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Headline : ***EXCLUSIVE*** ALEX HIGGINS ( THE HURRICANE) Snooker legend Alex Higgins spotted looking frail returning to Kilcawleys Bar in Tallaght where he spent the afternoon drinking Guinness, Leaving twice to go to the local bookies and to get the Sunday Papers
Caption : HURRICANE HIGGINS' BOOZY COMEBACK PREPARATION
Caption: We've found the real reason Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins fluffed his snooker comeback yesterday - he spent the day before his big game boozing in a Dublin bar.

The two times world champion lost 5-2 to unknown player Garry Hardiman at the Irish Professional Championships - his first competitive match since quitting the game in 1997.

But frail Higgins, 56, didn't give himself much of a chance, the former alcoholic was back to his old self just hours before playing Hardiman, at Kilcawley's Bar in Tallaght, near the Irish capital.

Higgins only left his perch at the bar twice all afternoon - to visit the local bookmaker and pick up the Sunday newspapers. (IG/WN/SC)
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