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Pilot's chilling six final words before plane crash killed everyone on board

2+ week, 22+ hour ago  (475+ words) The fireball crash killed all 183 passengers and crew, making it the deadliest air disaster in Polish history LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 was meant to be a routine transatlantic trip from Warsaw to New York City. But the journey would end…...

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You're wrong Gordon Elliott, you have a chance of winning trainers' championship

3+ week, 17+ hour ago  (801+ words) For 13 years in succession, Gordon Elliott has been runner-up to Willie Mullins in the Irish National Hunt trainers" championship. Despite sending out over 2, 000 winners since first finishing second in 2013, and winning almost "50 million in prize-money, Elliott has never been crowned…...

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Ireland's top female racing driver faces biggest season yet

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (878+ words) Irish motor racing star Laura O'Connell joined Kit Kat to unveil a life-sized, hand-crafted Formula 1" chocolate car at legendary racetrack, Silverstone. The giant car spans five metres, weighs 350kg, and took an incredible 1, 254 hours to create. (Image: Brian Mc Evoy) Extra…...

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From Magherafelt to Formula 3: The Rising Star of Irish Motorsport

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1233+ words) The road out of a small town is rarely straight. In the north of Ireland, where the rain moves sideways across the fields, ambition usually wears muddy boots. Gaelic football pitches and parish halls sit at the centre of life....

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Gordon Elliott brutally shuts down Racing Blogger: 'I'd call you the mug"

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (302+ words) Gordon Elliott brutally shut down a prominent racing personality who had a pop at a former amateur jockey. Elliott was part of a panel for a Cheltenham Festival preview with social media influencer Stephen Power, better known as the Racing…...

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Johnny Smacks shares heartwarming update on son born with rare health condition

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (348+ words) Johnny Smacks of The 2 Johnnies has become a dad(Image: Instagram) Johnny Smacks of The Two Johnnies has shared an heartwarming update about his baby boy JJ - he's finally being discharged from hospital. Little JJ was born with gastroschisis, a…...

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Discover Indianapolis and get back to what America is really all about

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1273+ words) If your sole bit of go-to knowledge about Indianapolis was that they race cars there for a very long distance in one go, then you're in good company. I must confess that I hadn't given the place much thought until…...

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Irish prodigy Alex Dunne gushes with emotion when he sees Dad after F1 debut

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (307+ words) Irish racing prodigy Alex Dunne gushed with emotion as he met a proud father following his Formula 1 racing debut on Friday. Dunne was let drive for Team Mc Laren in place of Lando Norris for this afternoon's FP1 session and exceeded…...