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2009 recalls a year of sporting highs and lows... It was the year that the 'Hand of Henry' denied Ireland the chance to go to the soccer World Cup Finals, as a blatant handball by Thierry Henry helped France to a 2-1 aggregate victory in a qualifying playoff. Irish rugby celebrated a first Grand Slam in sixty-one years and Leinster won the Heineken Cup for the first time. 'We're gonna be in the Hudson', an American pilot calmly informed air traffic controllers as he crash-landed an airliner onto the freezing waters of the Hudson Bay off Manhattan Island: all 155 passengers and crew were safely rescued and pilot Chesley Sullenberger became a national hero. Playlist: Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling Lisa Hannigan - Lille Westlife - What About Now Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody La Roux - Bulletproof Florence & The Machine - Cosmic Love The Coronas - Listen Dear Lady Gaga - Poker Face Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition