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Monday-Friday from 7.00am to 10.00am & weekends from 9.00am to 12:00pm on Virgin Media One. Email: [email protected] #IrelandAM
Joined February 2010
“I’m proud to be Irish but I’m even more proud to be an immigrant”. @MiaKatja reacts to the violence in Dublin City last night. #IrelandAM
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"Where the hell are you going to get them from?". Tommy asks Fianna Fáil Minister of Education Norma Foley about the additional teacher and SNA posts announced in #Budget2024
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'It's not good enough anymore,' @MuireannO_C says violence against women perpetrated by men is a pandemic.
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We’ve some sad news to share today as our much-loved Chef and friend Joe Shannon passed away peacefully this morning surrounded by his family in Sligo. Joe brought such joy to IrelandAM for the last 18 years and often spoke openly about his terminal cancer diagnosis.
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SECRET SHOPPER! 🤫. Our own Virgin Media TV reporter @PaulQuinnNews was caught rapid on our Ireland AM camera doing “research” in Penney’s this morning! . #IrlAM
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🏉 WIN TWO RUGBY WORLD CUP TICKETS! 🏉. Do you fancy cheering on the Boys In Green in person? ☘️. Ireland take on Scotland on October 7th and we're giving away tickets to two lucky viewers. 🇮🇪. For your chance to win, follow us, like & share this post & tag who you would bring!
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Green Party Leader and Children's Minister, Roderic O’Gorman, discusses the allocation of €9 million for magnetic pouches to store phones during the school day, while only €10 million is being spent on heating and lighting in schools. #IrelandAM
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“You can’t go through that kind of procedure and not reflect on yourself”. @MaryLouMcDonald opens up about her hysterectomy. #IrelandAM
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"With your government, there are 3,700 children without a home and there is more people going to fall into this because they can't afford rent". Tommy confronts @LeoVaradkar on #Budget2023 supports
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8 months ago @FIONADONOHOE2's worst nightmare came true when her little boy Noah went missing. Sadly he was found dead 6 days later. Tomorrow at 8.15am, Fiona will be speaking to @TommyBowe about her beloved son & why she will never stop looking for answers on his death. #IrlAM
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Triathlete Gráinne Kelly on the reality of Long COVID and how it has affected her life. "I haven't been able to run for two years"
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"I was able to give him a hug as usual and tell him I loved him.". Fiona Donohoe on her last moments with her son Noah before he left the house for the last time 8 months ago. Tune in to @VirginMedia_One tomorrow at 8.15am to watch the full interview with @TommyBowe. #IrlAM
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"I would've sworn to the Pope that I had gotten a PG version of our scenes!" . #Bridgerton stars Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton give us a little #Polin moment while telling us about filming spicy scenes and getting a PG version of their scenes for Nicola's mother 🤭. #IrelandAM
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"The 24 years we had with Dillon were exceptional". Dan Quirke remembers his son, Dillon & explains why it is so important to raise awareness for Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS)
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Today we remembered our friend and much-loved chef Joe Shannon who sadly passed away on Monday morning. In the following clip, he bravely opened up about his cancer diagnosis and the importance of having a positive outlook on life. He will be forever missed. RIP Joe.
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Today, after many very early mornings, strong coffees and laughs together - We are saying good bye and good luck to our very own @ciarathedoc as she joins @cooper_m as host of @TonightVMTV 🙌 go get em Ciara! We will all miss you ♥️ #IrlAM
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Sinn Fein leader @MaryLouMcDonald on the show this morning discussing the recent passing of her father, as well as her husband's cancer diagnosis while she was recovering from a hysterectomy last year. #IrelandAM
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Should Niall Collins answer questions? 🤔. @TommyBowe asks @AnneRabbitte if #NiallCollins is refusing to answer questions about the purchase of his wife's council property
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'It's not good enough anymore,' . @MuireannO_C says violence against women perpetrated by men is a pandemic.
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“That was a full lip kiss” 😍. @timheidecker & @BrianMLloyd got swept up in the moment on live TV 😂
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It's going to be a LONG 18 holes for David Clifford. 🤣. @TommyBowe meets Pádraig Harrington, Rory McIlroy, Ian Poulter & Ger Loughnane at @thekclub! 🏌️. #IrelandAM | @ConorSketches
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"I have no legal standing with my daughter in Ireland. I'm tired of having to ask permission". @brianofficial & Arthur Gourounlian on their surrogacy journey and the problems with the system in Ireland. #IrelandAM
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"Everybody remembers Kevin, he was just that type of character". The Bell's founded The Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust after their son Kevin died in a hit-and-run in New York. The charity has helped over 1,620 families bring their deceased loved ones back to Ireland. #IrelandAM
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Fine Dining: Supermac's Edition 🍔✨. #Bridgerton stars Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton chat with Karen about sightseeing in Galway, and Nicola ordering Supermac's to the Merrion! 🤣. #IrelandAM | @bridgerton
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'It's gut-wrenching,' @MuireannO_C describes the reality of getting a positive antigen so close to Christmas. #IRLAM
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"A WEIGHT OFF MY SHOULDERS I'M THRILLED🥰🥰".Our dear friend Catherine Leyden shared with Alan how she felt after receiving her first Covid-19 vaccine and it sure put a smile on our faces #wearesohappy #catherinevaccine #IrlAM
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🏉 WIN TWO RUGBY WORLD CUP FINAL TICKETS! 🏉. New Zealand take on South Africa on the 28th of October and we're giving away 2 tickets to one lucky viewer🤞. For your chance to win, follow us, like & share this post & tag who you would bring!✈️
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"The Catholic Church should be paying for this". @BrownNollieb talks about being a Mother & Baby home survivor and how the government redress scheme excludes her
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'Cancel culture in comedy, as far as I'm concerned, is a myth!'. @Daniel_Sloss on taboo topics and 'cancelled' comedians
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"€440,000 for a modular home!". Green Party Leader and Children's Minister, Roderic O’Gorman addresses the overspending on modular homes for Ukrainian refugees in Ireland. #IrelandAM
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We pay tribute to Aisling Murphy on the day she is laid to rest with a rendition of 'The Parting Glass' from @aoifescott & Andy Meaney.
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"It affects the best of us". Rugby coach Kevin Sinfield talks about the importance of raising funds for Motor neuron disease research.
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Our resident golf fanatic @TommyBowe speaks to @NiallOfficial and Jamie Doran this morning at the @JPProAm in Adare Manor, Limerick. #IrelandAM
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🎭 GRAHAM MCTAVISH! ⚔️. The Lord Commander of the Kingsguard in Game of Thrones: House of the Dragons is joining us now for a chat!. #IrelandAM
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A fresh pasta dish with a crab twist is on the menu this morning!. Gaz Smith from Michael's Restaurant in Dublin is on kitchen duty for the first time today #IrlAM @MichaelsCoDub
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'There's only so much ignoring you can do' - @ursulajacob opens up on the ‘nasty’ comments she receives online
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We heard from the brilliant James Casserly who is on a mission to travel around all 32 counties on public transport aiming to highlight access issues. Check out his adventures on Jimbos Accessible Adventures!. #IrelandAM
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🥇2024's BT Young Scientist winner Sean O'Sullivan discussed his invention 'Verify Me' which ingeniously combats online predators and potential threats to our youths📲. #Irelandam
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Masks in schools should be kept for 'at least the next few months' says Dr Tomás Ryan
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Sinn Fein leader @MaryLouMcDonald understands perhaps better than most the dangers posed by the coronavirus. This morning she joined us to share her experience.
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"4000 children are homeless". Tánaiste Micheál Martin responds to the criticism of #Budget2024 and the claims that Ireland is "like a third world country". #IrelandAM
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It's inauguration day for Joe Biden in Washington 🇺🇸 and coming up we're joined by @Scaramucci, former White House Director of Communications under President Trump and @paulallenpr of the Irish for Biden campaign #IrlAM
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"We need more Joes in the world" ❤️. Tommy, Muireann and Alan remember Ireland AM Chef and friend Joe Shannon who passed away after his battle with cancer. #IrelandAM
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We just wanted to wish the best of luck to CervicalCheck campaigner @PhelanVicky who heads off to the United States for experimental cancer treatment today.
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💙💙 BABY DANNY 💙💙. Congratulations to our @Glendagilson on the birth of beautiful baby Danny. Danny made his arrival early yesterday morning and both mammy and baby are doing well 😍
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"There are 166,000 vacant homes in Ireland". @RoryHearneGaffs & @Louiseinflight on Dublin rent compared to Paris & Rome & the true consequences of the eviction ban
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UP NEXT! We'll be joined by the one and only Supervet himself, Noel Fitzpatrick @ProfNoelFitz #IrlAM #StayTuned
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Thanks @Greghoran87 & @Denisehorankell &@TheoHOfficial_ for chatting about @onedirection ahead of tonight's concert http://t.co/2zPoL2UuHQ.
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Virgin Media Television would like to thank @daly_anna for her contribution to our show over the last eleven years. A talented and skilled presenter, all of us wish Anna much success in this exciting new chapter for her. #IrlAM
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How did no one ask Colin Firth and Matthew MacFayden this question? 😱 . We loved having the two Mr Darcy's on the show this morning 😍 @WarnerBrosUK
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The @2NorriesPodcast joined us in studio today and discussed the success of their podcast and their remarkable road to recovery
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'You do have to preplan, there's no accessibility' . James & his mother Vicki are travelling around the 32 Counties of Ireland to see how much access people with disability have when traveling. #IrelandAM
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From rocking the wrestling ring to becoming Rocksteady @WWESheamus joins us tomorrow to talk Turtles!
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'You're trying to tell me you're in touch with it and then you signed off on a top civil servant getting an €81,000 pay rise'. @TommyBowe questions Minister for Public Expenditure @mmcgrathtd
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"Everyone is prejudice, when you act on it becomes racism" – Senator Eileen Flynn @Love1solidarity on the prejudices that members of the traveller community face @PaveePoint @NWCI
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"I'm not dying from a terminal illness, I'm living with a terminal illness" . @walls2 shares his experience of being diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer
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"Rugby is too posh" 🤣. Tommy has been humbled by the rugby AND Monaghan slander today
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.@JayMcGuiness & @DianaVickers are supporting our Team Hope Shoebox Appeal this morning,keep sending in pics of yours #amteamshoebox #IrlAM
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🎶 MORNING UNWIND 🎶. It was a delight to be treated to a musical performance by cellist @patrickdextervc this morning, whose music has reached millions of people around the world over lockdown. The perfect way to start your day for sure! #IrlAM
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After the break @sean_conorprice will be joining us for a chat & an exclusive. performance!! #IrlAM
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Coming up on Saturday’s Ireland AM: He has one of the most outstanding and instantly recognisable voices in music, entertaining his fans worldwide with his multi-platinum albums. Four time GRAMMY nominee @joshgroban will be joining us #IrlAM
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'It's very worrying for anybody who has children'. @ExtinctionR member and renewable energy consultant @McEnteeFergal on climate indicator records being broken
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Tomorrow: See how @ciarathedoc got on when she met 50 Shades star Jamie Dornan on his new movie #TheSiegeOfJadotville @NetflixUK #IrlAM
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“Ireland has the worst trans healthcare in Europe”. Jenny Maguire & Ollie Bell on Trans & Intersex Pride & what needs to change in Ireland . #IrelandAM | @DubTrans
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We speak to the couple who've been travelling around the world naked, with a mission to debunk the myths surrounding naturism. #IrlAM @nakedwanderings
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'We can't provide the education that we should be providing'. Principal Catríona Hand of @CitywestETNS details how difficult COVID has made it to for schools at the moment
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How Charlie Bird would like to be remembered ❤️. Charlie explains what he is proud of in his life and how he would like to be remembered. #IrelandAM
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MICA HOMES 🏠. Homeowners whose houses are crumbling due to the use of defective concrete mica blocks will be holding a protest in Dublin today - lobbying for a 100 per cent redress scheme. Protest organiser @PaddyDiver4 and homeowner @cannydoneit share details. #IrlAM
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HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY @SimonDelaneyEsq 🥳. Thanks to @EvesCakes in Dublin for Simon's delicious birthday cake #IrlAM 🎂.
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“If the Government would’ve overseen the council this wouldn’t have happened.”. Mica campaigner @PaddyDiver4 on how lack of oversight from the Government allowed the production of defected mica blocks to continue resulting in cracks in thousands of homes and buildings. #IrlAM
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CONOR MCMANUS ⚽️.Monaghan Gaelic Footballer @ConorMcManus_15 joins @TommyBowe to catch up on sport!.#IrlAM
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"Things need a reform, but the contestants are what keeps it solid". Ireland’s Eurovision representative Bambie Thug joins us to talk about their experience taking part in Eurovision, and the controversy surrounding Israel’s involvement. #IrelandAM | @Bambiethug
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Heartthrob Casey Braxton aka Lincoln Younes from Australia Soap Opera, Home & Away joins us in studio tomorrow at 815 http://t.co/PBSai80ujE.
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Still to come, we're getting behind the Girls in Green ahead of Friday night's big game as we speak to Irish captain @Katie_McCabe11 that's next #IrlAM
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"We can not survive this; we haven't traded in 9 months".Restaurateur @PaulTreyvaud told us this morning the stark reality facing the hospitality sector in Ireland and why he says that he must open up his business on the 5th of July #indoordining #july5th #reopening
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Plus, we'll be finding out what's worth watching on the box this week - including a brand new reality show from none other than @LoveIsland's @MauraHiggins. #IrlAM
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"It is utter carnage coming down the line this winter".Restaurateur @PaulTreyvaud told us this morning how it's heartbreaking and soul-destroying what is happening to the hospitality sector in Ireland, as they feel scapegoated and forgotten. #indoordining #july5th #reopening
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Guess what today is. it's five years to the day that we broadcast our first live Saturday version of @IrelandAMVMTV 📺. So happy birthday to us 🎂🎈🥳 Haven't we aged well!! #IrlAM
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“It’s only now we know why we have five children”. Mum of 5 Carol Liston O’Connor opens up about her MND diagnosis & why she chooses to stay positive . “I have so much to live for”
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He's live with us!!. @IsraelOlatunde5 is on the couch telling us about breaking a national record & being Ireland's fastest man . #IrelandAM
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Fancy winning tickets to @hometownoffic's Vicar St gig?! Head over to our FB for more info. http://t.co/xz7b4FeqUq.
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***Larger Retailers are allowed to sell Clothing, but we remain closed 👚🚫***. Caroline McCarthy a frustrated Galway boutique owner, told us this morning why she plans to reopen next Saturday in a clear breach of the current restrictions
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“The justification provided for Britney entering the conservatorship is that she has early onset dementia.”. @Mobeen_Azhar, director of the new Britney Spears BBC documentary, talks about uncovering more on the unusual circumstances behind the pop star's conservatorship. #IrlAM
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Fantasy actor @grahammctavish tell's Elaine & Martin about working on the Hobbit & nearly forgetting about one of his co-stars . #IrelandAM
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🇮🇪⚽️Republic Of Ireland Women's manager @verapauw stopped by this morning ahead of their world cup qualifiers next week. She told @TommyBowe & @MuireannO_C what the support meant to her & the team. Tickets are still available let's support the girls in green @FAIreland #COYGIG
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"I am hugely proud of it, you can tell. We all are". Kneecap Producer @trevorbirney reflects on the huge success of the film & the first morning filming in Dundalk 🎬. #IrelandAM | @KNEECAPCEOL
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"I will perish on this rock on this. The Taoiseach needs to meet us" . Co-lead of the @SBH_PAG @UnaKeightley calls on Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to meet with them & demands an independent review into the Temple Street scandal. "Our little children have been failed"
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**EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MAURA HIGGINS**. Tomorrow at 9.20am, Alan catches up with Love Islander @MauraHiggins for an exclusive chat about:. ❤️🏝 Life since the show.🗣️Her lovely Longford accent & .✨Her highly anticipated collaboration with Bellamianta Luxury Tanning! . #IrlAM
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After the break, Lynsey Bennett will be sharing her emotional story and her fight to stay alive following a terminal cervical cancer diagnosis #IrlAM
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Thousands are expected at Dublin's protest this afternoon against increases in the cost of living. We're joined by two of the protestors now, Bernard Mulvaney from Access For All Ireland along with his daughter Sophia. #IrelandAM
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"I was afraid to come out and tell people that my name is Black Paddy". Comedian Fabu D talks about his journey of being The Black Paddy and how he deals with negative comments online, using humor as a shield. #IrelandAM
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