# So Close
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2023
So Close
Padraig Harrington pipped to Senior Open Championship title in play-off
30 Jul 2023
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12
All time
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Agony but no choke at St Andrews for Rory McIlroy - he remains on the right track
18 Jul 2022
16.3k
14
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'This is the one we desperately wanted to win, and we've come within 60 seconds of it'
28 May 2022
16.3k
40
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Heartbreak for Ireland 7s as they agonisingly miss out on first-ever Series final
Updated
10 Apr 2022
50.8k
12
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Paralympic Breakfast: Pat O'Leary narrowly misses out on medal in blanket finish
4 Sep 2021
13.3k
3
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Ireland post best result in Women's Team Pursuit to finish eighth at Worlds
28 Feb 2020
1.9k
4
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Moynihan comes within inches of winning €150,000 sports car at French Open
18 Oct 2019
6.5k
2
agonisingly close
Sam Bennett denied back-to-back Vuelta wins in photo finish, Roche remains in red
27 Aug 2019
4.2k
9
Nearly there
Highly-rated Cork City defender set to sign for Championship side Hull today
25 Jul 2019
6.1k
0
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Analysis: How outstanding Ulster almost shocked reigning champions Leinster
1 Apr 2019
27.8k
36
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'I just ran out of road' - Ireland's Sam Bennett gutted after another second-place Giro finish
23 May 2018
8.1k
15
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Louis Oosthuizen isn't letting a career Grand Slam of second places get him down
14 Aug 2017
5.1k
2
disappointing finish
Good week at the Open for Leona Maguire but she's pipped for best amateur prize
6 Aug 2017
5.3k
1
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Two young rowers rescued off Cork coast as they tried to row from Canada to Ireland
21 Jul 2017
32.3k
46
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Waterford football boss - 'Hopefully it'll turn for them, one of these days it'll turn for them'
27 May 2017
11.4k
2
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Paul Dunne misses out on first European Tour title after losing play-off
16 Apr 2017
12.1k
19
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Courageous draw not enough to send Dundalk through to Champions League group stages
23 Aug 2016
23.2k
41
Rio 2016
Barr now lives with the rare agony of 4th, the best and worst place away from the podium
18 Aug 2016
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26
off day
Ken Doherty falls at final hurdle in bid to qualify for world championship
13 Apr 2016
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What Happened
'It looked like it bounced left': Johnson puts a brave face on Major three-putt terror
22 Jun 2015
7.6k
1
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Irish twins agonisingly miss out on the medals at Canoe World Championships
28 Apr 2015
5.0k
1
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Eden Hazard and 4 more players Manchester United memorably missed out on
27 Apr 2015
9.1k
16
drone ship
Video: SpaceX rocket floats down from the sky but is still blown to smithereens
16 Apr 2015
15.2k
15
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Heartbreak for Ireland U19s as Paul Doolin's side beaten at the death in Germany
28 Mar 2015
4.4k
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Ireland's Kevin Phelan narrowly misses out on Joburg Open title but pockets €80,000
1 Mar 2015
3.8k
1
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Dublin is almost the best city in the world for North Americans to live in
23 Jan 2015
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26
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Little Scottish boy tries to race marathon runners... and it ends in a faceplant
28 Jul 2014
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