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DARK SECRETS: Shane mcgowan - The Real Truth

“Thank you for everything, for your friendship, your wit and your generosity of spirit, and of course for the music, forever a true friend and brother”: Pogues drummer Andrew Ranken has died, aged 72

He played with them all the way up to 2014

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“A song puts words into people’s mouths to drunkenly sing and they might not even realise what they’re singing”: Irish legends discuss the controversy around a Christmas classic

The 1987 Christmas mega-hit has been the subject of discussion around its use of a homophobic slur

MusicRadar

In northern Ohio, a veteran lawmaker faces a more skeptical landscape - Roll Call

Kaptur, 78, has served part of northwest Ohio since 1983. But this veteran lawmaker is now in a fight for her political life and legacy.

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The Pogues reissuing Christmas classic ‘Fairytale Of New York’ in wake of Shane MacGowan’s death

A seven-inch vinyl version of the festive drunk tank crowd-pleaser is now available to pre-order, with sales proceeds going to one of the hard-living punk poet’s favourite charities

The Independent UK

Buckingham Palace livid after book names two royals behind Harry and Meghan race row

IN THE PRESS – Friday, December 1: We look at The New York Times' article revealing that Israeli authorities knew of plans for the October 7 Hamas attack at least a year beforehand. Also: Emirati papers hail the $400 million loss and damage fund agreed to at the COP28 summit,…

France 24

5 classic Pogues songs to listen to after Shane MacGowan died

Listen to some of The Pogues' best songs after the passing of Shane MacGowan.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Shane MacGowan, irascible frontman of The Pogues, has died at age 65

Shane MacGowan was a famously hard-drinking but brilliant musician who shot to fame in the 1980s with the folk punk band The Pogues.

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Bruce Springsteen and Shane McGowan share 'beautiful moment' ahead of RDS concerts

The legendary singers met up ahead of Springsteen's three performances at the RDS this coming weekend

Irish Mirror

Shane MacGowan's wife gives health update after The Pogues singer rushed to hospital

Shane MacGowan's wife Victoria May Clarke took to Twitter to give an update to worried fans after the singer was rushed to hospital

Daily Mirror

Shane McGowan rushed to hospital as wife asks fans to 'send prayers'

McGowan is the 'voice of Christmas' as the singer on Fairytale of New York

Wales Online

Pogues’ hard-living former frontman finds success as an artist

Shane MacGowan has no studio and draws on ‘sick bags’ with his wife’s lipstick, but Kate Moss has bought his art

The Guardian - UK

Best RTE Late Late Show moments as legendary show turns 60

The national institution is one of the world’s longest-running chat shows, enduring throughout the decades as a chronicle of Irish life

Irish Mirror

The Nottingham Irish bars we have loved and lost over the years

"It was a little reminder a comfort of home, like Ireland's embassy to the East Midlands."

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