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Colin Sheridan: Rory McIlroy could have taken a virtuous stand

McIlroy grew to become a Nike-clad paragon of virtue, backing up his very frequent public endorsements of tradition and history with consistently brilliant golf

Colin Sheridan: Rory McIlroy could have taken a virtuous stand — DIFFICULT WEEK: Rory McIlroy speaks to the media last week in Toronto, Ontario. Pic: Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images

Mon, 12 Jun, 2023 - 07:30

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Colin Sheridan is a writer and columnist. A former officer in the Irish Defence Forces he has extensive deployment experience as a peacekeeper with the United Nations, having lived and worked in the former Yugoslavia, West Africa, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine.

“Resign. Remarry. Return”

- A cabled message from Cecil Rhodes to Charles Stuart Parnell during the Kitty O'Shea scandal.

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