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Screenwriter, Actress, Professional Redhead, COYS. BBC Writers’ Academy ‘21. #Eastenders Insta. @orlamhannon Rep: Ligeia Marsh @ Curtis Brown

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Orla Hannon
2 years
Still can’t believe this happened. Thanks for all your lovely messages on my EE episode. It was a privilege to write Bernie’s return to the square & those emotional scenes between Denise & Chelsea and Rainie & Stuart. #EastEnders @bbceastenders
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2 years
Yes, I’m a Spurs fan!! Like my Dad & his Dad before him. A long list of Irish Tottenham fans! ❤️ #coys for life #TottenhamHotspur
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3 years
Just a reminder to media outlets that when you use the term ‘underage women’ what you really mean is children. 😡
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3 years
This is what is now on the site of the legendary Astoria venue in London where I saw more amazing gigs than any other venue apart from the Olympia. It’s a crying shame! #savelivemusic
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Orla Hannon
2 years
I was obsessed with Flashdance as a kid & I still dance to that track on a weekly basis! Obsessed with Jayde & her zero fucks given attitude. ❤️ #StrictlyComeDancing
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2 years
Eastenders at Christmas has always been a big deal in our house. Ever since I was a kid. So it’s a big thrill to see my name in the big end of year credits as a writer. ❤️ #EastEnders
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Orla Hannon
8 months
Glorious rendition of ‘Rainy night in Soho’ by Nick Cave at #ShaneMacGowan funeral. However this picture is as Irish as you can get! #Barrys ☘️
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2 years
I recently found a diary from when I was 9. Listed under favourite tv show: Eastenders. Fast forward a few years & tonight an Eastenders ep written by me will air at 7.30pm on BBC One & RTE 1! BY ME. My first TV credit of many I hope. Pinch me please. @bbcstudios #EastEnders
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Orla Hannon
3 years
I read a review that said the #GetBack doc is too long & needed editing! I’m only an hour in & honestly I could watch this all day. A fly on the wall of one of the greatest bands creating legendary songs! What’s not to love? #TheBeatles
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Orla Hannon
2 years
Would you like some cock ice with your drink? #coys #TottenhamHotspur #heatwave
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Orla Hannon
4 years
Bought some WD40 to fix a stiff lock and now I’m running around my house spraying it on everything! Why didn’t anyone tell me? Is this what being in your forties is like?? 🤣
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Orla Hannon
2 years
My Dad passed away a year ago today. Still miss dropping him a text after a Spurs win. This was us at White Hart Lane! ❤️ #COYS
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Orla Hannon
4 years
So I have huge news.... I’ve been selected as one of the 8 writers for the @bbcstudios 2021 BBC Writers’ Academy. This is a total dream come true. I can’t wait for the journey to begin next year. ❤️ #bbcwritersacademy @bbcwritersroom
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Orla Hannon
4 years
So Neil popped over on his re-issue release day! It’s a really lovely box-set and his life’s work. ❤️ @divinecomedyhq #TheDivineComedy30 #thedivinecomedy
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Orla Hannon
1 year
The perfect show from Depeche Mode in Dublin tonight! 🖤 #depechemode #dublin
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Orla Hannon
1 year
My head of state is better than yours!! 🤣☘️🤷‍♀️
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Orla Hannon
7 years
Young woman is raped & murdered & news reports talk about how she was NOT drinking & ‘always took care’. Because if she had been? Do they talk about men like that? #everydaysexism
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Orla Hannon
3 years
As I laid my Dad to rest today surrounded by my family & friends my thoughts are with those who lost people over the last 18 months & couldn’t say goodbye properly. ❤️
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Orla Hannon
2 years
The Cure….. my undying adoration since I was 13…. Wondrous as always! 🖤 #thecure #curehead #dublinlive
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Orla Hannon
7 years
Great news! This is going to be a tough fight but I think we can do this!Ireland to hold abortion referendum in 2018
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Orla Hannon
3 years
@TasteofIreland I’m sorry did you mistake my statement for a debate? I don’t care about your opinion. Thank you.
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Orla Hannon
4 years
For those of you outside of Ireland..... enjoy! #normalpeople #fleabag #RTEComicRelief
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Orla Hannon
2 years
I just can’t stop thinking about Dave Grohl. The loveliest man who has just lost his best friend. Is having to endure the heartache of losing a band mate again. Life is so unfair. #taylorhawkins #FooFighters
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Orla Hannon
3 months
Tonight’s #Eastenders is written by me! It never gets old seeing my name at the end. Really love this ep! ❤️
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3 months
“Cindy kissed George.” #EastEnders , tonight at 7.30pm on @BBCOne and on @BBCiPlayer
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Orla Hannon
3 months
Thank you for all the #sukeve love for tonight’s #Eastenders ep. Such a joy to write for those two! ❤️
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Orla Hannon
3 years
A 4 year memory popped up for me. I was in Amsterdam bringing my kid to see her Dad play at the Paradiso when I spotted a poster for @mileshuntTWS playing the night before. I went to the show on my own & had a glorious life affirming evening. Can’t wait for live music to return.
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Orla Hannon
6 years
@salihughes A guy broke up with me and then a year later called to ask if I could get him & his new girlfriend into a show! I said no problem & then ignored his desperate messages from the guest list when his name funnily enough wasn’t on the list! 😜
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Orla Hannon
1 year
I wrote tonight’s Eastenders. A joy as always. Thank you to the brilliant story & producing team, my amazing script editor Emily Priestnall and this ep is directed by the fantastic @johnwg58 Tune in tonight on BBC One & RTE One #eastenders
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1 year
Sonia’s standing firm in #EastEnders , tonight at 7:30pm on @BBCOne and @BBCiPlayer .
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Orla Hannon
3 years
Can we be mindful of language around emerging talent in the film & tv industry. I hear the term ‘young’ all the time to describe people starting out on their career. So many writers, particularly women, come to the industry later in life. #writerslife #youngatheart
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Orla Hannon
1 year
A home town show is always special but that was mind blowingly special!! 🖤 #DepecheMode
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Orla Hannon
3 months
Happy 35th birthday to one of the greatest albums ever made in this little goth girl’s opinion!! An album that changed my life. 🖤 #thecure #disintegration
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Orla Hannon
10 years
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6 months
Happy 39th Birthday to @bbceastenders It’s a childhood dream come true to be writing for this wonderful show. Here’s to many more years! #EastEnders
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Orla Hannon
4 years
My child is very happy I’m a hoarder. Music mags with Nirvana on the cover are vintage art now!! 🤣 And there is @mileshuntTWS ❤️ #1991
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Orla Hannon
8 months
Still get giddy seeing my name on the end of year #EastEnders credits. I used to marvel at them as a kid. Very proud to be a small part of this brilliant show as it continues to go from strength to strength ❤️ #writer
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1 year
What a great night dancing like it’s the ‘90’s at Pulp! ❤️ #dublin #pulp #stannespark
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Orla Hannon
4 years
Yay I’m parenting alone so I get a support bubble..... taking applications from hot men!! 🤣🤷‍♀️ #level5
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Orla Hannon
9 months
Tonight I attended the #Wonka premiere & party. Don’t think I’ve been to a party so star studded since the 90’s!! The film is glorious & I’m so proud of Neil for the gorgeous songs he’s written. Hope everyone loves it!!
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Orla Hannon
1 year
@alexbakerman Respect The Brundle!!!
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Orla Hannon
2 years
@domjoly @calvinrobinson @LozzaFox @darrengrimes_ @MrAndyNgo Is this a cry for help? Have you been kidnapped. Blink twice for yes.
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Orla Hannon
9 years
Plans for tonight? Oh nothing...just me and @travisbarker having an early night! 😜
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Orla Hannon
9 months
As an Irish woman who spent a lot of time living in the U.K. The Pogues always spoke to me. Shane was that link between the Islands with his poetry. So sad for his friends & family. 🖤 #shanemacgowan
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Orla Hannon
2 years
It’s my birthday & I’m watching Die Hard & eating cake & I appear to be living my best life!! 🤣🤟🏻
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Orla Hannon
5 years
A lovely 18th Birthday lunch to celebrate our pride & joy. ❤️ @divinecomedyhq #18thbirthday
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Orla Hannon
4 years
My gorgeous daughter got her first choice offer and is heading off to Trinity College Dublin to study Music & Film. Very proud Mum! 😊 #CAO2020
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Orla Hannon
2 years
Very happy to finally reveal that I’ve been chosen as the Irish writer to participate in The Writers Lab Europe 2022 with my TV project ‘Bereft of a Talisman’. Thank you to @UntamedStories @The_Writers_Lab @ScreenIreland Can’t wait to get started! #Screenwriter
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Untamed Stories
2 years
We are thrilled to announce the incredible cohort of writers selected for @The_Writers_Lab Europe 2022. We can’t wait to get stuck in! #screenwriters #film #tv #women
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Orla Hannon
2 years
A couple of @divinecomedyhq related things I’ve been pondering since Paris. The fan community around the band is gorgeous. A bunch of devoted fans who follow them & seem to have such a strong bond & friendship. It’s lovely to see. ❤️ #thedivinecomedy
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Orla Hannon
9 years
My daughter met Troye Sivan today, he's a you tuber! I've never seen her so happy!! A lovely chap! http://t.co/x9SgOjmpDE
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Orla Hannon
2 years
It’s a good job myself & the ex are still good buddies…. What with his big head staring at me from posters on the underground all day! 🤣🤷‍♀️ @divinecomedyhq #charmedlife #neilspotting #thedivinecomedy
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Orla Hannon
4 years
We are going to remember companies that behaved like utter cunts during this when it is all over, right? #coronavirus
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Orla Hannon
4 years
I now have a Masters in screenwriting! Thank you to IADT Dublin and all my fellow students. It was a strange and interesting year to go to Uni for the first time! 🤣
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Orla Hannon
1 year
Heading for an early night & then the greatest movie ever made, Point Break, starts on #BBC1 , so now I have to stay up & watch it. Thems the rules! #pointbreak
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Orla Hannon
2 years
A fantastic night of music from @divinecomedyhq in Paris playing Casanova & Short album about Love. From the time I first met Neil & hearing songs I haven’t heard in years! #TheDivineComedy #Paris
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Orla Hannon
7 years
Rock Star in being awake before midday shocker!! 😂😂 @BenjiTalent #brighton
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Orla Hannon
4 years
I’m sorry ‘the I.T system is old’ WHAT? We’ve been here since last March.... could someone not have just popped down to Google for a favour? #covidireland
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Orla Hannon
1 year
@jessphillips So impressed by Yvette Cooper in comparison to Suella. All this is happening under their watch.
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Orla Hannon
4 years
This tv show scared the living crap out of me as a kid. One of my earliest memories is running behind the curtains in our front room to hide from a weird scene in an abandoned railway station waiting room?! 🤷‍♀️ #sapphireandsteel
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Pulp Librarian
4 years
"All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension." So begins one of the most enigmatic and chilling horror series ever broadcast by ITV. This is ita story. "...Sapphire and Steel have been assigned.” #SundayThoughts
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Orla Hannon
3 years
Watching William Shatner having a poetic moment in the middle of a load of billionaires popping champagne is so fascinating. #BlueOrigin #skynews
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Orla Hannon
3 years
My Dad passed away yesterday. He had been ill for a while but it is still a shock to come to terms with the fact that he isn’t here in the world anymore.I’m grateful for all the great things he gave me, a love of music & our beloved Tottenham. I’ll miss him ❤️
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Orla Hannon
2 years
Night two in Paris with @divinecomedyhq 2 albums that bring back lovely memories. Returning to our first little flat in Clapham each day to hear Fin de Siecle take shape. Great to hear it all tonight. ❤️ #TheDivineComedy
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Orla Hannon
9 years
'La Cienega just smiles and says see ya around' ..... Fell a tiny bit in love with @TheRyanAdams tonight! http://t.co/vzyCsfsvNj
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Orla Hannon
4 years
I’m just sitting here thinking of all my Tim Smith / Cardiacs memories. He was just so damn funny. A smile that lit up a room. #timsmith #cardiacs
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Orla Hannon
2 years
I’ve watched about 7 hours of #AllOrNothingArsenal just for this moment!! #COYS
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Orla Hannon
1 year
It was a privilege to write @harriet_thorpe opening line as Elaine and watch her film her first scenes. She is an amazing addition to the cast, a classic Eastenders matriarch who is going to be a joy to watch!! #eastenders #queenvic
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Orla Hannon
4 years
I haven’t had a drink in a month and apart from a few pounds lost I’m still waiting for the life changing buzz I’ve been told to expect. It’s bullshit... open the wine. 🤣🤷‍♀️🥂
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Orla Hannon
5 years
@GaryDunne It barely does. I went to school in the UK & we were taught very little about Irish history at all. I chose to do a Irish history module at A level but had to teach myself. I do however know a shit ton about the Tudors!! 😬
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Orla Hannon
2 years
Wonderful to meet loads of lovely Spurs fans!! Very excited about the new season & don’t forget it’s only 2 weeks until the next season of #AllOrNothing 🤣🤣🤣 #COYS #TottenhamHotspur
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Orla Hannon
4 years
As a thank you to @mileshuntTWS for his weekly acoustic sets I went a little nuts in @thewonder_stuff merch store & it arrived today! 😊Also happy to replace the long lost T-shirt that my teen self wore! #SupportArtists
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Orla Hannon
3 years
Very sad to hear of the passing of Neil’s Dad Brian. I’m particularly sad that Willow has lost both her Grand Dad’s in the last few months. Love to the whole Hannon clan, I know he will be very much missed.
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Orla Hannon
5 years
This made me laugh out loud for a full 10 minutes!! 🤣🤣🤣
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Orla Hannon
2 years
I’m living for the middle aged women, zero fucks given energy at @Alanis tonight! Such a great show. 🖤 #thankyoujlp25 #AlanisMorissette
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Orla Hannon
2 years
My ex-husband wrote a song that I think is pretty apt in the current climate….. 🤣🤷‍♀️ The Divine Comedy - Queuejumper via @YouTube
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5 years
I’ve been bringing her with me to vote since she was tiny and going on about the importance of voting especially for woman and today she got to vote for the first time. ❤️ Voting is cool! Go vote! 😊☘️ #Election2020 #youthvote
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Orla Hannon
3 years
My Dad spent his very last Christmas on earth on his own whilst these c*nts were laughing about their party. 😡
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Paul Brand
3 years
EXCLUSIVE: Video obtained by ITV News shows Downing Street staff joking about a Christmas party on 18th December last year. No 10 has spent the past week denying any rules were broken. This new evidence calls that into question.
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Orla Hannon
2 years
@petepaphides I’m going to suggest this to him right now!! 🤣
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3 years
@Tim_Burgess Saw Blur supporting Lush at the New Cross Venue! 😊
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Orla Hannon
7 years
Thank you @samarchitects for calling this out! Woman should be able to go to gigs without being sexually assaulted. #safegigsforwoman
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5 years
@helenraw And god forbid she has RED HAIR!! The horror!! 😱😱😱
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Orla Hannon
3 years
Isn’t grief a weird thing? There is a Guinness pop up store in Dundrum shopping centre. My Dad worked for Guinness for years. I walked past it today and burst into tears. No warning. Just crying over the Guinness oven gloves! 🤷‍♀️🖤
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Orla Hannon
4 years
The point where I started drowning in my own tears..... 😭 #TheLateLateToyShow
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Orla Hannon
1 year
The final gig of a fun packed June! @Interpol in Dublin 🖤 #interpol #trinityseries #dublin
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Orla Hannon
3 months
This is going to be a great week! My next ep goes out on Wednesday 29th May. You won’t want to miss it. ❤️ #Eastenders
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Walford East
3 months
Nish Panesar will return to #EastEnders on Monday 27th May 🎆
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Orla Hannon
7 years
Nice to see this @phoebe_bridgers poster up on the London Underground & in good company! #TheSmiths
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Orla Hannon
2 years
Getting ready to appear on the next @spursshow podcast tonight where I’ll try not to talk too much about my new great love….. Ivan Perisic!! 🤣🤣🤷‍♀️ #COYS
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Orla Hannon
1 year
I love cycling but I also tune in to Eurosport every day to check out the glorious @SportsOrla fashion choices. Also she has the best name! 😬🤷‍♀️ #TourDeFrance2023 #gcn #eurosport
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Orla Hannon
1 year
The summer of awesome gigs continues tonight with @blurofficial in Dublin! ❤️ #blur #parklife #Malahidecastle
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Orla Hannon
2 years
Lovely to finally introduce my gorgeous friends @EmmaFrostLondon @EssexWatford & @AJPharoah to Neil @divinecomedyhq in Bath ❤️
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11 months
‘But why didn’t they just go to the police’ May I suggest you look up the statistics on the amount of convictions secured in sexual assault cases and then fuck off. Thanks. #believewomen #Dispatches
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Orla Hannon
4 years
I think this is one of my favourites!!! ❤️
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Michael Spicer
4 years
the room next door - Priti Patel and Yvette Cooper
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Orla Hannon
1 year
Actually heartbroken! #sinead
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Orla Hannon
5 years
Just want to give a shout out to all the single parents out there. Christmas Eve can be lonely if you’re on your own when your kids are small. Hang in there. I just spent time playing board games & drinking with my now 18 year old. #singlemothers
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Orla Hannon
4 years
Seeing pictures of my sister in New Zealand at her Christmas parties with mask-less hugging is making me think about what could have been with better leadership..... 😔
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Orla Hannon
4 years
Can’t wait to meet my fellow academies & get started next year! #bbcwritersacademy
@bbcstudios
BBC Studios
4 years
Congratulations to the @BBCStudios Writers’ Academy class of 2021 who will be starting their studies with @JohnYorke123 early next year.
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2 years
I’m not saying I’m a witch but I said on @spursshow last week that Son would score one & then get a hat-trick! 🤷‍♀️ #COYS #thespursshow #son
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Orla Hannon
2 years
Absolutely gutted! What a special man! ❤️ #terryhall
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