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Derek Foley

@OnlyOneFinFoley

One F to some, What The F to others...things will be different when I grow up

Dublin, Ireland

Joined June 2011

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Derek Foley@OnlyOneFinFoley · Jul 22

My thanks to pile on, War Pigs only 5th greatest ever Heavy Metal @RollingStone magazine (2023 list) not even best Sabbath! It’s 5 War Pigs -Black Sabbath 4 Breaking the Law -Judas Priest 3 Ace of Spades -Motörhead 2 Master of Puppets -Metallica 1 Black Sabbath -Black Sabbath

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Derek Foley@OnlyOneFinFoley · Jul 22

I don’t like Heavy Metal per se but War Pigs by Black Sabbath… “Generals (screaming) gathered in their masses, Just like witches at black masses…” There is some attack/fire from Ozzy in the opening couplet all the same

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@victoriamary@Victoriamary · Jul 20

So proud of @EtainsDream and so grateful to have tickets for the #AllIreland today @ShaneMacGowan will be there in spirit . Up Tipp!

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Derek Foley@OnlyOneFinFoley · Jul 20

If you read ONE All-Ireland piece: Siobhan MacGowan on Shane’s unconditional love for Tipperary GAA and Shannon Rovers, it was as broad and as majestic…the day’s best read, guaranteed⬇️⬇️⬇️…and pass it on irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/hurl…

OnlyOneFinFoley's tweet card. It is all there, just listen to The Broad Majestic Shannon - it is about far more than you might think

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Derek Foley@OnlyOneFinFoley · Jul 18

Now that…is a jersey…the original Man City….plse send me one, no send me two…⁦@RealTolmie⁩ ⁦@ManCity⁩ ⁦@PUMA⁩ mancity.com/citytv/mens/ma…

OnlyOneFinFoley's tweet card. Introducing our 2025/26 PUMA Away kit, a nod to Manchester City' oldest-known kit.

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Derek Foley@OnlyOneFinFoley · Jul 16

EXCLUSIVE: EXCLUSIVE: Former Irish pro certain Yanks will not win 2025 Open at Portrush "If the weather is very blowy then it takes a lot of creativity, something that the Americans aren't overly used to.⬇️⬇️⬇️ irishmirror.ie/sport/golf/exc…

OnlyOneFinFoley's tweet card. "If the weather is very blowy then it takes a lot of creativity, something that the Americans aren't overly used to.

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Derek Foley@OnlyOneFinFoley · Jul 13

……It is not easy carrying a couple of thousand euros worth of cameras, it makes you an easy target, but he just had that carraige, trust me. RIP Mick O’Neill

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Derek Foley@OnlyOneFinFoley · Jul 13

……there was a tough newspaper guy there too and, indeed, we recently found ourselves in a corner in a tough, some might say infamous neighbourhood where his bravery behind a quick smile got us out….more

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Derek Foley@OnlyOneFinFoley · Jul 13

…he had privately organised/sent on pics, to players, clubs, charities and they remebered him. I've done most sports imaginable with Mick as well as news encompassing everything from astronauts to Holocaust, from Ballyragget to Ballymun, Ploughing C’ships to Galways Races…more

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Derek Foley@OnlyOneFinFoley · Jul 13

“Myself and Mick's longstanding joke about some of the more obscure games we covered was that we were not so nuch outstanding in our own fields but 'out standing in someonone else's...' While it never ceased to amaze me either that he was on first name terms with so many…more

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Derek Foley@OnlyOneFinFoley · Jul 13

Some of you know already but our most treasured award winning photographer has passed away following a road traffic accident…Mick O’Neill RIP

OnlyOneFinFoley's tweet image. Some of you know already but our most treasured award winning photographer has passed away following a road traffic accident…Mick O’Neill RIP

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Derek Foley@OnlyOneFinFoley · Jul 12

Danger here! Weather Warning for those considering exercise this weekend - Irish Mirror Online irishmirror.ie/weather/danger…

OnlyOneFinFoley's tweet card. Hot enough for all athletes, from elite to enthusiasts, park joggers to walkers, busy midfielders to stand-in-the-sticks goalkeepers, to think ahead.

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Derek Foley@OnlyOneFinFoley · Jul 11

So what’s the significance of Olomouc…and what did Poborsky know about Irish football before almost everyone else in this country? ⁦@COYBIG⁩ ⁦⁦@IrishMirror⁩ ⁦@IrishStarUS⁩ ⁦@ManchesterEven⁩ @roisc ⁦@COYGIG⁩ irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/e…

OnlyOneFinFoley's tweet card. "Whether in training or matches, he hated losing and didn’t really know how to lose. He was willing to sacrifice anything to win—sometimes maybe a bit too much."

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Derek Foley@OnlyOneFinFoley · Jul 10

Who is Ireland’s ⁦Tour de France stage winner Ben Healy and, as importantly, what is his beautiful gorgeous sausage called…. @LeTour⁩ @benhealy ⁦@UCI_cycling⁩ ⁦@tourdefrance_25⁩ irishmirror.ie/sport/other-sp…

OnlyOneFinFoley's tweet card. The cyclist is from the same town as the world's greatest snooker player

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Derek Foley@OnlyOneFinFoley · Jul 7

Croke Park's GAA scoreboard...when outside agencies affect sport it's often hilarious ⬇️read here😂😂⬇️Change Rear Ends Please, Marathon winner gets lift, Judge Dreadful, Sign here not there, You had One Job, Look Ma, I'm on top of the Waaaarrrrgggghhhhh! irishmirror.ie/sport/sport-op…

OnlyOneFinFoley's tweet card. Change Rear Ends Please, Marathon winner gets lift, Judge Dreadful, Sign here not there, You had One Job, Look Ma, I'm on top of the Waaaarrrrgggghhhhh!

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Derek Foley@OnlyOneFinFoley · Jul 7

“Imagine spending your time with the certainty that the earth was flat only to find out the gang of geeks at the back of the class - Pythagoras, Permenides, Aristotle and Eratosthenes - were right all along. “They weren’t even geeks, they were Greeks… share.google/fyQwbpmNON7lKZ…

OnlyOneFinFoley's tweet card. All those Ireland coaches? It is, after all, hard to measure who are the good leaders and the not-so-good when you are in a different foxhole.

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Derek Foley@OnlyOneFinFoley · Jul 6

Lions lack leadership? Ireland coaches/grandees were 7/9 choosing squad. Lunacy. Hard to measure the good leaders and the not-so-good when you’ve all been in a different foxhole all the time ⁦@SquidgeRugby⁩ ⁦@PlanetRugby⁩ ⬇️OneF column⬇️ irishmirror.ie/sport/rugby-un…

OnlyOneFinFoley's tweet card. All those Ireland coaches? It is, after all, hard to measure who are the good leaders and the not-so-good when you are in a different foxhole.

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Derek Foley@OnlyOneFinFoley · Jul 5

🎼It’s a rainy night in Georgia…and I feel like it’s raining all over the world 🎼 With apologies to Brook Benton, Randy Crawford and Paul O’Connell, Craig Casey

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David Coughlan@davidcoughlan_ · Jul 4

Saturday’s @IrishStarSport: * @KarlOKane talks to Brendan Maher * @RoyCurtis68 speaks to Eamonn Dillon * @OnlyOneFinFoley goes to @tomasdaibhis * @GarryDoyle1, Pat Nolan & Davy Fitzgerald on SHC semi-finals * The amazing story of the five Tom Markhams and one cup

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Derek Foley@OnlyOneFinFoley · Jul 5

Dublin hurling reaching for the Blue sky … ⁦Thomas Davis ⁦@tomasdaibhis⁩ 900 kids, 100 teams, 3xminor girls teams…. ⁦⁦@DubGAAOfficial⁩ ⁦@MirrorSport_ie⁩ ⁦@DublinLive⁩ irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/dubl…

OnlyOneFinFoley's tweet card. The club cater for 300 kids on Saturday mornings between the ages of four and seven. It's all part of a modern, well-run operation, part of the identity of thriving Tallaght

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