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	World Snooker Championship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The World Championship is the climax of snooker's annual calendar and the most important snooker event of the year in terms of prestige, prize money and world ranking points.
		Snooker then went into a period of decline, and no tournament was held between 1958 and 1963.
		Embassy have a special dispensation to continue snooker sponsorship until 2005, but beyond that the future of the tournament is uncertain.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/w/wo/world_snooker_championship.html (739 words)

	Encyclopedia: Irish Masters (snooker) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Masters, formerly the Benson and Hedges Masters is a professional snooker tournament.
		Snooker table Snooker is a variation of the game of billiards played on a baize-covered table that has pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long cushions.
		Categories: Snooker ranking tournaments 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Irish-Masters-(snooker) (1597 words)

	Irish Masters (snooker) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was founded in 1978, but only became a ranking tournament from the 2002/03 season.
		But after BensonandHedges were banned from sponsering the tournament in 2001, the tournament got a new sponsor, The Irish Government, as well as a new venue at The Citywest Hotel,Saggart,Co.Dublin.
		In 1998, Ken Doherty claimed the title despite losing in the final 9 frames to 3 after his opponent, Ronnie O'Sullivan, failed a subsequent drugs test.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Irish_Masters_(snooker) (122 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Irish Masters rises from the ashes
		Only a month ago Irish snooker looked set to be tossed on the international scrap heap, embarrassingly, without a prestigious event to its name for the first time in nearly 25 years.
		Ken Doherty, Masters winner in 1998 and world champion in 1997, said saving the tournament was great news for professional snooker in Ireland, adding he was delighted at the prospect of playing in front of a home crowd in the 2000-seat Citywest venue, which is nearly double the capacity of Goffs.
		Reigning Irish Masters champion, John Higgins, who was also the first player to have a 147 break at the Masters, said he was relishing thought of his return to the event.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2001/0131/folansnooker.html (841 words)

	Alex Higgins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he started playing snooker at a young age.
		He turned professional at the age of 22, winning the World Professional Snooker Championship at his first attempt in 1972, aged 23.
		His unorthodox brilliance is best encapsulated in his break of 69 against Jimmy White in the penultimate frame of the World Professional Snooker Championship in 1982.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alex_Higgins (452 words)

	Irish calendar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Irish calendar does not observe the astronomical seasons (beginning, in the Northern Hemisphere, on the equinoxes and solstices), or the meteorological seasons (beginning on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1), but rather follows the seasons of the ancient Celts (see below) which are pre-Christian in origin.
		This is particularly evident in the Irish naming of many of the months: some names, like May (Bealtaine), August (Lughnasadh/Lúnasa) and November (Samhain, sometimes also in the form of Mí na Samhna) were the names of pagan Celtic festivals.
		November 11 - 1933: Abolition of appeal from courts of the Irish Free State to the Privy Council.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Irish_calendar (3558 words)

	AZBilliards.com - Snooker with Alan Morris
		Snooker certainly has come a long way since its development in 1875 by British Officers serving in India, to today's huge worldwide popularity and multimillion dollar professional world tour.
		The United States Snooker Association is the official governing body for snooker in the United States, and is also dedicated to the sport's promotion and development.
		The U.S. National Snooker Championship is the premier snooker event of the United States organized annually by the United States Snooker Association.
	www.azbilliards.com /snooker (444 words)

	SnookerUSA.com - World Of Snooker: 2002 Citywest Irish Masters Preview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Irish Masters switched to a new venue last year moving to the luxurious Citywest Hotel, set in the picturesque village of Saggart in the foothills of the Dublin mountains, to the approval of all the players and fans.
		The fact that the Irish Masters is an invitation event with no crucial world ranking points at stake at such a pivotal time in the season, combined with the famous Irish hospitality make it one of the most looked forward to and relaxed events on the snooker calendar.
		It is top seed O’Sullivan who heads a snooker star-studded cast for the 25th Irish Masters, which is once again being co-sponsored by the Citywest Hotel and the Irish governmental Department of Health and Children.
	www.snookerusa.com /menu/worldofsnooker/01-02wsmaintour/02irishmasters (344 words)

	Dail Debates Official Report - 31-01-01
		If money is to be spent on snooker it could be distributed to small clubs throughout the country to provide people with recreational activity in their leisure time.
		The assets and liabilities are being transferred to Kencarol Limited, a subsidiary of Irish Life and Permanent, at which point the ESOT will be established and then immediately transferred on, with the ESOT in place, to Irish Life and Permanent plc.
		Irish Life and Irish Permanent have acknowledged that it was good for them and at some stage the Minister should make provision for an ex gratia payment to customers.
	www.irlgov.ie /debates-01/31jan/sect1.htm (14841 words)

	Checkout 2004
		Murphy’s have sponsored the Irish Open national golf championship for 10 years, and the Cat Laughs Festival in Kilkenny for the past 8 years.
		Cullinane says the most renowned Irish event in terms of linking a sport with a sponsor, is the Murphy’s Irish Open.
		Irish Life’s continued sponsorship with the new series of ER, Bailey’s renewal of the Friends sponsorship link and Eircom’s long-standing commitment to Weatherline on RTE point to an obvious satisfaction with this category.
	www.checkout.ie /Feature.asp?ID=16 (1633 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		PRIZE trips to Dublin to see the 2005 Irish Masters Snooker Championships are up for grabs at the Terry Griffiths Matchroom.
		The winners will fly from Cardiff, be transferred to their hotel in Dublin for two nights and be treated to world class snooker matches culminating in the final on 13 March 2005.
		The event is one of the top tournaments in the snooker calendar and features the biggest names in the game including Stephen Hendry, Mark Williams, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Steve Davis, Jimmy White and the defending champion Peter Ebdon.
	www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk /files/matchroom/matchroom_news/matchroom_news9.htm (383 words)

	SNOOKER 4EVA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It was the 1987 Masters that provided him with his last major tournament success as he came from 8-4 behind to beat Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-8.
		Peter Ebdon is one of snooker’s great showmen and he made a dramatic entry to The Crucible Theatre stage in 1992, beating six-times world champion Steve Davis 10-4 in the first round and going on to reach the quarter-finals in his first season as a professional.
		Victories followed in the 1995 Irish Masters, 1996 Regal Masters and 1997 Thailand Open as Ebdon firmly established himself as one of snooker’s leading players.
	www.geocities.com /andy_p55 (1123 words)

	BBC SPORT \| NORTHERN IRELAND \| Bad break for snooker's Irish Masters
		Ireland's premier snooker tournament is in jeopardy because of new government regulations on tobacco sponsorship.
		The tobacco firm's reaction means that the annual Masters Snooker is unlikely to go ahead unless new backers come forward.
		The Benson and Hedges Irish Master is restricted to specially invited top ranking players and is regarded as one of the top four tournaments in world snooker.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport/hi/english/northern_ireland/newsid_943000/943201.stm (396 words)

	Front Page / The Irish Times on the Web / ireland.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Irish competitiveness is being undermined by recent pay claims, particularly in the public service, according to IBEC FULL TEXT
		Up to £13 million of Irish exports are threatened by US plans to impose trade sanctions on certain EU goods.
		England's Stephen Lee felt so good about his debut in the £200,000 Benson and Hedges Irish Snooker Masters that he thrashed Ken Doherty 6-1 in the quarter-finals at Goffs, Co Kildare.
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/front/1999/0326 (744 words)

	Irish Examiner - News From Ireland - 01, February, 2001
		The deal is worth an annual sum of £200,000 to the organisers of the competition over the next three years.
		Meanwhile, Norma Cronin of the Irish Cancer Society, welcomed the sponsorship as a positive tool to promote the dangers of smoking.
		She said the size of the sponsorship was justified as the ICS believed its long term benefit would reduce waiting lists in the future.
	archives.tcm.ie /irishexaminer/2001/02/01/current/ipage_0.htm (440 words)

	snookershark.com \| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Add to this eight victories in major tournaments which only later achieved ranking status, two Wembley Masters, five Irish, three Scottish and some twenty-four other wins, all in ten seasons and you have some idea how far ahead of the rest he was.
		Steve was by now snooker's first millionaire with all the trappings of success but as we entered the nineties, a young man from Scotland came on the scene who was to dominate that decade in much the same way as Steve had during the eighties.
		Snooker: Paul on a roll in father's memorial trophy (Huddersfield Daily Examiner) - THREE of the semi-finalists for the first-ever Roger Berry Memorial Trophy at Kirkheaton Liberal Club have now been decided - one of them being the late Roger's son, Paul.
	www.snookershark.com /famous_details.asp?id=6 (1402 words)

	Wembley Masters Snooker
		Hendry came close to a Master 147 after potting 13 reds and 12 fls only to run out of position and settling for a blue, he wen on to a 110 break.
		On a different not, snookers governing body as annouced that Jimmy White who has changed his name to Brown by deed poll will not be refered to as James Brown at tornament.
		Along with snookers 14 elite players there are two wild cards taking their place in this years event, Stephen Maguire and China's rising star Ding Junhui.
	www.snookerclub.com /profiles/wembley-masters-snooker.shtml (2565 words)

	Fáilte Ireland Sport Tourism - Sport Ireland
		The Irish Masters Snooker Championship is a world ranking snooker tournament which sees 16 of the world’s top snooker players compete against 16 qualifiers.
		The AIB Irish Seniors Open is a well established annual professional golf tournament for the leading 72 Professionals on the European Seniors Tour.
		Last years inaugural Irish round of the British GT Championship saw one of the biggest grids of Supercars ever assembled on this island.
	www.sportireland.ie /?id=5 (894 words)

	Snooker -the Virtual Library of Sport
		Snooker Glossary from Frank Callen with a hundred of the most popular terms used in snooker
		The rules of American Snooker have over the past few years become standardised and are now almost (if not exactly) identical to the rules governing the game as played by our English professionals.
		SnookerLoopy Snooker video clips; profiles of UK and other players; useful snooker, pool and billiard links, especially equipment.
	www.sportsvl.com /ball/snooker.htm (2053 words)

	News from Mayo - 9th February2001
		The Thomas Crosbie Holdings Group comprises The Irish Examiner and Evening Echo, which are printed and published by Examiner Publications (Cork) Limited; The Sligo Weekender, The Western People, The Down Democrat, The Newry Democrat, The Waterford News and Star and The Kingdom newspapers.
		The Department of Health's £600,000 sponsorship the Irish Masters Snooker Tournament has been described as "a public scandal that defies comprehension".
		Mrs Mary Healy, Chairperson of the Mayo Branch of the Arthritis Foundation of Ireland, who also suffers from the condition, said the news "made her blood boil" in light of the suffering and harship Mayo sufferers have to put up with by having to make the long journey to Galway for treatment.
	www.mayoalive.com /news/010209.htm (944 words)

	News week ending March 4 2000
		Ireland’s Irish Masters hopeful Fergal O’Brien says the Government should provide support to snooker as they do to other competitive sports, in order to stimulate young people to achieve world-class standards in a game that has a growing international following and in which Irish players are highly respected.
		“Irish people are naturally good at snooker, but there’s no point in a Government jumping on the bandwagon when we have a world champion,” he told KNN in an interview this week.
		Current Irish Masters title holder Stephen Hendry (above right with managing director of Benson and Hedges Adrian Goodrich) said it is ‘one of the noisiest’ venues he plays in, but that he really enjoys it.
	kildare.ie /knn/newsweekmar400.htm (5509 words)

	Minister Martin announces sponsorship for the Irish Masters Snooker Tournament
		The Irish Masters will be co-sponsored by a joint venture of his Department's Health Promotion Unit and the recently established Office of Tobacco Control.
		An offshoot of this campaign, the "Nico" campaign, which is currently running, highlights the unappealing aspects of smoking, particularly among the young.
		The co-sponsorship of the Irish Masters Snooker Tournament by the Health Promotion Unit and the Office of Tobacco Control will raise the public profiles of these agencies and will also assist in promoting the Department's anti-tobacco message to a large audience.
	www.doh.ie /pressroom/pr20010130.html (391 words)

	Irish Masters
		Following on from their success with the Masters in London, Benson and Hedges introduced the Irish Masters in 1978 and it remains the only major event to be held successfully in the Republic.
		By 1982 the top prize was up to £6,400 and the next year it went to five figures when Steve Davis won the first of, what was to be, eight wins in the event.
		Alex Higgins became the first Irish finalist in 1985 but it was Jimmy White who emerged the winner and he repeated his success in 1986.
	www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /IrishM.htm (717 words)

	LearnThis.Info Encyclopedia articles beginning with 'Ir' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Irish Minister for Justice, Equality & Law Reform
		Irish Minister for the Environment & Local Government
		Irish Minister for the Marine & Natural Resources
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /i/ir/index.html (59 words)

	Irish News - Irish Independent Online - Sunday Independent , Irish newspapers, News Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		IF THERE were any thoughts in the Irish camp that Wednesday's game with Albania would be a straightforward victory, they will have been quickly dispelled as the Albanians blew Group 10 wide open with a 3-1 win against Russia yesterday.
		IT was no place for a honeymoon, but that didn't bother Brian Kerr as, in freezing cold temperatures and a hostile environment, he started his competitive career as Ireland manager with a crucial win.
		In which case he will be popping up at or close to scrumhalf when the phases sweep England into the Irish 22, as he did to telling effect against Scotland.
	www.unison.ie /irish_independent/index.php3?ca=37&issue_id=8968 (2659 words)

	Ananova - Sport - Snooker - Irish Masters
		Ronnie O'Sullivan whitewashed Essex rival Brian Morgan 5-0 to reach the Citywest Irish Masters quarter-finals in Dublin.
		Ken Doherty's wait to enter the Citywest Irish Masters was not in vain last night as he brought the first round to a winning close.
		Mark Williams joined the growing band of top snooker players claiming they don't really care about winning after his defeat in the Irish Masters.
	www.ananova.com /sport?keywords=Snooker,Irish+Masters (276 words)

	Snooker News
		KARACHI, Sept 15: Fourth seed Naveen Perwani was the last player to reach the semifinals of the 18th Latif Masters Top 16 Ranking snooker championship, when the last group matches were played on W...
		KARACHI: The unseeded duo of Ramble Gul and Abu Saim stole the limelight...
		SNOOKER ace Stephen Hendry last night spoke of his shock at a con...
	archive.wn.com /2004/09/16/1400/snookernews (721 words)

	Ireland.com - The Irish Times - FRONT PAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Irish contestant, Brian Dowling, favourite to win Big brother and is receiving "bulk of betting"
		Irish contestant Brian Dowling (left) is favourite to win this series of Big Brother and is receiving the "bulk of betting" despite the short odds on his victory, according to Paddy Power Bookmaker.
		The Office of Tobacco Control tried but failed to get snooker stars such as Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry to praise the anti-smoking policies of the Minister for Health, Mr Martin, when they came to the Irish Masters' Snooker Tournament in March.
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/front/2001/0705 (899 words)

	Irish Masters Snooker
		Ronnie O'Sullivan held off a superb fightback by Matthew Stevens to become Failte Irish Masters champion for a third time in Dublin.
		He eventually completed a 10-8 success to add the Irish Masters crown to his Wembley Masters, Welsh Open and Grand Prix titles.
		It was his 18th ranking title and the Essex ace is clearly favourite to take the last two of the season as well - the China Open and Embassy World Championship.
	www.snookerclub.com /irish-masters/irish-masters-snooker.shtml (516 words)

	readaBet.com - IRISH MASTERS SNOOKER FIXED ODDS BETTING PREVIEW
		The Irish Masters snooker tournament begins on Sunday 6th March, and all of the best players in the world will be convening in Dublin to take part.
		The Citywest hotel may not have the same ferocity of atmosphere of the old Goff’s bloodstock ring, but it is still a high pedigree event and the last to be staged in Europe before the World Championships in late April.
		This was certainly the case at the Masters two weeks ago when he destroyed John Higgins 10-3 in the final, for his fourth title of the campaign.
	www.readabet.com /index.php/home/article/7131 (751 words)

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