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WATCH: Sky Sports presenters have an absolute mare trying to read Irish on live TV

Published 20:11 28 Jul 2016 BST

Updated 20:32 28 Jul 2016 BST

Alan Loughnane
WATCH: Sky Sports presenters have an absolute mare trying to read Irish on live TV

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They may need to brush up on their Irish...

The news that Shay Given has retired has broken on social media in the last hour and as usual, Sky Sports are right on top of things. But unfortunately or them, Shay closes out the final line of his retirement statement on Twitter with "Go raibh maith agat," which some of the Sky Sports presenters had difficulty with. In fairness, they know nothing about our language, and fair play to them for trying, but to get caught out twice... https://www.instagram.com/p/BIaozxvDRZg/?taken-by=joe.ie Not once, but twice... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XENrx3S32no&feature=youtu.be Video via SportsJOE.ie We have hope for the future though, as Rachel Wyse is on the case, she'll sort them out... https://twitter.com/RACHEL_WYSE/status/758744447332909057 Cheers to Neil Madigan for sending this our way. If you have something you would like to share with us, send it to our WhatsApp number 087-4001102, editorial@JOE.ie or hit us up on Facebook or Twitter. SNAPCHATnew

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WATCH: Sky Sports presenters have an absolute mare trying to read Irish on live TV