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    FIFA bans NI footballers from using Irish passports

    FIFA has decreed that Northern Ireland players must hold a British passport if they want to be eligible to play, even though the Good Friday Agreement allows for NI citizens to hold either or both an Irish and British passport.

    I've covered it here:
    http://elblogador.blogspot.com/2006/05/fifa-fools.html
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    Crucially, it's here too.

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    I know- it's called accidental double-posting.
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