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World Record
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Record Breaker
Eliud Kipchoge breaks world record at Berlin Marathon
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ACHIEVEMENT
Mo Farah breaks one hour run world record
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'If I could do all that, I would hold a world record... I was 11 years and 333 days old'
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rapid
Kenyan marathon master Kipchoge smashes world record
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Take a Bow
Ireland's Lenihan breaks world record twice on the way to winning gold
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Here's how to recycle your Christmas tree and break a world record at the same time
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Scottish man cycles around world in 79 days, setting new world record
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World Record
The Waterford man who's carving a 20-metre-long wooden Viking sword
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'Thanks to books, I feel free': The man with the most degrees in history
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Despite just 5% vision, Cork's Sinead Kane is aiming to run into the record books
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Welsh champions The New Saints surpass Johan Cruyff’s Ajax for record wins
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Going Solo
The runner hoping to break a world record by soloing this weekend's Dublin Marathon
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hardcore
Liverpool fan breaks Football Manager world record of longest-ever game
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fighting fit for ewing's
Irish cancer survivor loses out on world record by just ONE second
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Rio 2016
Divine intervention? Sports fans need more than Jesus to explain incredible results on the track
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Done Deal
Man United make Paul Pogba the most expensive player in football history
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Irish cancer survivor breaks world record for fastest 5km on crutches
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Four men attempting record breaking row off UK coast rescued by Rosslare RNLI
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the road to rio
Double gold medal success for Ireland at European Championships as Cork pair break records
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Jun 13th 2016, 8:15 PM
Game Over
Sorry, but it's unlikely you'll ever beat the world record for this game
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May 10th 2016, 12:37 PM
oh christmas tree
Could you break the Irish record for how far you can throw a Christmas tree?
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super festive
Australian Christmas tree sets world record for boasting over 500,000 lights
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Nov 29th 2015, 7:00 AM
crawl before you walk
600 babies just set a world record for crawling
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Nov 24th 2015, 6:10 AM
Zip up your mickey
The man with the longest penis in the world says it's really not all that
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Aug 29th 2015, 4:10 PM
eye-watering
Barcelona preparing new Neymar deal amid reports of world record Man United bid
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Aug 25th 2015, 11:55 AM
Take a Break
Watch this 101-year-old break her own abseiling world record
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Jul 14th 2015, 11:00 AM
run wild
A 92-year-old cancer survivor just became the oldest woman to finish a marathon
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Jun 1st 2015, 4:14 PM
Zooooooom
Japanese train smashes world speed record
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Apr 21st 2015, 3:10 PM
Peter the Parrot
Want to see a man fly 250m through the air to break a world record?
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Feb 15th 2015, 10:55 AM
Meet Blosom, the world's tallest cow
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Oct 15th 2014, 6:43 PM
In Numbers
Trinity College, cannabis, and going to the dentist : The week in numbers
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Aug 23rd 2014, 7:30 PM
D'oh!
This guy has 41 tattoos of Homer Simpson on his body
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Jul 20th 2014, 4:32 PM
yea yea funky yea
What's the longest you've ever partied? This Dublin DJ is planning to go for 8 days straight
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Jun 29th 2014, 9:00 AM
aarrghhh
Couple cross a river by hooking a zip line to their back piercings
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May 25th 2014, 3:15 PM
Record Breakers
Clontarf GAA set a world record thanks to Jack McCaffrey and 1,499 friends
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May 6th 2014, 10:21 AM
Show Me The Money
‘Well-known’ billionaire buys record-breaking €144 million life insurance policy
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Mar 14th 2014, 5:45 PM
Holy Cow!
This tiny woman broke the world steak eating record in less than 3 minutes
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Jan 9th 2014, 6:00 PM
sheer brutality
New Zealander bludgeons quickest ever one-day century in 36 balls
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World Record
Dundalk Santas run to try and beat world record
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Nov 30th 2013, 3:52 PM
Sin bin
VIDEO: Here's how Fiji set the world record for yellow cards
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