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1 week ago | 
westernpeople.ie | Liam Alex Heffron
We were led through the long, echoing halls of Kilteegan Seminary by a tall, bearded priest with a booming voice and a fondness for one particular word: Mighty. Everything was mighty - the weather, the breakfast, the rosary beads. “It’s a Mayo word,” he told us with a wink, clearly delighted with himself. And it surely is - a solid, broad word with a definite meaning of awesomeness back home in Mayo. Mighty weather. Mighty tea. Mighty stuff.
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1 week ago | 
hollywoodandheffron.substack.com | Liam Alex Heffron
We were led through the long, echoing halls of Kilteegan Seminary by a tall, bearded priest with a booming voice and a fondness for one particular word: “mighty.” Everything was mighty — the weather, the breakfast, the rosary beads. “It’s a Mayo word,” he told us with a wink, clearly delighted with himself. And it surely is — a solid, broad word with a definite meaning of awesomeness back home in County Mayo. Mighty weather. Mighty tea. Mighty stuff.
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2 weeks ago | 
westernpeople.ie | Liam Alex Heffron
Beep. Beep… Beep. I passed the undersized granola, a tin of tuna and something vaguely healthy in a green translucent tub (which my wife swears she loves) over the scanner at my local grocery store. Then came the strawberries - plump, bright red and juicy - in a massive 32lb carton. Normally $8.99, but they were on sale for the unbelievable price of $4.99. Beep!Time to scan my Ralph’s card. A sadder Beep. And yet... the strawberries stubbornly stayed at $8.99.
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3 weeks ago | 
hollywoodandheffron.substack.com | Liam Alex Heffron
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes has been criticised for over-intellectualising political issues on his All In with Chris Hayes show, making his arguments less accessible to a broader audience. Yet, that could hardly be said of his evening broadcast of May 6th, where he could not conceal his contempt of Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office.
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3 weeks ago | 
westernpeople.ie | Liam Alex Heffron
The eponymous host of has long lost his incredulity for what passes as politics in the United States. His show on the unapologetically liberal-leaning cable news channel MSNBC is moderately popular, particularly within liberal and progressive circles. Since first airing in 2013, he has gathered a loyal following, especially among viewers who appreciate more in-depth, policy-driven analysis.
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1 month ago | 
westernpeople.ie | Liam Alex Heffron
“We have not much time left!” The Greek MEP was on her feet, waving her arms with the kind of fervour usually reserved for Eurovision voting scandals. She let loose a rapid-fire burst of Greek that, through the miracle of Brussels translation, emerged in my headphones as a breathless monotone. "Or our far-right friends will capitalise on these communities as they are doing now, thank you, chairperson.” And with that, like a laptop on a dodgy battery, she powered down and sat abruptly.
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1 month ago | 
hollywoodandheffron.substack.com | Liam Alex Heffron
Somewhere on my first travels to the United States during Obama’s inaugural election campaign, I must have slipped into a parallel Batman universe - a weird combination of the original campy and bumbling Adam West version which aired on TV in the Sixties ("Quick, Robin - to the Batmobile!”) and the later gritty, brooding films of Christopher Nolan, featuring the darkly iconic Joker of Heath Ledger pitted against the sexy-hoarse Dark Knight of Christian Bale.
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1 month ago | 
westernpeople.ie | Liam Alex Heffron
Somewhere on my first travels to the United States during Obama’s inaugural election campaign, I must have slipped into a parallel universe - a weird combination of the original campy and bumbling Adam West version which aired on TV in the Sixties ("Quick, Robin - to the Batmobile!”) and the later gritty, brooding films of Christopher Nolan, featuring the darkly iconic Joker of Heath Ledger pitted against the sexy-hoarse Dark Knight of Christian Bale.
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1 month ago | 
westernpeople.ie | Liam Alex Heffron
Top of the morning to y’all! It’s me, the United States Healthcare System, and I thought I’d hijack Liam’s column to tell a story to you Irish, with your much maligned universal healthcare of public hospitals, GPs and medical cards. It’s about Crystal Carson: brilliant actress, revered acting coach, and one of the most determined fighters I’ve ever had the pleasure of exhausting.
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1 month ago | 
hollywoodandheffron.substack.com | Liam Alex Heffron
This story is about Crystal Carson: brilliant actress, revered acting coach, and one of the most determined fighters I’ve ever had the pleasure of exhausting. Crystal is a native of Nebraska, best known for her role on General Hospital from 1991 to 1993, earning her the title of ‘Best New Female’ by Soap Opera Digest and a feature on their cover as one of ‘Television's Most Beautiful Women’. Her acting career spans TV shows such as Dallas, Cheers, Ellen, JAG and Thirtysomething.
