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Off The Ball cult hero, Richie Sadlier's dog Frankie, died last night

The RTÉ soccer pundit spoke about his beloved Victorian bulldog on Newstalk in recent months.

RICHIE SADLIER’S FAMOUS dog Frank passed away last night.

The former Ireland international introduced his beloved pet to Ireland’s sports fans in recent months as he detailed the dog’s battle with epilepsy and constipation on Off The Ball.

The tale sparked a #prayforFrank hashtag on Twitter and listeners continued to ask for updates on his health. Sadlier’s Sunday Independent colleague Dion Fanning this morning  confirmed the sad news however.

“It’s all too raw right now but we’ll pay fitting tribute when we return to the airwaves,” the OTB5 tweeted this afternoon.

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    Mar 30th 2013, 12:31 PM

    Tuff news ..hate too lose my dog ..rip frank

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    Mute Gerry Campbell
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    Mar 30th 2013, 3:07 PM

    Shocking waste of a piece of news space , it’s a dog, for gods sake.. It happens , it’s sad but a lot more tragedy in the country lads.

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    Mar 30th 2013, 5:22 PM

    Yeah shame on the journal.ie for wasting all that Internet stuff :-p

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    Mar 30th 2013, 9:04 PM

    You saw the headline, opened the article, read it. Then have time to comment and piss and moan about the journal.
    F**k off!!

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    Mute Lou Brennan
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    Mar 31st 2013, 12:10 AM

    And you’re one of the saddest

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    Mar 31st 2013, 12:26 PM

    Barky narky marky, If you feel that strongly, save up your dole and buy him another dog..

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    Mute David Donoghue
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    Mar 30th 2013, 12:33 PM

    Sad news. RIP Frankie

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    Mar 30th 2013, 2:20 PM

    Very sad news. A dog is a huge loss to a family. People are closer to their dogs than their siblings sometimes. Dogs are so loyal —- people can’t match it.

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    Mar 30th 2013, 4:01 PM

    Only the weirdos are

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    Mar 30th 2013, 2:26 PM

    Ahh poor Richie, sorry to hear it. Dogs wud break ur heart when they die

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    Mar 30th 2013, 5:11 PM

    Your spelling breaks my heart.

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    Mute Matt Dobson
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    Mar 30th 2013, 5:21 PM

    Knob

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    Mar 30th 2013, 3:42 PM

    Rip Frank. You’ll be able to shite wherever you want now in doggie heaven.

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    Mute damien chaney
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    Mar 30th 2013, 4:00 PM

    Laughing out loud, brilliant

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    Mar 30th 2013, 2:37 PM

    RIP Frank. You’ll live forever in the minds of the former Off The Ball show listeners.

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    Mar 30th 2013, 1:26 PM

    Rip frank…..

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    Mar 30th 2013, 2:42 PM

    Poor Frank. Was is the epilepsy or the constipation?

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    Mar 31st 2013, 3:29 AM

    Richies slot was the only bad part of the proper off the ball show and this story about his dog wasn’t in any way funny. Pity it was one of the last things the lads were involved with on the show

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