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This heroic couple saved the day when these Irish fans lost their rugby tickets

So sound.

IMAGINE HEADING OVER to Cardiff for the Ireland Rugby World Cup match and losing your tickets on the morning of the game.

Well, this happened to Irish fans Sinead O’Brien, Ian Browne and Colin Browne just hours before the game against France kicked off.

But there was an Irish couple there to save the day. They found the tickets, returned them to the ticket office and then went around with this sign looking to alert them.

Barry O’Brien, who tweeted the image above, tells the story to DailyEdge.ie: 

So my cousin Sinead O’Brien, her husband Ian Browne (on the left in the photo) and his brother Colin were there together. My friends and I met them in the fanzone next to the stadium. After about 15 mins, Ian realised that he lost all three of their tickets.

Disaster looked like it was on the way, but then:

After some searching, cursing and a lot of tears, Ian noticed this couple, John Cullinane and his girlfriend Rachel, holding up a sign with “Ian Browne, Lost something?” written on it. His name was on the tickets.

It was the soundest of sound gestures:

John and Rachel found the three tickets on the floor, handed them into the ticket desk but still walked around with the sign to try to find the guys.

So, not only did John and Rachel hand them in, they took time out of their important match prep to walk around the fan zone with their hastily-made sign and didn’t give up on Ian Browne and the lost tickets.

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As Barry says, he’s thankful to the couple for their serious levels of soundness:

Needless to say the three of them were so relieved and John and Rachel saved the day.

Wonderful.
Written by David Elkin and originally published on DailyEdge.ie

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    Jul 3rd 2013, 9:09 PM

    Great, but could the Irish government also arrange some kind of ‘pathway’ to regularization for illegal Immigrants in Ireland? You know, reciprocate what they have been begging for? Or are they less worthy…

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    Jul 3rd 2013, 9:16 PM

    It’s not always I agree with you…. In this case I do…

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    Jul 3rd 2013, 9:23 PM

    @w.j.d: Thank you.. The issue is currently being brushed under the carpet but eventually something will need to be done. You can’t deport them all.. so there needs to be a system of figuring out who should be allowed stay and a pathway worked out for them to be legal.. I’m sure the illegal Irish in the states would agree with that..

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    Jul 3rd 2013, 9:30 PM

    Illegal aliens as sting says

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    Jul 4th 2013, 9:13 AM

    Absolutely frustrated….. On one hand… Our Irish politicians… Lobby, argue and fight to insure illegal Irish in America are rewarded for their illegal actions and get to stay in America…. On the other hand, our Irish politicians do nothing to ease the way for Americans seeking naturalization in Ireland.

    As always…. I great politicians are in the middle of hypocrisy.

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    Jul 4th 2013, 12:56 AM

    Thats a job for finian mcgrath …

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