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Maeve Binchy RIP

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  • #2
    emo72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,341 ✭✭✭emo72


    r.i.p.


  • #3
    GoldenTickets
    Closed Accounts Posts: 469 ✭✭GoldenTickets


    Neeson wrote: »
    Maeve Binchy is dead.

    Great post, real classy.


  • #4
    yermandan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,068 ✭✭✭yermandan


    Link?!

    If true, RIP Maeve, one of the great Irish writers


  • #5
    Notorious97
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭Notorious97


    this real or what?


  • #6
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Notorious97 wrote: »
    this real or what?

    It was announced on TV3 earlier this evening.


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  • #7
    Diego Maradona
    Closed Accounts Posts: 769 ✭✭✭Diego Maradona


    Who?


  • #8
    Praetorian Saighdiuir
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,968 ✭✭✭✭Praetorian Saighdiuir


    Neeson wrote: »
    Maeve Binchy is dead.


    Jesus Neeson, she must have pissed you right off!


  • #9
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,200 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Not always reliable but..
    Wiki wrote:
    On 30 July 2012, just ahead of of Tonight with Vincent Browne and TV3's late evening news, Vincent Browne and Alan Cantwell jointly announced that Binchy had died earlier that evening.

    RIP Maeve!


  • #10
    Duff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,561 ✭✭✭Duff


    R.I.P


  • #11
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Might be true:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maeve_Binchy
    Death
    On 30 July 2012, just ahead of of Tonight with Vincent Browne and TV3's late evening news, Vincent Browne and Alan Cantwell jointly announced that Binchy had died earlier that evening.

    http://inagist.com/all/230060889221496832/

    I'll await news confirmation though.


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  • #12
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,072 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    yermandan wrote: »
    Link?!

    If true, RIP Maeve, one of the great Irish writers

    It was announced just before the VB show started.


  • #13
    Call me Al
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,033 ✭✭✭Call me Al


    Notorious97 wrote: »
    this real or what?
    apparently all over twitter.

    If true she is such a loss. She brought so much happiness to people all over the world. An amazing woman with a great talent.
    RIP Ms Binchy.


  • #14
    Esoteric_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,255 ✭✭✭✭Esoteric_


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maeve_Binchy


    RIP.


  • #15
    Nailz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,688 ✭✭✭Nailz


    My thoughts are with her friends and family.


  • #16
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    Heard it on VB and its all over Twitter :(
    RIP


  • #17
    Notorious97
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭Notorious97


    Call me Al wrote: »
    apparently all over twitter.

    If true she is such a loss. She brought so much happiness to people all over the world. An amazing woman with a great talent.
    RIP Ms Binchy.

    RIP if true so, big loss as many have said.


  • #18
    Lisha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,696 ✭✭✭Lisha


    Im devestated, I really love her books. I re read some of them from time to time they are like a comfort blanket to my soul.
    May she rest in peace. Condolences to her family and friends


  • #19
    Washington Irving
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,066 ✭✭✭Washington Irving


    RIP


  • #20
    IsMiseLisa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 403 ✭✭IsMiseLisa


    R.I.P Maeve! A fabulous writer whose stories will live on for years to come.


  • #21
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Just announced on RTE news a minute ago.


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  • #22
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Nothing on the news sites... I would imagine the journal or breaking news would have it fairly quickly


  • #23
    deandean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,258 ✭✭✭deandean


    R.I.P. I wasn't expecting that.

    I'm gonna light a penny candle for her.


  • #24
    Miss Lockhart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,639 ✭✭✭Miss Lockhart


    That's very sad. I enjoyed many of her books.


  • #25
    Neeson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,909 ✭✭✭Neeson


    GoldenTickets wrote: »
    Great post, real classy.

    Thanks!


  • #26
    OMARS_COMING_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 320 ✭✭OMARS_COMING_


    O well thats life,we all have to die.


  • #27
    Neeson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,909 ✭✭✭Neeson


    OMARS_COMING_ wrote: »
    O well thats life,we all have to die.

    And she had a long auld life too.


  • #28
    GoldFour4
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 5,042 Mod ✭✭✭✭GoldFour4


    Can't say I ever read her books but my mother was a big fan of them.

    RIP


  • #29
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,072 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    There's a dedicated 'Book of Condolences' forum here if anyone wants to post in a thread which includes just that - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1360


  • #30
    CodyJarrett
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 307 ✭✭CodyJarrett


    Diego Maradona wrote: »
    Who?

    Maeve Binchy.


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  • #31
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    It would appear that subtlety and tact aren't qualities familiar with the OP.

    R.I.P. to Maeve Binchy and condolences to her family and many readers of her work.


  • #32
    Gael23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,127 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0730/writer-maeve-binchy-dies-aged-72.html


  • #33
    Whatsernamex33
    Closed Accounts Posts: 843 ✭✭✭Whatsernamex33


    I could read her books forever, my favourite being the classic, Circle of Friends. I was only beginning to read Firefly Summer.. Actually in shock.

    The sad loss of a great, great author... Rest in peace and condolences to her family and friends.


  • #34
    MistyCheese
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭MistyCheese


    It's now on the RTE News website.
    The writer Maeve Binchy has died following a short illness, aged 72.


    Ms Binchy sold more than 40 million books worldwide. Some of her work was also adapted for screen including the 1995 film Circle of Friends.


    A journalist, short story writer and best-selling novelist, Maeve Binchy was born in Dalkey in Co Dublin and studied at UCD.


    She initially worked as a teacher before becoming a journalist, columnist and later women's editor at the Irish Times.


    She then moved to London where she became London Editor.
    Her early short story collections were based in London and Dublin and featured sharp, funny and often poignant observations of residents of those cities.


    http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0730/writer-maeve-binchy-dies-aged-72.html

    Didn't even know she was ill. :(


  • #35
    clappyhappy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,781 ✭✭✭clappyhappy


    Very saddened to hear that, enjoyed some of her books, some not so much, but she was always so elegant in her stories and personality. A real loss to the literally world, but she has left a huge legacy. RIP Meave, thanks for the stories x


  • #36
    Grid.
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 68,402 Mod ✭✭✭✭Grid.


    R.I.P. Maeve , condolences to her family & friends.:(


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  • #37
    AlmightyDublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 807 ✭✭✭AlmightyDublin


    Sad news indeed, RIP Maeve. My thoughts are with her family :(


  • #38
    mawk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭mawk


    wow, I cant believe she was 72. I would have put money on her being around 50


  • #39
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,633 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    RIP.

    One of Ireland's most successful and well known writers over the last 30 years.

    OP, I think you could change the wording of your title to be a little bit more subtle and respectful.


  • #40
    Samich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭Samich


    Why doesn't this forum be used?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1360


  • #41
    Neeson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,909 ✭✭✭Neeson


    murpho999 wrote: »
    RIP.
    OP, I think you could change the wording of your title to be a little bit more subtle and respectful.

    I can't. It's not really disrespectful anyway. It is what it is.


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  • #42
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,633 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Samich wrote: »
    Why doesn't this forum be used?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1360

    Because there be nobody on that thread.


  • #43
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,633 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Neeson wrote: »
    I can't. It's not really disrespectful anyway. It is what it is.

    You should be able to.

    It's not disrespectful, just blunt, cold and unsympathetic in my opinion.


  • #44
    Samich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭Samich


    murpho999 wrote: »
    Because there be nobody on that thread.

    No thread has been created. And there would if it was the place people posted RIP threads.


  • #45
    Kerrydude1981
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,193 ✭✭✭✭Kerrydude1981


    RIP Maeve,condolences to family and friends


  • #46
    Samich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,949 ✭✭✭Samich


    murpho999 wrote: »
    You should be able to.

    It's not disrespectful, just blunt, cold and unsympathetic in my opinion.

    I don't see much wrong with it, she is dead. Same thing as saying Maeve Binchy has died.


  • #47
    CodyJarrett
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 307 ✭✭CodyJarrett


    Samich wrote: »
    Why doesn't this forum be used?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1360

    Cause it the users that fought for it, never wanted it (for the right reasons at least).

    Maybe bring it up in Feedback if you're genuinely curious?


    OT: these are some wise words.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bATtPmH8G2U


  • #48
    eth0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,635 ✭✭✭eth0


    A salt of the earth lass.


  • #49
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    My mammy liked her. That's good enough for me. Sad to hear this news.


  • #50
    Lisha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,696 ✭✭✭Lisha


    Samich wrote: »
    Why doesn't this forum be used?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1360

    I just used it to create a thread for Maeve Binchy


  • #51
    Jimoslimos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,930 ✭✭✭Jimoslimos


    murpho999 wrote: »
    It's not disrespectful, just blunt, cold and unsympathetic in my opinion.
    That's the way I like my news.


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