Irelands

‘Jack Charlton used to tell us off for drinking Coke. He said we should drink beer because it would help us sleep better’ Tony Cascarino on being part of Ireland’s 1990 and 1994 World Cup journey

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Few international teams in modern football history have been able to capture the imagination like Jack Charlton’s Republic of Ireland side of the early 1990s. Under the former Leeds United lynchpin, Ireland qualified for their first ever World Cup in 1990, reaching the quarter-finals in Italy, and soon proved that not to be a one-off, … Read more

Any “Halfway Decent Person” Can Join And Own Ireland’s Oldest Gym

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DUBLIN — It’s raining. In Dublin this is as predictable as the phases of the moon. So predictable that I prewrote this lede. But I was right: It’s raining. I’m in the capital chasing a fascination of mine. I turn off a modern thoroughfare and squeeze my Yaris down a narrow residential street. Older brickwork … Read more