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Jimmy O´Neill passes away

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Jim O´Neill, the Turf Club Security man, who suffered a heart attack at the Curragh last Sunday, passed away last night. In his eighties, Jimmy, as he was known to all, had been in hospital since taking ill. Funeral arrangements to follow.

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