# Best Ever

All time

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IRFU records best-ever financial year with revenues of €87.5 million

The men’s international game now accounts for 81% of all IRFU revenues.

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Jul 19th 2019, 12:09 PM

Interview

Ron Atkinson on the Desailly controversy, Paul McGrath and his best-ever signings

The former Manchester United manager chats to The42 about an eventful career in football.

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Nov 26th 2016, 10:05 AM

Opinion

Ignore the haters, Robbie Keane is Ireland's best-ever striker

The veteran striker announced his international retirement today.

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Aug 24th 2016, 4:55 PM

Heroes

Rating the 21 best Irish Premier League players ever

Robbie Keane and other players who have made their mark on England’s top flight.

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Aug 11th 2016, 9:00 PM

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David O'Leary's 'babies' and the best-ever young Premier League teams

After Man United’s youngsters flourished at the weekend, we look back on some similarly prodigious sides.

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Feb 29th 2016, 8:30 PM

Messi shows exactly why we love him so much to pour misery on Guardiola's Bayern

Barcelona’s little genius scored two goals in three minutes in a 3-0 home win against Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-final first leg.

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May 6th 2015, 9:34 PM

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Is King Henry the greatest player in hurling's history?

It’s a question that will lead to intense debate following Henry Shefflin’s retirement from intercounty hurling

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Mar 26th 2015, 7:50 AM

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"I've never seen a better defender" - Cody praise for retired JJ Delaney

Kilkenny manager Brian Cody says the nine-time All-Ireland medallist is the best of all time.

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Feb 11th 2015, 6:30 PM

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Is this the best opening paragraph of an Irishman's* Wikipedia entry, ever?

*Ok, Adrian Carton de Wiart is not exactly Irish, but he’s got our blood in him. And he sounds like quite a guy.

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Jul 10th 2013, 12:06 PM

Opinion

Too early to say if Messi is best ever: Ibrahimovic

Messi, who turns 26 this year, scored his 43rd goal of the season in La Liga at the weekend.

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Apr 1st 2013, 9:31 PM

Best Ever

Hitchcock’s Vertigo trumps Citizen Kane in British list of top films

The 1958 suspense thriller about a retired police officer with a fear of heights topples Orson Welles’ classic in BFI’s list.

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Aug 1st 2012, 9:45 PM