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The magazine that could once genuinely claim to have made life uncomfortable for people in high places had lost its way in recent years. The pity is that it now looks too late for someone with the right stuff to step in and revive it.
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Away from television cameras and big-match hype, Dublin's players will be left with a simple question this weekend: how badly do they still want it?
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