Irish show jumper blames enemies
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Irish show jumper Cian O&#39;Connor has accused unnamed enemies of trying to destroy him after a series a dramatic twists in a doping controversy which has threatened his Olympic title.
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PADRAIG HARRINGTON quick-stepped his way into contention for the Omega Hong Kong Open yesterday. The on-song Irishman then revealed he once claimed a US title for Irish dancing.
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(ATR) The biggest security breach of the Olympics will cost an Irish man 3,000 euros and a 12-month suspended jail sentence. Cornelius Horan was arrested soon after he darted onto the marathon course and accosted
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GRAND PRAIRIE, Tex. - The aw-shucks, howdy-pardner backstretch at Lone Star Park got juiced with some down-and-dirty New York trash talk yesterday when Hall-of-Fame trainer
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Jockey Paul O'Neill apologized Tuesday for head-butting his horse at a race last weekend.
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Sport: Rugby union: England fly-half alleged to have attacked fellow guest at lavish wedding reception
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The Irish president is criticised after claiming N Irish children were taught to hate Catholics like Nazis despised Jews.
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Ireland dumped miles for kilometers on Thursday with little mourning but plenty of ridicule as new speed signs popped up everywhere from motorways to mud tracks.
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Showjumping gold medal winner Cian O&#39;Connor has decided not to accept the Irish Person of the Year award because his horse has failed a drugs test.
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Sinn FÃ©in has accused DUP leader Ian Paisley of effectively holding a gun to the heads of the Taoiseach and the British Prime Minister on the issue of photographic proof of IRA decommissioning.
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The Irish showjumper Cian O&#39;Connor faces losing his Olympic gold medal after a B-tested blood sample confirmed traces of banned substances in the horse he rode to victory in Athens.
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The Republic of Ireland&#39;s World Cup qualifying tie in Switzerland hardly needed an extra edge but Clinton Morrison added to what is being billed as a revenge match with accusations of racism against Alexander Frei.
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An Irish diplomat who was expelled from Afghanistan for talking to Taliban-linked insurgents defended his actions Saturday, insisting that dialogue could persuade militants to abandon violence.
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A doping scandal involving an Irish Olympic gold medal-winning horse is set to take in a seventh country, it emerged today. The world equestrian body, Federation
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Dublin - Ireland may lose the only Olympic medal it won at the 2004 Athens Olympics, Cian O&#39;Connor&#39;s gold in the individual showjumping event, after it was confirmed on Friday that his horse Waterford Crystal had failed a dope test.
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Sublimity handed the Irish their fourth successive Champion Hurdle here on Tuesday on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival.
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IRELAND looks certain to be stripped of its only gold medal from the Athens Olympics after the nationâs most popular horse, Waterford Crystal, tested positive for a banned drug.