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Finlay Bealham is cut from a different cloth and he believes the fact that everyone is accepted in the Ireland set-up is one of its great strengths. During the November internationals, he and ...

Irish President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina with Holocaust survivors Suzi Diamond (left) and Tomi Reichenthal (second left) as they arrive at a Holocaust Memorial Day event Israeli ...