The end is hard for Cats as Tipp feel hand of history

JUST LAST week Tony Blair visited Ireland to publicise his autobiography.

The end is hard for Cats as Tipp feel hand of history
Mon, 06 Sep, 2010 - 01:00
Michael Moynihan
Michael Moynihan

We will spare you the tummy-upsetting account of the former British Prime Minister’s congress with Cherie – you can switch off Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ right now, please – but one of his more famous phrases came to mind in Dublin 3 yesterday.

The hand of history was on a lot of shoulders in Croke Park.

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