John Doyle
@MisterJohnDoyle
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Was: TV Critic/Columnist, Soccer, Globe & Mail. Is: Writer. Bestseller The World is a Ball: The Joy, Madness & Meaning of Soccer. Memoir: A Great Feast of Light
Toronto
Joined January 2008
“There was no sex in Ireland before television.” —Irish MP Oliver J. Flanagan, in the 1960s http://t.co/xO2zIHlqKG
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What @BillBriouxTV says...
Dear God no, not #RobReiner and his wife. Condolences to their family. A remembrance here: https://t.co/W6PmkswrFC
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Powerful & sensitive reporting from @pwaldieGLOBE & an essential read on matters Irish #Ireland
https://t.co/4mADMcVh6s
theglobeandmail.com
After years of demanding answers, an exhumation is under way in Tuam, where a Catholic institution is accused of burying the bodies of nearly 800 babies
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Well, here's weekend listen... me talking to Pa Sheehan about writing journalism, books & plays (+ growing up in Ireland, coming to Toronto & the rigamarole...enjoy his excellent Podcast Irish in Toronto https://t.co/yio8xGVgGr - Spotify https://t.co/9ga1SwTBWs - Apple Podcasts
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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
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I addressed the Irish Oireachtas. It is a great honor for me to stand here today – in a country that understands the price of freedom better than many in Europe, better than many in the world, and that shares our belief that every voice counts, every nation matters. Please
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Well done the @AFC_Toronto Looking FWD to the Final at #BMOfield (Emma Regan Forever!)
The stage is set. The stakes are high. Be there to witness history. 🏆 Get your tickets here 🎟️ https://t.co/qFjqxy5D1n
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Last Friday we did a short presentation of “Shelter” at the Wilde Party, the annual Gala for the Canada Ireland foundation. We left them wanting more. “Shelter” will have its world premiere at the Bealtaine Theatre Festival in May of ‘26. #TheatreTO #theatre
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Last Friday we did a short presentation of “Shelter” at the Wilde Party, the annual Gala for the Canada Ireland foundation. We left them wanting more. “Shelter” will have its world premiere at the Bealtaine Theatre Festival in May of ‘26. #TheatreTO #theatre
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That Canadian commercial's clips of Reagan's comments are real. They were not selectively edited to misrepresent his views on trade. Nor does anyone need permission to broadcast them. So clearly there is something else at work to explain the bizarre post below.
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Steven Gerrard's remarks deeply revealing on #England #football. I covered the 'Golden Generation' - Beckham, WAGS, Sven etc at #WorldCup 2002 in Korea/Japan, #Euro2004 in Portugal, #WorldCup2006 Germany. V overrated team. Didn't even qualify for #Euro2008
https://t.co/XEWK5MYqtG
theguardian.com
Steven Gerrard has suggested the so-called ‘golden generation’ England team that he was part of failed to win anything because they were ‘egotistical losers’
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Word. #Kimmel
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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The attempt to eliminate comedy that mocks Trump is gathering pace, first #Colbert, now #Kimmel. Any excuse will do...
🚨Rolling Stone is now confirming what we all knew happened with Jimmy Kimmel’s show. According to their reporting, executives at ABC and Disney didn’t think Kimmel said anything outrageous but they feared retaliation from Trump. This is a blatant attack on free speech.
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I kid you not.
Wind and solar energy infrastructure is essentially worthless when it is dark outside, and the wind is not blowing.
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Saw #Sapian at #TIFF50 & It's kind-of brilliant. A quirk or a cheat here/there. But captures strangeness of Roy Keane (Éanna Hardwicke ) &battles with Mick McCarthy (Steve Coogan, great) & climactic scene is scathingly about Irish identity. #COYBIG
https://t.co/965EgnI4Yo
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Here's a piece of literature by me, suitable for seventeen-year-olds in Alberta schools, unlike -- we are told -- The Handmaid's Tale. (Sorry, kids; your Minister of Education thinks you are stupid babies.) John and Mary were both very, very good children. They never picked
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