Minister for Education, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, Minister for Tourism and Transport and Tánaiste. John_P._Wilson
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| List of programmes broadcast by RTÉ Radio TelefĂs Éireann (RTÉ) of Ireland. RTÉ also shows a range of foreign produced shows.Table of contents TV Programmes made or commissioned by RTÉ 0-12 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Foreign shows broadcast by RTÉ Present shows Past shows Young people's programming [[ List_of_programmes_broadcast_by_RTÉ
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| Pat Boran Pat Boran (born 1963) is an Irish poet. Born in Portlaoise, Boran has lived in Dublin for a number of years. He is the publisher of the Dedalus Press which specialises in contemporary poetry from Ireland, and international poetry in English-language translation, and was until 2007 Programme Director of the annual Dublin Writers Festival. Pat_Boran
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| Tiago Mendes Tiago Cardoso Mendes (, born 2 May 1981 in Viana do Castelo), commonly known as just Tiago, is a Portuguese professional footballer who currently plays for Juventus and the Portuguese national team. Generally, Tiago plays as a central midfielder and during his time at Olympique Lyonnais and Juventus, he took up both attacking and defensive duties. He is an occasional goal scorer and is a known for his passing and dribbling. Tiago_Mendes
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| 2005 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand In 2005 the British and Irish Lions rugby union team toured New Zealand for the first time since 1993, suffering a 3–0 whitewash at the hands of the New Zealand All Blacks. For the Lions, having toured Australia in 2001 and South Africa in 1997, it was the first time for 22 years they lost every test match on tour.The team was managed by former England international Bill Beaumont, coached by former England coach Sir Clive Woodward, and originally captained by Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll. 2005_British_and_Irish_Lions_tour_to_New_Zealand
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| Brenda Blethyn Brenda Blethyn OBE (born 20 February 1946) is an English actress and author. Blethyn began her career on stage as part of the Royal National Theatre, and made her late television debut in 1980. Following her big screen debut with smaller supporting roles in films such as The Witches (1990) and A River Runs Through It (1992), she made her break-through role in the 1996 dramedy Secrets & Lies, for which she was awarded a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination. Brenda_Blethyn
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| DáibhĂ Ă“ Bruadair DáibhĂ Ă“ Bruadair (1625 – January 1698) was one of the most significant Irish language poets of the 17th century. He lived through a momentous time in Irish history and his work serves as testimony to the death of the old Irish cultural and political order and the decline in respect for the once honoured and feared poetic classes. DáibhĂ_Ă“_Bruadair
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| Oxegen Oxegen is an annual music festival held since 2004, sponsored by Heineken. Now Ireland's biggest festival, it was previously called Witnness, which ran from 2000 and was sponsored by Guinness. The event is promoted by MCD. Oxegen was originally a three-day festival but for 2008 was expanded to four days. Oxegen
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| International rules football International rules football (; also known as inter rules in Australia and compromise rules in Ireland) is a hybrid code of football, which was developed to facilitate international representative matches between Australian rules football players and Gaelic football players. International_rules_football
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| Joe Duffy Joseph "Joe" Duffy (born 1956) is an Irish radio personality employed by RTÉ. A Jacob's Award winner, he is the current presenter of RTÉ Radio 1's Liveline, which is broadcast Monday - Fridays between 13Union of Students in Ireland and was once jailed for an occupation in which he participated. In 2008, he appeared on the RTÉ television series Who Do You Think You Are?, where his family history in the British Army in India was revealed. Joe_Duffy
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| History of Limerick History_of_Limerick
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| Shelbourne F.C. Shelbourne Football Club () is an Irish football club currently playing in the FAI First Division. Founded in Dublin in 1895, the club joined the Irish Football League in 1904, which was then an all Ireland competition, before becoming founder members of the Football League of Ireland in 1921. Shelbourne_F.C.
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| TelefĂłnica O2 Ireland TelefĂłnica O2 Ireland Limited (formerly O2 Communications (Ireland) Limited, and before that, Esat Digifone) or O2 Ireland is a GSM and 3G mobile telecommunications operator in Ireland. It is a subsidiary of TelefĂłnica-owned TelefĂłnica Europe Plc. TelefĂłnica_O2_Ireland
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| Michael Manning (carter) Michael Manning was a 25-year old carter from Limerick who on Tuesday April 20, 1954 (the day after the Easter Monday holiday), became the 24th and last person (after the amnesty granted by the State at the end of the Irish Civil War in November 1924) to be executed in the Republic of Ireland . He had been found guilty the previous February of the capital murder of Catherine Cooper, a 65-year old nurse, who worked at Barrington's Hospital in the city. Michael_Manning_(carter)
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| Garda SĂochána Talk:Garda_SĂochána
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| Allied Irish Banks Allied Irish Banks p.l.c. (AIB; ; , , , ) is a major commercial bank based in Ireland. AIB is one of the so called Big Four commercial banks in Ireland. The bank has one of the largest branch networks in Ireland; only Bank of Ireland fully rivals it. AIB offers a full range of personal and corporate banking services. Allied_Irish_Banks
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| The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (GermanDie Bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant) is a 1972 German film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, based on his own play. This film has an all female cast and is set in the home of the protagonist, Petra von Kant. It follows the changing dynamics in her relationships with the other women. It is an ironic tragedy of love sickness and one of Fassbinder’s most powerful plays and films. The_Bitter_Tears_of_Petra_von_Kant
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| Galway United F.C. Galway United F.C. (IrishCumann Peile Ghaillimh Aontaithe) was founded as Galway Rovers in 1937. They are a professional football club currently playing in the FAI Premier Division (the upper of the two tiers in the league). Galway first joined the League of Ireland in 1977, having been invited to participate in the League Cup in the previous year. Galway_United_F.C.
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| Today FM For the similarly named Australian radio station, see 2Day FMRadio Ireland Ltd, trading as 100-102 Today FM is an Irish commercial FM radio station. The station, which commenced broadcasting on Saint Patrick's Day in 1997, can be received nationally and carries a mix of music and talk. Today_FM
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| Jonathan Rhys Meyers Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born 27 July 1977) is an Irish actor and model, best known internationally for his role in the 1998 film Velvet Goldmine. In the US, he is probably best known for his television roles as Elvis Presley in the biographical miniseries Elvis and as King Henry VIII in historical drama The Tudors. Jonathan_Rhys_Meyers
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| Radio documentary A radio documentary or feature is a radio documentary programme devoted to covering a particular topic in some depth, usually with a mixture of commentary and sound pictures. Some radio features, especially those including specially composed music or other pieces of audio art, resemble radio drama in many ways, though non-fictional in subject matter, while others consist principally of more straightforward, journalistic-type reporting Radio_documentary
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| D. J. Carey Denis Joseph Carey (born 11 November, 1970 in Gowran, County Kilkenny), better known as D.J. Carey (IrishDonncha Seosamh Ă“ Ciara), is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Young Irelands from 1988 until 2007 and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1990 until 2005. Carey is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers of his generation, while some commentators rate him as one of the greatest of all-time. D._J._Carey
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| 702 (band) 702 (pronounced "Seven-O-Two"), named after the area code of their hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada, is an American platinum-selling R&B trio. Originally a quartet, the group eventually became a trio, which includes twin sisters Irish (born June 2, 1980), and Orish Grinstead (born June 2, 1980, died April 20, 2008), their sister LeMisha 'Misha' Grinstead (born June 10, 1978) and lead singer Kameelah 'Meelah' Williams (born March 8, 1978) who left the group in 2001 to start her own solo career but returned in 2003. 702_(band)
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| An Post Talk:An_Post
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| Graeme Souness Graeme James Souness () (born 6 May 1953 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager. He is perhaps best known as the former captain of the successful Liverpool team of the early 1980s, and as a manager notably with Rangers, Liverpool, Benfica, Galatasaray, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United. Graeme_Souness
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| Superquinn Superquinn is an Irish supermarket chain. Until 2005, the company was entirely privately held by the Quinn family. It is now a subsidiary of Select Retail Holdings Limited. Superquinn
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| List of doping cases in sport The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found, or have admitted to, having taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited recreational drugs or have been suspended by a sporting body for failure to submit to mandatory drug testing. For a list of all sportspeople disqualified for drug use from the Olympic Games, see doping at the Olympic Games. List_of_doping_cases_in_sport
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| 2004 Summer Olympics medal table The 2004 Summer Olympics medal table is a list of National Olympic Committees ranked by the number of medals won during the 2004 Summer Olympics, held in Athens, Greece, from August 13 to August 29, 2004. A total of 10,625Kiribati and Timor Leste competed for the first time in these Olympic Games.Athletes from 74 2004_Summer_Olympics_medal_table
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| Kerry Airport Kerry Airport or Aerphort ChiarraĂ in Irish, often called Farranfore Airport, is an airport in County Kerry, Ireland. It is 15 minutes ( north Kerry_Airport
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| Irish Army Rangers The Irish Army Ranger Wing (ARW, ) is the special forces unit of the Irish Defence Forces. The ARW trains and operates with many international special operations units worldwide, including the US Army Rangers, Irish_Army_Rangers
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| Josh Brolin Josh J. Brolin (born February 12, 1968) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. He has acted in theater, film and television roles since 1985, and won acting awards for his roles in the films No Country for Old Men and Milk. Josh_Brolin
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| George W. Bush/Archive 11 Talk:George_W._Bush/Archive_11
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| Michael O'Leary (politician) Michael O'Leary (; 8 May 1936 Irish senior politician and barrister. He was Minister for Labour and while leader of the Labour Party became Minister for Energy and Tánaiste. He later became a member of the Fine Gael party.Born in Cork, the son of a publican, O'Leary was educated at Presentation College, University College Cork and Columbia University, New York, King's Inns On returning to Ireland, he became involved in Labour politics and was employed as Education Officer for the Irish Transport and General Workers Union (ITGWU). Michael_O'Leary_(politician)
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| Michael O'Leary (Ryanair) Michael O'Leary is Chief Executive Officer of the Irish airline Ryanair. He is one of the Republic of Ireland's wealthiest businessmen. Michael_O'Leary_(Ryanair)
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| Sunday Independent The Sunday Independent is a broadsheet Sunday newspaper published in Ireland by Independent News and Media plc. The newspaper is edited by Aengus Fanning, and is the biggest selling Irish Sunday newspaper by a large margin (33.4% of Irish Sunday newspaper readers, according to the Joint National Readership Survey); average circulation of 291,323 between June 2004 and January 2005, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Sunday_Independent
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| Cian O'Connor Cián O'Connor (born 12 November 1979) is an Irish equestrian who won a show jumping gold medal at the 2004 Olympics, which was later stripped from him due to drug offences. He continues to ride. Cian_O'Connor
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| Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan (born 28 November 1969) is an Irish runner from Cobh, County Cork. She was one of the world's leading female 5000 m runners for most of the 1990s and early 2000s. Her crowning achievement was a gold medal in the 5000 m at the 1995 World Athletics Championships. She won silver medals in the 5000 m at the 2000 Olympic Games and in the 1500 m at the 1993 World Championships. She has also won three European Championship gold medals and two World Cross-Country Championship gold medals. Sonia_O'Sullivan
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| October 2004 October 2004 January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December October 2004 in sports October_2004
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| Ireland national rugby union team The Ireland rugby union team represents the island of Ireland (i.e. both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) in rugby union. Ireland are the current Six Nations Champions. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship, (which they have won eleven times outright and shared the championship eight times) and in the Rugby World Cup every four years where they have been eliminated at the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions (1999 and 2007). Ireland_national_rugby_union_team
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| Electronic voting in Ireland Irish government undertook plans to introduce a nationwide electronic voting system for the local and European Parliament elections. The proposed change was under the supervision of Martin Cullen, the former Minister for the Environment & Local Government in Ireland. In March 2004 the Government of Ireland established the Independent Commission on Electronic Voting and Counting at Elections to examine the proposed system. It was dissolved in 2006. Electronic_voting_in_Ireland
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| Dunnes Dunnes is a supermarket and clothing retail chain and is based in Dublin, Ireland.The chain primarily sells food, clothes and household wares. In addition to its main customer base in Ireland, the chain has operations in Great Britain and Spain. The format of the chain's stores include a grocery supermarket operating alongside a clothing/textiles store. Dunnes
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