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Sky Sports presenter Clare Tomlinson 'mortified' over Dublin-Mayo All-England Final gaffe

“In 18 years of live TV, it’s up there with my worst moments.”

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SKY SPORTS NEWS presenter Clare Tomlinson has apologised for dropping a bit of a clanger after the All Ireland Final at the weekend.

While reading a report of the match on Sunday, Tomlinson referred to the draw between Dublin and Mayo in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship at Croke Park on Sunday as the “All-England Final”.

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As you can imagine, the slip-up was quickly shared across social media, and was greeted with just a bit of incredulity.

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Tomlinson has apologised for the gaffe following the outcry, saying it was “a slip of the tongue” at the “end of a long, late shift”.

“Am so mortified,” she tweeted. “In 18 years of live TV, it’s up there with my worst moments.”

 

Previously: Sky Sports News reporter refers to Dublin v Mayo as ‘the All-England final’>

Written by Valerie Loftus and posted on DailyEdge.ie

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    Jun 12th 2014, 9:11 PM

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    Jun 12th 2014, 9:46 PM

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    Jun 13th 2014, 12:30 AM

    Verrimus are experienced professionals in this field. If you read the Cooke report you will see that they performed their duties properly and co-operated fully with Cooke. I’m a techie and I could tell that these guys really know what they are talking about. In my opinion, anyone who is trying to discredit them, or their findings must have a vested interest. If you read the full report and you think that there was no surveillance, then you are an idiot.

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    Jun 12th 2014, 10:40 PM

    The Cooke report is a very well orchastrated attempt to deliver facts which cannot be argued whilst ignoring a huge amount of unadressed issues.

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    Jun 12th 2014, 9:01 PM

    So they people paid to look into this said it was never in their remit, the people who were been bugged said they weren’t been bugged and the people doing the bugging said they didn’t , I am glad that’s all cleared up then, all this from a judge, sounds about right

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    Jun 13th 2014, 12:50 AM

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    Jun 13th 2014, 8:12 AM

    Thats right John because past and present governments have an umblemished record when it comes to uncovering the truth on their own misgivings don’t they?

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