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John Gibbons

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Young out-half Charlie O'Shea stars as Munster power to bonus-point win against Bulls

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By John Gibbons, Christina Finn Verified, Backa Topola
| TheJournal.ie Verified
MUNSTER HAVE THEIR first win of the new URC season, Clayton McMillan’s side building on the promising signs in last weekend’s defeat to Glasgow by delivering a more comprehensive, ruthless performance to record a bonus-point win against the Bulls. This will be remembered as the night Charlie O’Shea announced himself to the Thomond Park faithful. O’Shea, 20, shot up the out-half queue after Jack Crowley and Tom Wood were ruled out of the first half of the season.
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Leinster snatch late bonus point in Durban defeat to Sharks

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By John Gibbons, Christina Finn Verified, Backa Topola
| TheJournal.ie Verified
LEINSTER’S SOUTH AFRICAN safari ended in a bonus-point defeat after a hard-fought battle with the Sharks, adding a point in Durban to the two they earned in last week’s narrow loss to the Lions. It was a tight tussle from beginning to end, but the match was ultimately decided up front, where the visitors were outmuscled in the set pieces. The Sharks were boosted by the return from Springbok duty of three of their big names—Eben Etzebeth, Ox Nche and Thomas du Toit — and their presence was felt.
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What if city living also meant you could grow your own food? One Dutch community has it sussed

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By John Gibbons
| TheJournal.ie Verified
THE IRISH GOVERNMENT has in recent months sought to make it easier to build one-off housing in the countryside, a move it claims is designed to ease the pressure on housing and to give people more choice about where they live. In truth, this populist quick-fix ‘solution’ to our housing crisis creates far more problems than it claims to solve. Loosening the rules on one-off housing means our rural hinterlands morph into an unplanned suburban commuter belt sprawling deep into the countryside.
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