Ireland's hopes ended by 23-20 loss to Scotland (AP via Yahoo! Sports) Ireland's faint hopes of retaining the Six Nations title evaporated with a 23-20 defeat to Scotland on Saturday. Ireland needed to beat Scotland by a healthy margin at Croke Park to have any chance of overhauling France at the top of the standings but was unable to convert large amounts of possession and territory into points.
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Scotland 23, Ireland 20 (AP via Yahoo! Sports) DUBLIN (AP) -- Scotland beat Ireland 23-20 in the final round of the Six Nations on Saturday. Scorers: Scotland 23 (John Beattie try; Dan Parks 5 penalties, drop goal) def. Ireland 20 (Brian O'Driscoll, Tommy Bowe tries; Jonathan Sexton conversion, penalty; Ronan O'Gara conversion, penalty). HT: 14-7.
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Apology by pope fails to calm Ireland (Seattle Times) Pope Benedict XVI's letter to Ireland apologizing for chronic child abuse within the Roman Catholic Church failed Saturday to calm the anger of many victims, who accused the Vatican of ducking its own responsibility in promoting a worldwide culture of cover-up.
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