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17th December 2014
06:17pm GMT

What a load of tripe. pic.twitter.com/WIt8Kal0ws
— Paul Kimmage (@PaulKimmage) December 17, 2014
Nothing but admiration for Katie Taylor but her "5th World title was the most memorable/iconic Irish sporting moment of 2015." A joke.
— Paul Kimmage (@PaulKimmage) December 17, 2014
The Dubliner had his backers for his opinions in what has been a fine year for Irish sport. The Guardian's Ewan Murray and the Irish Independent's Daniel McDonnell agreed with his sentiments.
@McDonnellDan @PaulKimmage glad I'm not the only one to be slightly miffed by her status!
— Ewan Murray (@mrewanmurray) December 17, 2014
It wasn't long though until Kimmage was being called out as wave upon wave of Taylor defenders voiced their discontent at his... discontent.
@PaulKimmage Whats tripe about Katie Taylor being admired so much u ignorant pig
— rory hogan (@SgtPembry16) December 17, 2014
@paulkimmage she's Ireland's greatest sports person in my opinion.
— Conor (@ConorLynch) December 17, 2014
@GordoMcG bitter grumble
— patrick barton (@pabarton) December 17, 2014
@PaulKimmage They asked people, and that is what they said. Katie was under-appreciated before, London, so this is just a re-balancing, no?
— Keith Darcy (@darcyk72) December 17, 2014
@PaulKimmage her "5th world title" equals record number of world titles held.. therefore deserving of iconic status..
— sppower (@sppower01) December 17, 2014
@McDonnellDan @PaulKimmage maybe people can appreciate how much it takes to be world champ of anything let alone 5 times. #getoverit
— Laura Newman (@LaursheenN) December 17, 2014
@PaulKimmage Jog on Kimmage
— Corvo (@DieADevil) December 17, 2014
A fantastic sports journalist. I do like him and his work. But, @PaulKimmage is one seriously contrary man sometimes. #negative #loves2rant
— niall carolan (@fechincarlito) December 17, 2014
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