
‘Evicted At Christmas’ – The Desperation Of Ireland’s Homeless
“I don’t really live. I exist basically”.
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Ellen Tannam
Ellen Tannam is uncomfortable writing bios for things but here we are. She is a Dublin girlo whose pastimes includes petting every dog she sees, eating chicken nuggets and trying to guess who celebrity blind items are about. Her favourite emoji is the upside-down smiley face. She likes to write about popular culture, LGBTQ issues, feminism, technology, music and baby animals. Likes include chocolate and cacti. Dislikes - people who are rude to retail staff, cheese, and people telling her McDonald's is bad for her. She knows.

“I don’t really live. I exist basically”.
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Absolute rage.
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The government hopes that this will lessen the pressure on models to be unrealistically thin.
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Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Michael Moore has caused quite a stir on the Internet with his latest Facebook post, where he heavily criticises Donald Trump’s recent controversial comments about Muslims in America. He stood outside the Trump Tower in New York City until he was escorted away by police in an act of political protest. Moore […]
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That’s him told.
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‘I’m not a Mexican potato.’
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Liam. Louis. Niall. Harry. Traitor.
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This is the “single most terrifying experience of my entire life.”
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The human senses are incredibly powerful, provoking memories, nostalgia and a whole mixture of feelings. One Reddit user posed a very interesting question on a thread today: What’s the most satisfying noise? The answers are all delightful, and if you’ll excuse me I will be over here popping my bubble wrap. Those Springy Doorstep Things […]
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New Year’s Day will see a ban on smoking in cars coming into effect where children are present. Speaking on RTÉ’s News at One Minister James Reilly stated: ‘What we are seeking to do is to highlight it, to underscore it with law and to bring about a culture change where people just won’t engage […]
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In the lead-up to Christmas, the best festive films are often a topic of debate but one that comes out on top constantly is the classic, Home Alone. The film which is a staggering 25 years old, is a perennial favourite at this time of year, and who could forget the adorable star Macaulay Culkin? […]
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‘I thought he was on a bus.’
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This is so 2015
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What a woman.
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Remember Martin Shkreli? He was the drug company entrepreneur who inflated the price of a life-saving HIV drug Daraprim in September. Shkreli increased the price of the drug Daraprim to a massive $750 per pill from a previous $13.50. Well according to Bloomberg, he was arrested at his Manhattan home by FBI agents earlier this […]
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Just when we thought we couldn’t love him anymore…
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This government cannot put a price on a child’s life.
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Halawa was 17 and had just completed his Leaving Cert at the time of arrest.
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Beliebers rejoice!
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Here at Her.ie, we all love our mams, absolutely no disrespect to them at all. However, sometimes we encounter a female celebrity who is so fantastic that our first reaction upon meeting them would be asking if they could adopt us. Just think for a minute, what your life would be like if it was […]
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The 18-year-old educational activist Malala Yousafzai has condemned Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for his controversial remarks about Muslims. Speaking at an an event in Birmingham to commemorate the deaths of over 130 children in a Taliban-helmed shooting last year in Pakistan, Yousafzai decried Trump’s recent comments to the BBC: “If your intention is to […]
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The strict policy on the provision of abortion services in Northern Ireland won’t be changing in the short term, despite the ruling last month by Mr Justice Mark Horner advising that the current procedures were incompatible with human rights laws. Horner followed up from his statement last month, stating that the onus was now on […]
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It’s my main girl Jane Austen’s 240th birthday today, and although she hasn’t been around in a good while she’s dished out some pretty solid life advice that we can all apply to ourselves in the year 2016. It’s easy to see how her ideas are easily translatable across centuries, for example – you may not […]
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The 1996 comedy The First Wives Club is an absolute cult classic, starring Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton in some of the best casting Hollywood has ever seen. Now nearly 20 years later, the actresses are set to reunite in a Netflix original movie according to Mashable. Source: Tumblr The film is apparently […]
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This comes just over a year since he joined the station.
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We are VERY impressed.
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Here at Her.ie HQ we love Christmas films and would have to rank Elf very high on the list of our favourite offerings. Source: IMDB Naturally, we were delighted to see Will Ferrell team up with comedian Billy Eichner for a very special edition of Billy On The Street, where the two guys ran around New […]
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Andy West, a BBC Northern Ireland news anchor has been suspended from work after he made comments on his personal Facebook page about controversial boxer Tyson Fury according to The Belfast Telegraph. West voiced his anger at Fury still being included in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards despite a petition asking for […]
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association have released the full list of Golden Globe nominees for 2016, and it includes several Irish names. Carol leads the nominations list with five nods including Best Drama, Best Actress In A Drama (Cate Blanchett), and Best Score. Other films nominated in the Best Drama include Mad Max: Fury Road, […]
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The wait is finally over.
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This is actually quite impressive.
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This is an unusual idea, but one that just might work!
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The Prime Minister Of Germany Angela Merkel received a very high accolade from Time magazine as she won the coveted ‘Person Of The Year’ award for 2015. According to Mashable:”… the magazine praised Merkel as a powerful leader who has held together the European Union in a year when it faced three major challenges: the […]
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If you went to secondary school in Dublin from 2004 to 2010 chances are you encountered or perhaps were a D4 yourself. Judging by my own investigations this peculiar subspecies of Dublin and Irish culture died away with the end of the Noughties and the rise of the septum piercing. But some things still remain […]
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True blue.
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Wonderful, darling.
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A campaign launched by a Muslim neurologist based in California has raised over $100,000 for the victims and families of the San Bernardino mass shooting. Faisal Qazi, from Pomona in California established the campaign Muslims United For San Bernardino, which has become the most successful Muslim-American crowdfunding scheme ever according to the LA Times. More […]
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The Minister for Education described the existing rule as ‘archaic’.
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Maybe reconsider that full stop.
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Fair play to them.
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It has been nearly a month since the Paris atrocities in November, where 89 people lost their lives at a terrorist shooting during an Eagles Of Death Metal concert in the Bataclan theatre. The band joined U2 in an emotional appearance during their concert on U2’s tour Monday night: “They were robbed of their stage […]
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2015 has been a brilliant year for films and David Ehrlich, staff writer with Rolling Stone has put together a brilliant 13 minute video montage of what he considers to be the best films of the year. The video, which you can watch below includes films like Carol, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Kumiko The […]
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It’s Queen Nicki’s 33rd birthday today, so we compiled this list of why she is the absolute BEST: 1. When she told everyone at a concert to remember they are good enough: http://barbieteendreams.tumblr.com/post/114447512360 2. When she told women they should speak their minds without worrying what people think: http://fiercegifs.tumblr.com/post/105599440625 3. The time she told […]
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A great campaign.
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A scientific study published today by the journal Environmental Health Perspectives and carried out at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has raised concerns about a chemical found in over three quarters of flavoured e-cigarettes. The chemical in question, Diacetyl has been linked to instances of severe respiratory illnesses including bronchitis obliterans, also known […]
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People have been experiencing issues with Snapchat since this morning with workers trying to sort a fix for the app, but it’s already sent Twitter spiralling into a pit of despair. Hi! Some Snapchatters are currently experiencing loading issues. Our team is aware of the problem and working on a fix now! — Snapchat Support […]
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Couples are fighting for their right to marry.
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Honestly what did we do before emoji were invented?
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In recent decades it has emerged that the human race is becoming more and more resistant to common antibiotics, making it more difficult to cure common bacterial infections. This worrying trend is growing with bacteria carrying a gene allowing them to resist a type of antibiotic called polymixin found in Denmark and China. According to […]
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The internet is a wonderful place. All that knowledge and information at your fingertips, just waiting to be absorbed by your enquiring mind. Or alternatively you could spend your time watching an anonymous woman smash her face into various breads from New York bakeries on her Instagram account. It’s strangely hypnotic. Here she is with challah […]
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