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4th November 2019
08:19am GMT
Nicci Daly, who is part of the team, told RTÉ last night: "It's everything. The whole process, it's always for the Olympics. We've come close in the past. This is the dream. This is everything to us... and what a way to do it!" Meanwhile, caption Katie Mullen said: "I'm just so incredibly proud of this bunch of players. "We have worked so hard, some of us have put in 10, 12 years, and it's also for all the players that have gone before us. All those who committed so much of their lives to international hockey and never made it to an Olympics. "We are representing them. I am so delighted." Keep up to date with the Irish women's hockey team here.We’re going to Tokyo! pic.twitter.com/fiE2S13Ohr
— Irish Hockey (@irishhockey) November 3, 2019
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