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Social Affairs Correspondent for the Irish Independent. Tips: amolloy @independent .ie, DMs also open. Interested in investigations and human interest stories

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Amy Molloy
2 years
Remember the good old days when you could get a taxi, didn’t have to queue five hours for a flight, Passport Express was still a thing, a tank of diesel cost less than €70 and three scones and a cup of tea cost less than €45
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Laura Whitmore is very outspoken about trolling and the impact it has and yet invites people to abuse someone who was simply doing her job.
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3 years
Vile. My agent received the below email... Niamh Walsh I’m sure you have better and more pressing things to write about than guessing a child’s name and pressuring someone to talk about it either way! I’ll talk about my child on my terms when I choose.
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Amy Molloy
2 years
“Thank you to everyone who prayed for me and God bless you”
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Amy Molloy
2 years
I’ve been promoted 😁
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Amy Molloy
3 years
When a competitor sets up around the corner and you have to come up with a unique selling point
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Amy Molloy
2 months
The journalist in me is now wondering how the hell she got insurance cover when Irish companies won’t even cover bouncy castle operators
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Amy Molloy
2 months
Pink just casually flying around the Aviva!
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Any support groups for those who picked this week for annual leave?
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Stephen Donnelly in the Seanad yesterday: “I saw one piece where somebody said, this hasn’t worked because I found a pharmacy where they were €8. Well, don’t buy them for €8, you know, go buy them somewhere where they’re not €8.” *goes to place where they’re not €8*
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Amy Molloy
10 months
Imagine falling in love with a man and then finding out he’s the type of person who jumps up waving his hands in the air at a rugby match to try get on the telly #IREvSCO
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Amy Molloy
2 years
My favourite thing about trying to reach milestones these days is how my dad keeps comparing things to when he was my age. Got a quote of €34,000 for a wedding reception venue. Dad: “we paid £500 for ours in 1987” Not helping, dad
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Amy Molloy
10 months
I think someone should interview all the people who missed the call for the Cash Machine on Today FM for a feature. What were they doing at the time? How did they recover after realising they missed a call to win thousands of euro?
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Minimum pricing on alcohol, you can’t use supermarket vouchers for drink any more, alcohol sections closed off in shops like they’re shameful and now, despite the fact many of our most vulnerable are vaccinated, you still have a limit of 105 mins in pubs. RIP the craic
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Amy Molloy
1 year
Those roads Google Maps takes you to avoid traffic may knock 10 minutes off your journey, but they add years to your life
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Amy Molloy
2 months
I’d like to report a robbery at Nowlan Park. €8 for two bottles of water and a packet of Tayto 😳
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Amy Molloy
8 months
Delighted to win the Women in Business gong at the Smurfit Business Awards today. Nice bit of company to have on the Wexford Bus home 😄
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Hearing more and more people who are fully vaccinated say they will not get a booster shot. Mixed messaging is increasing vaccine hesitancy. If you promise a return to normality when the majority of people are vaccinated, then reintroduce restrictions, confusion ensues 🤷‍♀️
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Amy Molloy
2 years
I’m working on an article about the struggle to get taxis in Dublin and looking to speak to people who’ve been left stranded/had issues getting home. An hour trying to find a taxi on Sat night. When we eventually did,he drove off because the 10-minute journey was ‘too short’ 😑
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Amy Molloy
2 months
Pink just casually flying around the Aviva!
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Amy Molloy
10 months
The speed at which a retriever appears after hearing food being opened is something to behold
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Amy Molloy
3 years
@thewhitmore You shared a copy of her email and name to nearly half a million people calling it vile. Naturally she’ll now get plenty of abuse. You could have just replied to her privately. Showbiz journalism isn’t everyone’s cup of tea but as a journo graduate you know how it works?
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Amy Molloy
2 years
The two main pubs in Ferns running out of drink after the senior county final is a fair indication of how the celebrations went 😁
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Ya can have 40,000 in Croke Park but still can’t get pick n’mix in the cinema. It’s a disgrace Joe
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Amy Molloy
11 months
Loving life, loving the weather #Ploughing2023
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Amy Molloy
5 months
Woman’s €760,000 injury claim dismissed after she admits she won Christmas tree-throwing competition A photo of her at the event was published in the Indo on January 8, 2018. Two days later, she told a doctor she couldn’t carry groceries.
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Amy Molloy
1 year
Ticketmaster’s one purpose is to sell tickets. How does it not have a system that can cope with demand 🙄 #Coldplay
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Amy Molloy
2 years
Inflation even hitting strawberries on the side of the road in Wexford. €15 for a large punnet 🫣😬
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Amy Molloy
1 year
Paths like rivers in Enniscorthy after thunderstorm and hail stones 😬
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Amy Molloy
3 years
There goes any hope of renting that out on Daft for €1,000 now #StormBarra
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Amy Molloy
1 year
Can’t imagine there’s many camogie players who don’t have some form of scar from playing over the years. Taped hurls can also cause injuries. This sets a dangerous precedent for clubs.
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Irish Independent
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Camogie player left scarred after being struck by ‘untaped hurley’ awarded €40,000
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Amy Molloy
2 years
Can’t wait to tell the grandkids about that time in Irish history when we got five push notifications a week announcing new energy hikes while the companies raked in huge profits
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Amy Molloy
3 years
G’wan Diarmuid 🍻
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Amy Molloy
2 years
People often get in contact asking for stories to be removed from behind a paywall as they think “it’s important as many people read it as possible”. If people don’t support and pay for journalism, it won’t be possible for journalists to continue doing stories that are important
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Me yesterday before getting a puppy: people who set up social media accounts for pets are pathetic Me today: come on Nala, let’s get your profile picture
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Think it’s a bit sneaky when radio shows contact journalists to get a number for an interviewee and then fail to credit the paper for the original article. We all help each other out, and I know sometimes presenters forget, but certain shows do it all the time.
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Amy Molloy
2 years
“Women are having to choose between a family and a career. I feel like 11 years of studying and working my way up the ladder are now down the drain” - Ireland’s childcare crisis forcing some parents to give up their jobs
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Twitter definitely needs another picture of someone who just got their vaccine 💉
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Amy Molloy
8 months
I’m sure many journalists from other outlets were sent Gript’s original story with the question: “Why aren’t you covering this?” Here’s your answer.
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A statement from Gript Media:
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Did a radio interview at 11.10am and greeted the presenter with “good aftermorning”. Proof you should never go on air without coffee
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Looking forward to the features about couples who met thanks to contact tracing after getting the shift
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Amy Molloy
5 months
BREAKING: The owners of a pitbull which left nine-year-old Alejandro Mizsan with catastrophic injuries have been jailed for two years. Judge James McCourt said “there has to be a deterrent for people going around with unlicensed pitbulls” More to follow @KevDoyle_Indo
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Why don’t we get transition year students building houses as part of their mini company projects so they have somewhere to affordable to live after the LC while we’re at it
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DCC CEO Owen Keegan’s innovative solution to the housing crisis is…. Students’ Unions becoming property developers. This is in response to @ucdsu opposition to purpose-built student accommodation being converted into short-term tourist accommodation.🙃🙃🙃
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Amy Molloy
2 years
10/10 for his use of the prosecco bottle Finally getting to see @jomcnally 🎉
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Front of the Herald this day five years ago. Fairly depressing that nothing has changed and we’re still seeing rentals like this advertised
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Amy Molloy
1 month
Hurling is loved because of its toughness, ferocious space and skill. So many harmless yellow cards have been given this year and it feels as though refs are trying to take away the contact element. The time after the throw-in is always frantic and this was a free, nothing else.
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Nothing like the smell of slurry wafting through the house to make you regret moving back to the country
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Amy Molloy
3 years
One year since we lost our grandad to Covid. Thinking of those who are without loved ones this Christmas and those who can’t be with family after testing positive. Hopefully this time next year things will be better
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Lidl, Mr Price, Dunnes and SuperValu are all selling antigen tests for between €2 and €3, but many pharmacies and shops still selling them for between €5 and €8. Three supermarkets (Aldi, Dunnes & SuperValu) in Enniscorthy were also sold out yesterday
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Amy Molloy
2 years
The men that did this to my family were on bail at the time for other offences. No charges were ever brought. A lot of good work has been done to tackle rural crime, but it’s worrying to see a spike in burglaries again. A lot more still needs to be done.
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Amy Molloy
3 months
Crazy rain and hailstones in Wexford at the minute 😨 time to get the sandbags out
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Amy Molloy
2 years
Wexford GAA races 💜💛
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Won a year of free gym membership and celebrating with a takeaway. Happy Bank Holiday 🍔
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Amy Molloy
3 years
You know you’re overtired when you phone someone for comment and say “hello, my name is journalist”
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Amy Molloy
1 year
No such thing as a small cone in the Gaelic Stores in Enniscorthy
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Amy Molloy
1 year
There are two types of shopkeepers on a day like today when it comes to getting a ‘small’ 99 ice-cream. The ones who think you actually want a small ice-cream and give it to you, and the ones who ignore the small request and still give you an ice-cream the length of your arm ♥️
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Sharing an article about the story the media supposedly missed out on is a great way to prove a point in fairness
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Keith Mills
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In case you're wondering why the Gardaí facilitated the saturation media coverage of the Hutch return and hearing yesterday, it was a distraction from this much bigger story and the media fell for it, hook, line and sinker.
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Amy Molloy
3 years
When it’s your second birthday in lockdown bath-sized measures are acceptable 💁🏻‍♀️
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3 months
Roll on Nowlan Park next week 🙌 😬
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Wednesday mood after another FOI rejection
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3 years
I think we’re gonna need a bigger car
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Amy Molloy
4 months
Found a set of Volvo car keys on Curracloe this morning. Left them in at the coffee kiosk at the Raven. Please share
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Amy Molloy
3 years
The one good thing about the camogie season running into the depths of winter is at least you can wear tights to cover up the bruises 🤕
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Amy Molloy
2 years
I’m looking to speak to a tenant who is spending 40pc or more of their monthly income on rent for an article in the Irish Independent. Any shares appreciated 🗞
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Amy Molloy
3 years
“I don’t know why you’re ringing me” - Marian from Inis Mor clearly not happy to be on with Claire Byrne this morning 🙈
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Amy Molloy
8 months
Still can’t believe Milk Tray cancelled the Strawberry Dream chocolate Be like Kerry getting rid of David Clifford
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Amy Molloy
3 months
Considering our unhealthy obsession with the weather, I fear the combination of sunshine and the Northern Lights on the same weekend may cause Irish people to implode with excitement☀️
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Amy Molloy
4 months
At the rate James Owens is going today, even the pigeon is going to get a card for being on the pitch 😬
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Myself and ⁦ @denise_denise ⁩ took a look at the plight of Irish pubs over the last year. Dee Costello of The Royal Oak also spoke candidly about her experience living above an empty bar. Three women on a podcast talking about pubs, as it should be 🍺
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Amy Molloy
3 years
During lockdown vs after lockdown
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Amy Molloy
1 year
Wexford and Nala looking well ☀️
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Amy Molloy
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Put in a request for comment to a company this week and a director replied by asking could I send on a copy of the “proposed article” before publication so their “legal team can review it”. That’s a first, I have to say…
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Amy Molloy
8 months
What it’s like trying to work from home with an attention-seeking retriever who doesn’t believe in personal space
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Amy Molloy
3 years
I loves me county
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Can still remember lines from Leaving Cert poems but yet struggle to remember the six number authentication code the bank sends you to verify you’re not a fraud
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Amy Molloy
8 months
Wexford GAA has accused South East Radio of “persistent negative coverage” in a complaint to the BAI. We’re entering dangerous territory if a local station can’t ask hard questions after four years of some very disappointing results and performances
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3 years
Taking the sea-nic route 🛥 ☀️ 💜💛
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Amy Molloy
1 year
That moment when the supporters starting chanting Wexford to drown out the Kilkenny fans singing ‘Joe McDonagh’ after the Antrim result and we pushed on to get a score 💜💛 what a game 💜💛
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Straining a muscle carrying a Christmas tree across the Woodie’s car park all because you didn’t want to inconvenience the staff member who offered to help is very Irish, isn’t it 🎄
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3 years
First day WFH together and she’s not being very productive
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Amy Molloy
1 year
Tickets to Augusta: €4,200 Accommodation and golf: €3,500 Flights: circa €1,600 Getting a debt write-down of 80pc on €7.5m: (almost) priceless Inside DJ Carey’s €10,000 US Masters trip: ‘He didn’t seem like a man under financial stress’
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1 year
Looking up Dublin hotels for the night Coldplay are allegedly playing Croker out of curiosity…. Just the €999 for one night 🫠
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Google Maps: This route is 20 minutes faster. The route:
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3 years
Told my Dad we’re doing a walkathon in work for May, and instead of offering words of encouragement, his advice was: “Don’t do well in it or they’ll think you’re doing no work and walking all day” Can’t beat that Irish cynicism
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This is my grandparents drinking champagne in the back of a limo on the way to Kilkenny for a night out just three years ago. Hope I’m still living life like that when I get to their age, and that wherever they are now, they’re enjoying a glass together ❤️
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1 year
It’s handy how Wexford County Council leaves these little cool-down areas for dogs on rural back roads
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If you want to test your patience, I thoroughly recommend trying to scan a Crème Egg barcode at a self-service checkout
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2 months
It’s really disheartening watching players give it their all, only for officials to go and make decisions like this.
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Amy Molloy
3 years
Facebook memories reminding me of the huge win over Clare in Wexford Park this day seven years ago. It’s a sign…
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Amy Molloy
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It’s strange how the public has been accused of “dropping its guard” when the vast majority have done what was asked “First we were told normality would return once 70pc of the adult population was vaccinated, then it was 80pc, and after that 90pc.”
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3 years
Do Coppers gold cards count as a ticket? Asking for a friend
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Amy Molloy
11 months
Dozens of cars,vans and jeeps having to be towed out of car park #Ploughing2023
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Amy Molloy
2 years
Crazy flooding in Wexford ☔️ it was clear skies and sunshine this morning!
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Amy Molloy
1 year
Some of the social media commentary around eviction stories is horrible and heartless. People who were settled in properties and started families being trolled for “having kids before having a house you own”. There are couples working full-time who still can’t afford to buy.
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1 year
Hello I’d like to report a crime Ordered a chicken fillet roll and they forgot to put in the chicken fillet
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Amy Molloy
1 year
Very frustrating watching players receiving a short puck-out and then proceeding to solo straight into a crowd of players. Wexford conceded at least four scores from it 🤦🏼‍♀️
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Amy Molloy
3 years
I agree with mandatory hotel quarantine being necessary, but also believe exceptions should be made. Barbara Mandato’s situation is heartbreaking after suffering two big losses in the last four months
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