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  "path": "/2026/03/27/sport/ireland-north-macedonia-reason",
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  "textContent": "The country is still recovering after Ireland suffered a gut-wrenching defeat to Czechia in a penalty shoot-out on Thursday night. Ireland will rue letting a 2-0 lead slip as Troy Parrott’s penalty, as well as a Matej Kovar own goal, had the Irish fans in the Fortuna Arena in Prague going delirious. However, it wasn’t […]",
  "title": "Why are Ireland playing North Macedonia? Reason behind ‘dead rubber’ revealed"
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