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Irish Daily Star

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  • 03-04-2011 12:39am
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    PaulieG
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭


    Not really Offaly related, but honestly, I just noticed in Centra in tullamore this morning the front page headline in one of the biggest selling daily's in the country is: BRIAN AND DELTA SPLIT UP
    So basically the most important thing happening in the world today is a guy who used to be in a boy band a few years ago is splitting up with his girlfriend!!
    I know The Star is a tabloid but I wouldn't think even those who go for that sensationalist crap would find this 'story' in any way interesting. The Brits love this type of tripe (the biggest selling daily newspaper in England is The Sun!!!) but it's a real shame to see it creeping into Irish jouralism. Utter garbage.


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    Storminateacup
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    I'll be the 1st to admit, i love that kind of trash. Id be also the 1st to be all like "blah blah blah blah its rubbish" but i love it and would definately buy a paper to read it if i seen a headline about a celebrity, even tho i know most of it is lies.


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    The Scawgeen
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    Well the Irish Independent ran the story in the News section also, more than quarter of a page and what's more.....I read it *lol* I'm no snob *lol* I'd say all the papers ran with the story. I love reading about all the celebrity stuff, I was an avid reader of 'Titbits' magazine in it's heyday.

    There was a fella used to sell magazines in the Market in Tullamore (long long time ago), all types of magazines from the above mentioned magazine to gardening and fishing magazines oh and True Dectective another favourite of mine :) if you bought 5 magazines the first week you could go back every week and exchange them for 5 different ones for 50p, he used to do the same with Mills and Boon books and Reader's Digest etc. Does anybody else remember the market in Tullamore ? most people used to call it the Fair and it was on a Friday in the Kilbride Carpark.


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    Dusty87
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    The Scawgeen wrote: »
    Well the Irish Independent ran the story in the News section also, more than quarter of a page and what's more.....I read it *lol* I'm no snob *lol* I'd say all the papers ran with the story. I love reading about all the celebrity stuff, I was an avid reader of 'Titbits' magazine in it's heyday.

    There was a fella used to sell magazines in the Market in Tullamore (long long time ago), all types of magazines from the above mentioned magazine to gardening and fishing magazines oh and True Dectective another favourite of mine :) if you bought 5 magazines the first week you could go back every week and exchange them for 5 different ones for 50p, he used to do the same with Mills and Boon books and Reader's Digest etc. Does anybody else remember the market in Tullamore ? most people used to call it the Fair and it was on a Friday in the Kilbride Carpark.

    i do, but i was just a wee chap, used to be carpets there too, boss... What wil the star run today? 'Kerri wants brian back'! Il buy it for the tv mag


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    Storminateacup
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    I vaguely remember there being carpet there because my dad used to bring me for chips every friday after school to that chipper down across from the garda station, and we would park on the kilbeggan bridge and walk down... the carpet always looked so much fun to climb across but of course i was never allowed :mad:


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    offaly1
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    Vaguely remember the market, but jaysis how many years ago is that???:eek:


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    indioblack
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    PaulieG wrote: »
    Not really Offaly related, but honestly, I just noticed in Centra in tullamore this morning the front page headline in one of the biggest selling daily's in the country is: BRIAN AND DELTA SPLIT UP
    So basically the most important thing happening in the world today is a guy who used to be in a boy band a few years ago is splitting up with his girlfriend!!
    I know The Star is a tabloid but I wouldn't think even those who go for that sensationalist crap would find this 'story' in any way interesting. The Brits love this type of tripe (the biggest selling daily newspaper in England is The Sun!!!) but it's a real shame to see it creeping into Irish jouralism. Utter garbage.
    Why is there an Irish Daily Star - people over there must read it - and the other UK papers.
    I don't buy the Star or the Sun here. And I haven't a clue who Brian and Delta are.


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    Dusty87
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    indioblack wrote: »
    Why is there an Irish Daily Star - people over there must read it - and the other UK papers.
    I don't buy the Star or the Sun here. And I haven't a clue who Brian and Delta are.

    poor mans version of jordan and alex.


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