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Simon Tierney
@tierneysimon
@Newstalkfm - Reporter, Presenter of NT specials - Shopping Trolley Hotline -Stuff that Changed the World - Ireland's Greatest - Volunteer with @ALONE_IRELAND
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    Simon Tierney
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    Nov 24, 2023
    My wife is Brazilian, my children are half Irish/half Brazilian and it broke my heart when Ingrid said to me last night, “They don’t want us here”. And then a surge of indignant pride when it was discovered that it was a Brazilian, Caio Benicio, who stopped the attack 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
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    Simon Tierney
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    Jan 2, 2023
    There are around 70,000 Brazilians living in Ireland, one of our largest communities. They contribute enormously to our national life. It’s essential that the murder of Bruna in Cork must outrage us just as much as the murder of an Irish person. She was one of us 🇧🇷 🇮🇪
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    Simon Tierney
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    Jul 19, 2022
    This is the new Pret a Manger, about to open on Dawson St. The gov celebrates companies like this setting up in Ireland. But we should be resisting the homogenisation of our cities. These chains squeeze indies out. London has been destroyed by this crowd on every street corner.
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    Simon Tierney
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    May 31, 2021
    I was in Dundrum Shopping Centre on Saturday and it was packed, haven't seen crowds like it since Feb 2020. Yet no one complains. All people are interested in is South William St. This isn't about Covid, it's a puritanical attempt to vilify people who enjoy drinking.
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    Simon Tierney
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    Aug 11, 2022
    The history of Irish ice pops, a thread: The Wibbly Wobbly Wonder was launched by HB in Dublin in 1974 as a cost saving measure, because half of it was made up of jelly which was cheap to make. It cost just 3 pence. 1/5
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    Simon Tierney
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    Jul 4, 2023
    Today is the day when the US celebrates its independence from Britain. But why don't we do the same in Ireland? April 18th 1949 was the day when huge crowds gathered on O'Connell Bridge as a 21 gun salute marked Ireland becoming a republic. This should be a national holiday
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    Simon Tierney
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    Sep 11, 2023
    Thinking of Ann McHugh today. She was at her desk in the South Tower of the World Trade Center on this day in 2001. She was from Tuam, Co. Galway and was due to be married two months later. Ann was one of the 18 Irish citizens who lost their lives that day.
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    Simon Tierney
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    Jan 15, 2024
    I really feel for all the children on that bus arriving at the Racket Hall Hotel in Roscrea this afternoon. Being a small boy or girl, seeking international protection, confused & scared as a group of people shout at them with signs telling them they're not welcome. Awful.
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    Simon Tierney
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    Apr 16, 2024
    CNN now reporting that one of the 6 confirmed members of the jury in Trump's trial is from Ireland and that he has has been named foreman. Big day for the parish 🇮🇪 🇺🇸
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    Simon Tierney
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    Nov 30, 2022
    The momification of Ireland is well underway... I've noticed the word 'mom' creeping into the Irish vernacular over the past few years. Is this coming from movies? Social media...where? It's a dreadful Americanism that needs to be resisted.
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    Simon Tierney
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    Nov 16, 2022
    For every tooth I lost as a youngster, the tooth fairy delivered a 20 pence coin under my pillow. Shiny, golden and engraved with a beautiful horse, this was a BIG treat. But I'm curious to know the tooth fairy's rate of inflation. How much does she deliver nowadays?
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    Simon Tierney
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    Oct 11, 2022
    To get a sense of the epic longevity of Angela Lansbury's career, consider this: In the 1961 movie Blue Hawaii, she played Elvis' MOTHER. Elvis passed away 45 years ago. #AngelaLansbury
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    Simon Tierney
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    Jan 13, 2023
    My best man is currently arranging my stag night. He asked me what I want to do. My response: a few pints somewhere. BUT, I'm astonished that there's still lads organising foreign stags, weekends away etc...like it's 2007. It's a bit of an ask, no?
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    Simon Tierney
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    Jan 5, 2023
    I don't get Dry January. There's a puritanical streak in Irish society [Eg. excessive Covid pub closures]. Dry Jan is a form of self-flagellation, a hangover from our collective Catholic guilt. It's ok to go mental over Xmas and enjoy January too 🍻 No one's going to punish you
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