BUYING presents for loved ones is a hazardous exercise. Bitter experience has proven that dressing gowns, novelty items from Carroll's Irish Gift Store and George Foreman grills are relationship-killers, while cards containing sizeable cash amounts (which you would think would be welcomed on the basis of generosity and practicality) can buy you a night on the couch.
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BUYING presents for loved ones is a hazardous exercise. Bitter experience has proven that dressing gowns, novelty items from Carroll's Irish Gift Store and George Foreman grills are relationship-killers, while cards containing sizeable cash amounts (which you would think would be welcomed on the basis of generosity and practicality) can buy you a night on the couch.
However, Italy have managed to present the Irish rugby team with the perfect gift ahead of their Valentine's weekend showdown in Rome, courtesy of former prop Massimo Cuttitta.
"The Irish scrum is vulnerable on the loose-head side," reckons Cuttitta, adding that Italian …
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