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RTÉ Player showed Cool Runnings during the match yesterday, and people were raging

“You dead, man?” “Yeah, man. RTÉ Player’s killing me.”

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, SOME Irish football fans tuned into RTÉ Player to watch the highly anticipated fixture between Ireland and Sweden… only to be greeted with this:

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Just as the match build-up was getting underway, RTÉ Player started broadcasting clips from the 1993 comedy Cool Runnings at random intervals.

No, really.

THAT’S NOT WES HOOLAHAN!

This is not the time for a film about plucky Jamaican underdogs, RTÉ!

Seriously.

The glitch appears to have stemmed from the fact that Cool Runnings was being broadcast on RTÉ Player International at the same time the match was airing. (RTÉ’s rights for all matches are restricted to the Republic of Ireland only.)

Note to RTÉ Player: try not to broadcast The Mighty Ducks during Ireland v. Belgium, yeah?

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Written by Amy O’Connor and posted on DailyEdge.ie

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    Jun 24th 2016, 10:27 AM

    Is someone chopping onions

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    Jun 25th 2016, 9:23 AM

    Something in my eye… lovely letter

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    Jun 24th 2016, 10:36 AM

    That is a really lovely sentiment….fair play.

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    Jun 24th 2016, 10:24 AM

    Allons enfants de ls patrie! #Les Bleus

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    Jun 24th 2016, 1:20 PM

    La jour de gloire est arrivé!

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    Jun 24th 2016, 10:45 AM

    Could do with being translated again by something other than google translate.

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    Jun 24th 2016, 11:50 AM

    Agreed but I also think it adds to the authenticity. Couldn’t help but read it in a French accent! Nice work, Irish fans.

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    Jun 24th 2016, 4:54 PM

    We’re a great bunch of lads

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    Jun 24th 2016, 11:18 PM

    Mam? WTF!

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    Jun 25th 2016, 1:30 AM

    Sap.

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