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# Prime Time
RTÉ receives more than 500 pieces of feedback over Prime Time programme about transgender issues
The programme examined the growth in the number of young people seeking to change gender.
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Jan 23rd 2019, 4:40 PM
# Protest
Trans activists hold protest outside RTÉ studios ahead of Prime Time programme tonight
Dozens of activists gathered outside RTÉ’s Donnybrook studios this evening.
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Jan 22nd 2019, 8:33 PM
# Controversy
RTÉ defends plans to feature Graham Linehan in Prime Time report on transgender issues
Over 4,000 people have signed a petition opposing the appearance of the Father Ted co-writer.
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Jan 21st 2019, 1:31 PM
# Graham Linehan
A Youtuber raised €175k for a charity supporting transgender kids 'to spite' Father Ted creator Graham Linehan
Alexandria Ortasio-Cortez joined his Twitch stream and Cher retweeted it.
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Jan 21st 2019, 12:16 PM
# Graham Linehan
Graham Linehan has been given a police warning amid accusation of 'deadnaming'
The accusations were born of a Twitter exchange.
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Oct 8th 2018, 11:50 AM
# up with this sort of thing
Pleasant update - Graham Linehan's cancer has gone
The Father Ted co-writer had revealed earlier this week that he had been undergoing treatment for testicular cancer and would need to undergo chemotherapy.
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Jun 29th 2018, 9:07 AM
# testicular cancer
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan reveals he's undergoing cancer treatment
Linehan shared the news of his testicular cancer diagnosis on Twitter earlier today.
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Jun 27th 2018, 5:59 PM
# Graham Linehan
Graham Linehan revealed he's being treated for testicular cancer
The Father Ted creator tweeted that he’d already undergone surgery and would need chemotherapy.
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Jun 27th 2018, 3:13 PM
# Pope Ted
Graham Linehan announced we're getting a Father Ted musical, and Twitter has lost its reason
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for.
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Jun 3rd 2018, 9:09 AM
# this sort of thing
Father Ted's 'real final episode' is on the way - in stage musical form
Ted writer Graham Linehan made the announcement on Twitter earlier today.
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Jun 2nd 2018, 6:25 PM
Graham Linehan has a few words for anyone who isn't planning to vote next Friday
Make sure you have your say on May 25th.
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May 18th 2018, 12:54 PM
# Graham vs Kanye
Graham Linehan has offered Kanye West some helpful words of advice on Twitter
Listen up, Kanye.
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May 2nd 2018, 5:50 PM
# too real
Here's why you should be watching Sharon Horgan's latest sitcom about parenting
Graham Linehan is involved.
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Nov 21st 2017, 9:00 PM
# Goodbye Toilet Town
Father Ted co-creator leaves Twitter because of 'Nazis with blue ticks'
Linehan was an early adopter of the platform and his following had grown to nearly 700,000.
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Oct 15th 2017, 2:35 PM
# not an ecumenical matter
A woman carrying a Father Ted sign at the maternity hospital protest only went and bumped into Graham Linehan
The man himself!
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Apr 23rd 2017, 3:48 PM
12 essential life lessons we learned from The IT Crowd
Comedy? No. It’s a guide to living.
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Mar 8th 2017, 9:00 PM
# hairy babies
Father Ted's Speed 3 Episode: An Oral History
Is there anything at all to be said for another mass?
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Feb 28th 2017, 2:00 PM
# ah go on go on
Graham Linehan has endorsed this Father Ted/Repeal The 8th traffic box in Dublin
So now.
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Sep 20th 2016, 7:58 PM
# D'lightful
Mrs Brown's Boys voted best British sitcom of the century
The show beat off contenders such The IT Crowd and the Office.
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Aug 23rd 2016, 8:52 AM

# good luck father jack
"He'll be the first to tell St Peter to feck off" - Ireland says farewell to Frank Kelly
The much-loved actor and Father Ted star was laid to rest this morning in Blackrock, Co Dublin.
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Mar 2nd 2016, 2:22 PM
# father chewie louie
People are going mad for this brilliant Father Ted t-shirt
Father Stig Bubblecard? Father Johnny Hellzapoppin’? Father Luke Duke?
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Feb 10th 2016, 8:54 AM

# Abortion
'In Ireland, Helen would go to jail': Graham Linehan speaks of wife's abortion after fatal foetal diagnosis
The couple decided to highlight their story as part of Amnesty International’s campaign to decriminalise abortion in Ireland.
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Oct 19th 2015, 10:34 AM
# feck it anyway
This Father Ted writer is not one bit happy with RTE
Graham Linehan has had a massive pop at the national broadcaster on Twitter…
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Apr 27th 2015, 11:40 AM
# Handbags
RTÉ has responded to Graham Linehan's Twitter assault
The Father Ted writer called the broadcaster “a joke”.
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Apr 27th 2015, 11:01 AM
# Beef
Graham Linehan ate the head off an Irish journalist who criticised Father Ted last night
Criticise Father Ted at your peril.
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Apr 20th 2015, 9:54 AM
# the walshes
The Walshes was cancelled, and Graham Linehan is pretty mad
The BBC decided to axe the show after only three episodes.
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Jan 22nd 2015, 2:47 PM
# binge watch
7 of the best cult comedies you can watch on Irish Netflix
Allow us to hunt down the best shows on Netflix, so you don’t have to.
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Oct 26th 2014, 1:00 PM
# Witch Hunt
The Sun criticised for 'irresponsible' front page of boy with 'devil mark'
The newspaper, however, says it is conscious of the code and guidance around paying parents for stories.
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Jul 29th 2014, 4:58 PM
# UK OR NAY
Here's what the UK thought of new Irish sitcom The Walshes
The three-part comedy aired on BBC Four last night.
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Mar 14th 2014, 1:45 PM
# mrs walshe's boys
Graham Linehan has a clear message for critics of new show The Walshes
The three part series premiered on BBC 4 last night.
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Mar 14th 2014, 8:10 AM
# the walshes
RTÉ's new show The Walshes has thoroughly divided the nation
The comedy, written by Father Ted’s Graham Linehan, aired its first episode last night.
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Mar 7th 2014, 10:19 AM
# the walshes
"It's not another Ted": Meet the people behind Graham Linehan's new sitcom
The new three-part series makes its TV debut on RTÉ this Thursday night.
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Mar 5th 2014, 6:00 PM
# feck
Graham Linehan says there's absolutely no chance of a Father Ted revival
Maybe it’s just better off this way… maybe.
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Mar 2nd 2014, 2:18 PM
# the walshes
Here's the first trailer for Graham Linehan's new Irish comedy The Walshes
And it looks a bit great.
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Feb 21st 2014, 12:57 PM
# Careful Now
Here's what to expect from Graham Linehan's new Irish sitcom
The Walshes was partially filmed in Dublin, co-produced by RTÉ, and drawn from your 1980s childhood.
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Jan 31st 2014, 2:00 PM
# the it o'dowd
Here's the trailer for the IT Crowd's final episode
It airs on Channel 4 this Friday.
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Sep 25th 2013, 10:41 AM
# Twittersphere
Tweet Sweeper: Vogue McFadden is experiencing gym rage
Our pick of the week’s tweets from famous people.
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Mar 16th 2013, 10:15 AM
# how hard can it be ted?
The Dougal for Pope campaign is gathering momentum...
…as Dougal himself speaks out.
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Mar 13th 2013, 12:30 PM

Voices
Column: The Twitter joke trial shows freedom of speech has to include comedy
It doesn’t matter if comedy is offensive or upsetting – free speech must allow for all speech, writes Simon Carty.
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Jul 27th 2012, 7:30 PM
# Twitter
#TwitterJokeTrial: Man wins appeal against conviction after airport bomb tweet
Paul Chambers sent a tweet in January 2010 in which he joked he would blow up Robin Hood Airport in Yorkshire.
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Jul 27th 2012, 10:32 AM