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Medb Ruane: Yes we wuz robbed -- but lads proved we can do it

THE love of one's country is a terrible thing, but it was beautiful on Wednesday. That game, that crushing decision, painted Irish men at their best.

Inside Opinion

Sinking into a debt crisis

THE personal misery that comes with recession is spelled out in a major study of incomes and living standards reported today. With 420,000 people on the dole, and the number increasing by 13,000 each month, Irish consumers are sinking deeper into debt, with mortgages, credit cards and other personal loans.

US gears up for retribution with trial of 9/11 suspect

It will be hard to find jurors who can hear the case with open minds

Ian O'Doherty: We've been cheated by builders and bankers, but this was something else

So, have you calmed down yet? Has the sickening sense of moral outrage at this most egregious example of cowardly cheating begun to pass? Nope, I didn't think so.

French people are feeling so ashamed

AS a French citizen, I would like to tell you how sorry and ashamed I feel about the way "les Bleus", who were more transparent than blue, dismissed your national team last night -- and so do most French people as well.

Con Houlihan

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Columnist Comments

• Kevin Myers: Armistice Day poppycock threatens our free speech

They started wearing the poppy on the BBC last week, midway through October, nearly a month before Armistice Day. They also ambushed the British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin.

• Ian O'Doherty: All hail Xenu. Or something

The Cult of Scientology is having a really, really bad week. They have been found guilty of fraud in France, and slapped with a large fine -- although given how expert they are at bilking money from the gullible morons who buy into their claptrap, they shouldn't have any problem raising it.