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Via The Times Ireland edition:

Two unregulated crisis pregnancy agencies with connections to Irish pro-life groups have been caught giving misleading “advice” about the consequences of abortion, having sex and using contraception.

A new undercover investigation by The Times has secretly recorded counsellors at the Ask Majella crisis pregnancy agency claiming that abortion causes breast cancer and can increase a woman’s chances of losing all of her reproductive organs. They also said that contraception was dangerous and women could “die” from having sex.

A second undercover investigation at Gianna Care, a crisis pregnancy service that started as a Youth Defence activist group, recorded a counsellor telling the undercover reporter that all women who have an abortion regret it. Both agencies claimed to offer “the truth”.

Gianna Care and Ask Majella are unregulated crisis pregnancy agencies based in Dublin. Both have been exposed six months after The Times carried out an undercover investigation into another clinic, the Women’s Centre at 9 Berkeley Street in Dublin, which revealed it was telling women that abortion causes breast cancer and could turn them into child abusers.

At that time, Simon Harris, the health minister, pledged to crack down on such agencies but no new legislation has been introduced..,.

Sex kills, anti-abortion clinic tells women (Ellen Coyne and Rebecca Lumley, (The Times Ireland Edition)

Previously:  Abortion causes cancer, women’s centre claims (The Times Ireland Edition, September 5, 2016)

Thanks Alan Caulfield

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On Don’t Tell The Bride…

Sarah Neville writes

a Barbershop Quartet announce the date of the wedding to unsuspecting bride Jane and her dad’s reaction is absolutely gorgeous.

Don’t Tell the Bride tonight at 10pm on RTÉ2.

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Saint Caoilian – Cork music superman polishes his halo

What you may need to know…

01. Since we last checked in with Shaker Hymn/Southern Hospitality Board/Quarter/regular disc-jockeying man Caoilian Sherlock, he’s met the minimum requirements to formally receive sainthood before embarking on his solo career in earnest.

02. Himself and Leeside music omnipresence Mr.K have been jamming under the Worm name and have started Small Town Disco, a wee label between them, as reported last week.

03. Streaming above is the video for single I’ll Be a Fool for You, premiered last week over at Nialler9. It’s the leadoff single for Faraway, available May 5th through Small Town Disco.

04. Catch him in Dubland on April 6th in Whelan’s, providing support for Marlene Enright on her tour for album Placemats and Second Cuts.

Thoughts: One of Irish music’s real renaissance men; an artist, curator and enthusiastic spectator in equal measure.

Saint Caoilian

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Today marks  the second anniversary of music journalist and broadcaster George Byrne‘s passing

The RTÉ Radio documentary ‘In Search Of The Blue Nile‘ featuring Donal Dineen, Mark Cagney and Tom Dunne and  which Blue Nile singer Paul Buchanan dedicated to George – will air on BBC Scotland on Easter Monday April 17 at 4pm.

The rock doc , which has garnered praise from the likes of Peter Gabriel and Ryan Adams, is produced by George’s pal and colleague Ken Sweeney and is available in its entirety above.

Ken says:

George was a friend and massive fan of the Blue Nile and the band were keen that he be remembered

In Search Of The Blue Nile – the downtown lights shine on (RTÉ)

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Our Emily O’Callaghan writes;

Witnessed this yesterday along the [Royal] Canal [behind Croke Park], the heron swallowed it whole! Like a snake eats! The local guy with the boat we were in said he had never seen one do that in all his years. I managed to get these shots with my camNOMNOMNOMNOM