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Twitter reacts to Ireland's Rugby World Cup squad announcement

Find out what those on the social networking site made of the surprise omissions of Luke Fitzgerald and Tomas O’Leary.

DECLAN KIDNEY’S 30-man World Cup squad announcement raised a few eyebrows among fans and critics alike.

Announced at 1pm at a press conference today, it contained a couple of surprises, most notably the decisions to exclude Tomas O’Leary and Luke Fitzgerald.

Find out below what the good folk on Twitter thought of the afternoon’s proceedings…

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  • Gavin Grace

  • Michael McCarthy

  • Micheal Nagle

  • Paul Dollery

  • Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

  • Ruaidhri O'Connor

  • Shane Hegarty

  • Sharon Ward

  • Tom Fox

  • Anthony Kelly

  • Ronan Lyons

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    Mute Aidan Kearney
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    Jul 9th 2012, 7:38 PM

    Have no lessons been learned since Cian O Connor lost the Gold medal! Dont blame the horse.

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    Jul 9th 2012, 8:13 PM

    Irish showjumping is poxed

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    Jul 9th 2012, 11:03 PM

    Please post a link to the statement Denis made on his web site in the spirit of fairness http://www.denis-lynch.com
    The behaviour of the HSI committee is deplorable after the dedication he demonstrated to secure an Olympic individual place. A member of the committee who decided to remove his ratification was the team vet that examined his horse 2 hours before the competition and advised team manager that the horse was sound to compete despite his concerns.

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    Jul 9th 2012, 11:17 PM

    If what Denis has said is true, there is something seriously wrong going on there

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    Jul 9th 2012, 9:26 PM

    He shouldn’t even have figured as a contender to go to the Olympics 2012 having been sent home from Beijing in 2008 for the very same thing.

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    Jul 9th 2012, 9:28 PM

    A bit harsh, it might be naturally occurring, and its within the rules of the horsejumping body. Like the UK rule with Millar and Chambers that was overturned, the national association should not rule like this, as he was not banned by the IOC . Any thoughts on this or am I wrong?

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    Mute Johnny Reynolds
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    Jul 9th 2012, 11:03 PM

    What a joke, why would Denis risk it when he’s got one of the best show jumpin horses in the world. Surely, with the amount of money involved in horses, they can come up with a clear test for drug taking. One that shows a very clear difference between natural and artificial hypersensitivity in the horses legs. Seen as he got kicked out last time on disputable grounds, why would he try it again and risk his lively hood. Something doesn’t smell right

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    Mute Oonagh Fitzgibbon
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    Jul 9th 2012, 11:20 PM

    Disgraceful….heartbreaking for him & his team….read his statement…something v odd going on!

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    Mute Killian Maher
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    Jul 9th 2012, 11:25 PM

    Title should be “Unintroducing Denis Lynch”

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    Mute Roy Scott
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    Jul 9th 2012, 10:12 PM

    Pity, wonder of other nations have same issues?

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    Jul 10th 2012, 5:31 AM
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    Jul 10th 2012, 12:13 PM

    i think there is something in the wording here.
    why use disqualified instead of withdrawn for health reasons…..
    Other questions are how widespread is the problem of horses being illegally Hypersensitive? How easy is this to administer to a horse and what are the benefits as a result?

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