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Kevion C writes:

“…[I am] an expat living in Abidjan [Côte d’Ivoire] Can your readers please lend  their support to Les Éléphants [nickname for national side] as they take on Japan in their World Cup campaign [first match Vs Japan on Saturday June 15]. I can testify that’s it’s not just the flags that are similar between our two countries. But they may actually have the best supporters in the world (see above).”

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Yaya Touré battling to be fit for Ivory Coast’s first World Cup match (Guardian)

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“The geography of Europe’s luxury real estate is changing. After years in the doldrums, troubled cities like Madrid and Dublin are seeing a substantial recovery and look poised to become the continent’s rising stars, according to a new report by real estate advisor Knight Frank. Last year, however, prices bottomed out and even started to recover in some of Europe’s most embattled cities, with Madrid showing a 5% increase and Dublin a spectacular 24.6%...

Luxury Real Estate: Discover Europe’s Rising Stars (Forbes)

Previously: We’re Back Baby

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Dave Alsybury writes:

“[Radio Nova’s] Morning Glory newsman Conor Irwin last week naively told everyone listening to Radio Nova that he wished his other half had taken cooking lessons. Following the comment, his girlfriend Ciara got in touch with the show’s hosts Marty and Joan to devise a plan that would hit Conor where it hurts. The cunning plot involved the gang posting an advert on Done Deal offering Conor’s “Beautiful Golf Clubs”, which are worth over €2000 for the low cost of €230. Needless to say, Conor got quite the shock when it was revealed live on air that his pride and joy were being fobbed off….”

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Beautiful Golf Clubs (DoneDeal)

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The Guardian reports that: “Vodafone, one of the world’s largest mobile phone groups, has revealed the existence of secret wires that allow government agencies to listen to all conversations on its networks, saying they are widely used in some of the 29 countries in which it operates in Europe and beyond

Vodafone reveals existence of secret wires that allow state surveillance (Guardian)

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For the month that’s in it.

The ugly side of the  World Cup designed by Kie Carew, editor of new Dublin-based football periodical, Póg Mo Goal, a title focused on “considered design and great quality writing from around the world”.

Issue one features Brazilian photo-journalist Gabriel Uchida, Ron Ullrich from cult-German website 11freunde, and Donal Fallon from Dublin’s own Come Here to Me, alongside illustrators Dave Merrell from Manchester and Dan Leydon from Ireland.

Yes yes.

But can YOU name those four controversial World Cup incidents (above)?

Answers MUST be revealed by 3.30pm.

Referee’s decision is final.

Pog Mo Goal

Thanks Ciaran Le Cool