Michelle OâNeill is a Grandmother.
Sheâs from Cork
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4 mins for the klaxon - impressive
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And yet you could still picture her punching the head off some young wan at a taxi rank on dame street at 3 am âŚkebab and chips lying on the streetâŚ
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The Echo had a nice write up about her Cork connections a few weeks ago.
Echo is great for that kind of stuff.
West Limerick Radio is great for absolutely mental shit. Half the time is some transition year students or some shit on it. But every now and again you get some absolute gem of a local history slot on it. Local media is important
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Born out of Fermoy.
Liam Neeson is in Derry Girls
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Iâve seen a few bits they do for cheltenham where they list every single horse person whoâs ever set foot in Cork.
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Yup, if thereâs a Cork angle, The Echo will report it and weâll lap it t up.
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Just heard that today
Rubber Swimming Goggles were invented by an irish priest MĂŹcheĂ l Ă FlanagĂ in
Is some dunce farmer that cant string a sentence together meant to know more about this than the scientists
A poor manâs World Cup Final, which rakes in 1.5 billion viewers, or 13 times as many as the Super Bowl.
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Ariana Grande got the rules on dogs in glasnevin cemetery changed by throwing up a pic of herself and her dog in there, when dogs were banned.
People complained and so they let other people bring dogs in.
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Burt Reynolds hated the idea of doing a movie promoting the porn industry, and turned the Jack Horner role in âBoogie Nightsâ (1997) down seven times. He also felt like he was selling out, and letting his old fans down. After angrily telling writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson the last time offered he wasnât interested, and to leave him alone, Anderson told him if he could carry that attitude with him to the role, he would be nominated for an Oscar. He subsequently chose to do the film after his agent pushed him to because he hasnât had a decent offer in a long time.
After seeing a rough cut of the film, Reynolds regretted making it. He fired his agent for recommending the role to him, and did not participate in promotional interviews. Reynolds ended up winning a Golden Globe for the role, and being nominated for an Academy Award for his performance. Despite being a front runner for the latter, it was widely rumored that he did not win because he had distanced himself from the movie earlier.
Reynolds said in a Maxim magazine interview that he researched his role by visiting porn sets and talking with real porn actors. He said the experience made him want to wear rubber gloves and take a shower afterward, and all the porn actors asked him how to get a Screen Actors Guild card.
At one point in the production, an angry Reynolds threw a punch at Anderson, because he felt that the director was disrespecting him. The filmâs first assistant director, John Wildermuth, tells this story: âBurt got so frustrated he pulled Paul outside into the backyard and started yelling at him, like a father, you know? âYou f**kinâ little punk kid, donât tell me what to do.'â Tom Lenk added, âAll of a sudden we saw fists flying. We saw some fists flying from Burt Reynolds. I hope I donât get in trouble for saying this, but it was like he was trying to punch our director in the face.â Reynolds was also involved in a heated scuffle with actor Thomas Jane.
Despite all this, Anderson still planned to hire Reynolds for âMagnoliaâ (1999), but Reynolds became angry with Anderson during the âBoogie Nightsâ promotional tour, and turned the role down.
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Captain Sensible was the bass guitarist in The Damned
(Just been watching the classic âNastyâ episode of The Young Ones).
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Womenâs EPL teams are run as a cash write off which allows the menâs teams to stay within the FIFA fair play rules.
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