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Sat 11 Nov 2009An Irishman's Diary
CONTRASTING EVENTS in Dublin and Reykjavik today may give a twist to the now-tired joke – which wasn’t funny to start with – about the difference between Ireland and Iceland, writes FRANK MCNALLY
While 82,000 people converge on Croke Park to cheer the Irish soccer team on against France in a game deemed important enough to merit a special broadcast by the Taoiseach, our near namesakes in the North Atlantic are also holding an event of national importance in a sports stadium.
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