Sorry to hear that @Watchyourtoes. May he rest in peace. Itās a very hard blow to lose your father. Iām sure with the passing of time all the good memories will sustain you.
The story surrounding that lovely little girl in Enniscorthy - Fiadh OāConnor - is harrowing.
Five years old and an absolute little Angel. For those of you with young children, let them have the fucken X-Box or whatever the current rage is, hug them and tell them theyāre brilliant.
Life can be immeasurably cruel at times. God rest you Fiadhā¦
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I totally get your sentiment, pal. Obviously you canāt let them completely run amok (all the time) but I had similar thoughts to the ones you expressed when reading an interview with Andrew McGinley a year or two back. Heās the father of the 3 kids who were killed by their mother out in Saggart/Newcastle direction. A different reason but another tragic instance of kidsā lives being cut short & bereft people left behind. I remember thinkingā¦so what if theyāre refusing to brush their teeth in the morning & youāre out the door later than planned. These things arenāt the end of the world so let them arse around. That little girl Fiadh is a devastating story. Without having a clue myself, there are some illnesses that just donāt seem to have good outcomes. Things like neuroblastoma in kids, pancreatic cancer, MND to name a few. Unfortunately these have come to the door of some TFK members too. But RIP to that little girl. 
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Thatās both a horrible and lovely way to bow out for your old man @Watchyourtoes . Sounds like he was a fear uasal. Ar dheis dĆØ go raibh a anam.
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Thatās some username @balloobasluvsbeer ! āballoobasāāis some expression all the same
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Tubridy has done an interview with Christy Dignam to be broadcast on Monday morning.
Poor oulā Christy must be in the departure lounge. God be kind to him but heās a battler.
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Hell of a life of debauchery
The poor man has suffered enough without being subjected to Tubridy one last time.
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Heās a fighter in fairness
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Love the idea of hearing a Christy Dignam interview but canāt be arsed with Ryan Tubridy doing it.
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Buried a vv close friends wife yesterday, cancer the bastard.
Christ the king church, Turnerās Cross.
Singer sung " the parting glass"
Mags favourite.
Packed church and everyone moved.
My buddy is destroyed even though she was bad for 4 years,
Only consolation was she was home for most of it,
Tough Northside girl kept smiling and having the craic right through her ordeal .
Mags O Regan( McCarthy)
Lady
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My condolences to you pal.
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Christy himself doesnāt agree with you. Himself and Tubs have been on great terms for many years.
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Ahhh bud if u only knew her and him,
Mags would raise the rafters singing at the drop of a hat,
Surfing with the kids in Garrets town whilst Donny just looked on and adored her,
Always,
Worried he may go back on the tear,
But hopefully no.
Decent decent ordinary working cjas family,
All the kids done well.
Education is the 
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This Cancer is a cunt as you know Mike,hope it steers clear of all on here,
I honestly canāt help but not meet ppl on a regular occurrence and itās always the same " did u hear about him or her e"tc
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Iām laughing now but only in hindsight,
this is a genuine honest story,
Told it to her eldest Donna yesterday.
Back 35 yearās or so I was back in Cork working with Donny and a few mates.
Started off vv sensible,Donny guaranteed me- " no more Monday clubs( Ellisās bar- music and craic on dole day,we were all on tbe Bru at tbe time)
Course after a few weeks we gravitated to the pub again, fuckin murder,
Picked him up in knocka for work one morning ,out he comes," Mon ta fuck quick didnāt get home until v late "
Out she comes , frozen chicken in her hands ( reckon itās the only semblance of a weapon she could find.
" Mere ya bastard "
Him trying to get into the back door, bang,
Frozen jobbie on the back of the ceann_ concussion,fucked him into the van and away,
Her brothers were all bouncers mostly,and her dad head docker,
So u can imagine the aftermath 
Donny from then on became a family guy and never looked back.
Moved to the Southside,
Became probably Cork cityās best plasterer.
He does all pj Hegartys private work etc
Told this to his eldest daughter
yesterday,she laughed as she knew the story by heart.
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He is the poor fella. Heād an awful childhood. Was raped a number of times as a small child. In his adult life he then (fairly understandably) had addiction problems for years. Dealt with them and then fighting his first cancer battle. Iād say he only has a few weeks left
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Seriously?!
Bloody hell I never knew that.