Te'o rose to national prominence by leading the Fighting Irish to an undefeated regular season, amassing double-digit tackle games and becoming the face of one of the best defenses in the nation.

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For those who have lost count of the institutions that were pulverised by the financial crisis, Anglo Irish was an erstwhile star of Ireland's banking scene, which rose quickly from inauspicious roots during Ireland's heady growth in the 1990s, only to rack up enormous property-related losses when the bubble burst.

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Te'o rose to national prominence leading Notre Dame's Fighting Irish to an undefeated regular season.

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Mr Wilson rose to international prominence in the aftermath of the bombing and in 1993, he accepted an Irish government invitation to become a member of the Republic of Ireland's Senate.

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