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Back in February, I interviewed Colette Terris from her hospital bed about the pressure on the Health Service. Sad to say, Colette has since passed away. She was a remarkable woman. This morning @BBCNolan I’m going to hear from her daughter Emer. bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ire…
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An Irish literary archive treat for #StPatricksDay
Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney encounters an ancient and mysterious pagan statue on Boa Island in Lough Erne and imagines what the old gods in Ireland were like, before the arrival of St Patrick.
Ulster in Focus: The Loughsiders, 1972
Irish poet Seamus Heaney explores the islands of Lough Erne in Northern Ireland. The enigmatic two-faced stone statue on Boa Island offers a glimpse into the pre-Christian world of ancient Ireland.
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My Mum ❤️ What is happening in hospitals is very real. At what point will the @duponline get back into government so that these issues can be properly tackled.
"Irish pronunciations aren't intuitive" says Geoffrey Featherstonehaugh from Leicester
Irish names were found to be the among the words we have most difficulty pronouncing. The hardest of all is the name Aoife, which generated 111,000 Google searches on how to say it over the course of the year thetimes.co.uk/article/harde…
"Eric Clapton is a great blues player, Jimmy Page is a great rock player... Jeff Beck is a great guitar player"
Alice Cooper on Jeff Beck
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On behalf of his family, it is with deep and profound sadness that we share the news of Jeff Beck’s passing. After suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, he peacefully passed away yesterday. His family ask for privacy while they process this tremendous loss.
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Remember when Coolio did a gig in Preston, ran into a group of random students outside afterwards and went back to their place, where he made Caprese Salad, Chicken á la Daaaamn and Peach Crumble, and they jammed Gangster's Paradise. What a guy.
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this is in 5 parts and i’ve been watching & waiting for the next part to drop like a series on apple tv. part 1:
The greatest crest of the French New Wave and a man whose films left me breathless many, many times. Merci pour tout Jean, à dieu.
Talk about a buzz kill
EXCLUSIVE: Royal beekeeper has informed the Queen's bees that the Queen has died trib.al/CjjNMLG
Liz Truss will be the UK's new prime minister after beating Rishi Sunak in the race to lead the Conservative Party bbc.in/3TLRyEP























