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David Young
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Head of Scotland and Head of Ireland, PA Media. Views my own. Retweets not endorsements. [email protected]
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    David Young
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    Nov 20, 2020
    Friend got a taxi to work today. Driver broke down over latest lockdown. Yesterday worked 14 hrs for £15. Last week made £70. He’s 5 months in mortgage arrears. Kids go to school w/ bread & beetroot sandwiches. Has sold car, tv & most furniture. Kids sit on deck chairs at home.
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    David Young
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    Dec 8, 2023
    After Shane MacGowan’s cortège passes by, hundreds of people remain on Westland Row/Lincoln Place in Dublin for an impromptu rendition of Fairytale of New York.
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    David Young
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    Feb 11, 2020
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    A kiss after making history. Robyn Peoples (left) and Sharni Edwards become the first couple to have a same sex marriage ceremony in Northern Ireland following a landmark change to the region’s wedding laws.
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    David Young
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    Feb 5, 2020
    Sharni Edwards and Robyn Peoples - the first couple who will have a same sex marriage ceremony in Northern Ireland - share a kiss at the Lyra McKee mural in Belfast.
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    David Young
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    Jun 15, 2020
    So granda has officially entered the social bubble!
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    David Young
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    Jan 1, 2021
    Belfast graffiti - 01.01.2021
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    David Young
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    Sep 9, 2022
    A growing carpet of floral tributes at a mural to the late Queen on Belfast’s Shankill Road. @PA
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    David Young
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    May 5, 2020
    Cracking @PA pictures showing the scale of the PPE manufacturing operation now ongoing in the transformed main hall of the Meadowbank Sports Arena in Magherafelt - the premises is being temporarily used by local company @BlocBlinds to make face shields.
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    David Young
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    Jan 31, 2021
    Hugs (including from 🐰) and virtual hairdressing attempts. They felt some of the analysis was a bit wide of the mark though...#SundayPolitics @bbctheview
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    David Young
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    May 4, 2022
    We said a final farewell to the best of men yesterday, our dad. I'm wearied by goodbyes so today I'm focusing on some hellos. And this one's perhaps my favourite - Granda George emerging from lockdown isolation. ❤️
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    David Young
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    Jun 15, 2020
    So granda has officially entered the social bubble!
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    David Young
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    May 6, 2019
    A new mural of murdered journalist Lyra McKee has been painted in Belfast city centre.
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    David Young
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    Mar 21, 2017
    Crowds sing "I wish I was back home in Derry" at candle lit vigil for Martin McGuinness in west Belfast. Vid by @RAZORPIX @PA
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    David Young
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    Nov 11, 2022
    Sinn Fein mayor of Belfast Tina Black breaks off @PA interview twice to seek clarity from party colleagues when asked to articulate SF rationale for attending Armistice commemoration at Cenotaph but not Remembrance Sunday.
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    David Young
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    Mar 5, 2022
    Ukrainians living in Northern Ireland lead a march through Belfast city centre calling for an end to the war.
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