Peadar Andrews is an Irish

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er who played for the Dublin county team. He was part of the 2005 Dublin team that beat Laois to become the 2005 Leinster Champions and was in the panel for Dublin's second consecutive Leinster Championship against

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in July 2006. He plays his club football for St Brigid's and was part of the squad that defeated Thomas Davis to the

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title at O'Toole Park. Andrews retired from the Dublin panel in 2006. Peadar Andrews is currently a Partner in the tax department of

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in Dublin, having previously worked at

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. He was on the Leinster squad in the 2005 Railway Cup victory over Ulster in

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were Leinster claimed the Martin Donnelly Cup for the 28th time. Andrews received a suspension of eight weeks in the controversial 2006 national league clash ( Battle of Omagh) between Dublin and Tyrone. A game which resulted in disciplinary action against 9 players involved in the game. He was charged under rules 138 and 140 but was later exonerated due to 'a technicality'. He is the older brother of Paddy Andrews, who was also part of the senior Dublin county football squad.

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