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Mary O'Rourke and Danny Sutcliffe had an intense Bridge battle in Dublin today

Card games were the real winner here.

‘TIS THE SEASON for sitting around a quiet table in the house and trying to figure out how to entertain yourself in ways that don’t involve the remote control or singing another verse of that Pogues song.

Dublin hurler Danny Sutcliffe and former TD Mary O’Rourke know what I’m talking about

Look at them there, staring each other out of it.

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Footballer James McCarthy nudged in with some comically large cards of his own

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Oh, he’s got a good hand here, we can tell

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‘Lambs to the slaughter, Sutcliffe’

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The game ended like every other Christmas card or board game, with somebody flinging their cards or pieces across the room in disgust

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