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# Harry Potter
This year
2023
# Adaptation
Harry Potter TV series announced with JK Rowling set to executive produce
Warner Bros Discovery said the series will be “a faithful adaptation” of the boy wizard’s stories.
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Apr 12th 2023, 10:46 PM
Last year
2022
# Harry Potter
UK Police drop investigation into ‘online threat’ made to JK Rowling
The author shared screenshots of a message from a user who had written ‘don’t worry you are next’ in response to her tweet about Salman Rushdie.
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Sep 25th 2022, 5:05 PM
# Twitter threat
JK Rowling working with police after receiving threat following Rushdie tweet
The Harry Potter author shared screenshots of the potential threat to Twitter.
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Aug 13th 2022, 4:20 PM
# Test Yourself
Quiz: How much do you know about the Harry Potter books?
You shouldn’t need a class in Hogwarts to get some of these right.
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Jun 26th 2022, 10:00 PM
All time
# it's quizmas
Quiz: How much do you know about Harry Potter?
“It’s leviOsa, not levioSA.”
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Dec 20th 2020, 10:00 PM
# Magician
Premiership club Leicester Tigers have signed Harry Potter
Wallabies international lock Blake Enever will also join Geordan Murphy’s men.
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Jun 24th 2020, 12:09 PM
# Gender Identity
JK Rowling publishes new blog post after controversial comments about transgender women
The Harry Potter author wrote about aspects of her troubled past in a blog post.
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Jun 10th 2020, 10:49 PM
# Gender Identity
JK Rowling criticised for tweets about transgender people
On Twitter, Rowling mocked the use of the term ‘people who menstruate’.
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Jun 7th 2020, 12:03 PM
# The Ickabog
JK Rowling announces new fairytale for children will be published free online
The Harry Potter author said she wrote The Ickabog 10 years ago.
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May 26th 2020, 11:01 PM
# maya forstater
JK Rowling voices support for woman sacked after transgender tweets
Maya Forstater lost her job after tweeting that she opposed proposals to reform the UK Gender Recognition Act.
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Dec 20th 2019, 8:21 AM
# You can't be Sirius
US Catholic school removes Harry Potter books from its library following consultation with exorcists
The school’s priest said the books could be used to ‘conjure evil spirits’.
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Sep 3rd 2019, 9:16 AM
# No Magic
EU expected 'Harry Potter tricks' but UK Brexit negotiators were 'running around like idiots'
Frans Timmermans doesn’t mince his words in an interview about the ongoing Brexit saga.
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Jul 18th 2019, 7:25 AM
# Fire
Firefighters tackle blaze at Warner Bros studios in Hertfordshire
All eight Harry Potter films were shot at the studio in Hertfordshire.
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Jul 11th 2019, 11:44 AM

Voices
The Irish For: There's a bit of alchemy involved in translating Harry Potter into Irish
Book series translated from one language to another can lead to complications as the plot thickens, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
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Jul 7th 2019, 8:30 AM
# Harry Potter
'The equivalent of the Euros': Dublin quidditch team heading to Poland for international tournament
Players describe the sport as a ‘mix of rugby and dodgeball’ and involves the team members sitting on brooms.
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Apr 9th 2019, 11:16 AM
# sacrilege
Catholic priests in Poland burn Harry Potter and Twilight books
Photos show priests carrying a basket of books and other items including an African-styled face mask.
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Apr 1st 2019, 12:46 PM
# Let's Get Quizzical
Quiz: How well do you remember the Harry Potter series?
How much do you really know about the wizarding world?
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Dec 25th 2018, 1:00 PM
# very sirius
JK Rowling sues her former personal assistant over alleged unauthorised shopping sprees
The former assistant has denied the claims made by Rowling.
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Nov 7th 2018, 10:37 PM
# end this
OK I'll admit it, Boots' Harry Potter beauty range is actually kinda tolerable
Oh great, more Harry Potter stuff.
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Nov 5th 2018, 5:11 PM
# tv picks
What to watch on TV tonight: Sunday
This is the TV everyone will be talking about tomorrow.
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Aug 19th 2018, 4:49 PM
# gryffindork
Harry Potter's Tom Felton and Matthew Lewis had a cute reunion on Instagram which fans are loving
Once a Gryffindor, always a Gryffindor.
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Aug 19th 2018, 4:24 PM
# fantastic beasts
Ian McKellan expressed his disappointment that Dumbledore won't be 'explicitly gay' in the new Fantastic Beasts movie
JK Rowling revealed that Dumbledore was gay in 2007.
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May 29th 2018, 2:38 PM
# StupefyThe8th
Dumbledore’s Army Ireland is the new Instagram repeal account you should follow
Facts disarm myths – Expelliarmus!
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Apr 3rd 2018, 8:00 PM
# Baby Names
TV, sport and music had some amount of impact on Irish baby names through the years
Did you know that there were 39 Rihanna’s were registered in Ireland in 2009?
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Mar 7th 2018, 5:48 PM
# don't tell the bride
Tonight's Harry Potter-themed wedding on Don't Tell the Bride looks like an absolute disaster
He isn’t having it at all.
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Feb 19th 2018, 4:51 PM
# dumbledore
Fans are disappointed that J.K. Rowling isn't highlighting Dumbledore's sexuality in the new Fantastic Beasts movie
Director David Yates said that Dumbledore won’t be “explicitly” gay in the upcoming film.
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Feb 1st 2018, 7:40 AM
# the crimes of grindelwald
JK Rowling has defended Johnny Depp's casting in the Fantastic Beast films
Fans are unhappy with Depp’s involvement due to the assault allegations made against him by his ex-wife Amber Heard.
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Dec 7th 2017, 10:12 PM
# the crimes of grindelwald
JK Rowling has defended Johnny Depp's casting in the Fantastic Beast films
Fans are unhappy with Depp’s involvement due to the assault allegations made against him by his ex-wife Amber Heard.
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Dec 7th 2017, 8:11 PM
# expecto patronum
What Would Your Patronus Be?
Who’d be helping you give those Dementors the old one-two?
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Nov 16th 2017, 8:00 AM
# man's greatest treasure
Alex and Ani is bringing out a line of Harry Potter jewellery, and it's absolutely adorable
No Time Turner though. Can someone hurry up and invent that?
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Oct 12th 2017, 8:22 AM
# lunch crunch
Poll: Have you read any of the Harry Potter books?
Give it to us straight. Be honest.
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Jul 20th 2017, 12:45 PM
# flog-warts
Two new Harry Potter books to be published this year
The books expand on the universe of the Harry Potter series.
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Jul 19th 2017, 10:03 PM
# accio ring
Emma Watson has asked for the public's help in finding her mam's old ring
Start praying to St. Anthony
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Jul 19th 2017, 6:10 PM
# brightest witch of her year
What Percent Hermione Granger Are You?
You’ve got dirt on your nose by the way. Did you know? Just there.
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Jul 1st 2017, 6:00 PM
# the boy who lived with cheryl cole
Everyone on Twitter thinks Liam Payne looks like Harry Potter in his new glasses
You can’t help but feel that these people have never seen Harry Potter before.
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Jun 30th 2017, 2:55 PM
# mischief managed
12 lovely memories you will have if you grew up with Harry Potter
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is 20 years old today. Can you believe it?
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Jun 26th 2017, 6:56 PM
# Are you Sirius?
Poll: Have you read the Harry Potter series?
Still in love with the characters after 20 years or is it just a bit of a Dumblesnore?
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Jun 26th 2017, 8:34 AM
# 4 privet drive
Harry Potter fans have gone stone mad for this (amazing) Hogwarts letter purse
Finally! Our owl has come!
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May 15th 2017, 7:29 PM
# home burglary
A Harry Potter prequel handwritten by JK Rowling has been stolen
Author JK Rowling has appealed to Harry Potter fans and the public to help return it.
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May 12th 2017, 12:28 PM
# hogwarts: a history
Can You Name These Minor Harry Potter Characters?
Who was in the background while Harry and friends got up to mischief?
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Apr 10th 2017, 8:00 AM