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‘Derry Girls’ mural “ruined” by newly installed bar canopy
Derry Girls mural in Londonderry, Northern Ireland has been “split in half” by the installation of a bar canopy.Since being unveiled at Badger’s Bar in 2019, the mural – which features illustrations of Erin, Michelle, Orla, Clare, and James from the hit Channel 4 comedy series – has attracted many visitors wishing to take selfies.Now, however, the bottom half of the mural has been obscured by the newly installed canopy, leaving locals and tourists disappointed.Planning permission for the installation was granted in 2022 and construction was completed this week, but the local council has said that the permission did not extend to this particular section of the building.On Friday (September 13), the council said its planning enforcement team have started an investigation into the matter.Speaking to BBC News NI, tourists in the city shared their disappointment about the installation, saying it’s a shame the mural can no longer been seen in full.Julie Sargisson, visiting Derry from New Zealand, said the hit Channel 4 series is “huge” back home. “Everybody I know has watched it and loves the series.”Sargisson said she thinks the new structure does “cut the mural off a bit,” but said she still thinks it is a very impressive piece of artwork.Lovely to see Derry shoot itself square in the foot again by building a glorified smoking hut to cover half the Derry Girls mural… Scunnered is not the word for it.
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This is the best horror movie of 2024, according to critics
Late Night With The Devil has been named the best horror film of 2024.The movie, which came out in March, comes from directors Colin and Cameron Cairnes and stars David Dastmalchian as a late night talk show host who invites an apparently possessed girl onto his TV show.It topped review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes‘ best horror movies of the year so far list with a 97 per cent approval rating.It was closely followed in second place by Oddity from Irish writer/director Damian McCarthy, who previously wrote and directed 2020’s Caveat. Critics hailed the independent film which tells the story of a blind medium (Carolyn Bracken) grieving the death of her twin sister Dani (also Bracken, in a dual role) and attempting to uncover how she was murdered, earlier this summer. It has now come in with a 96 per cent approval rating.In third place came French horror film Infested while A Quiet Place: Day One rounded out the top 10.You can check out the top 10 list below.1. Late Night With The Devil 2. Oddity 3. Infested 4. Strange Darling 5. In Flames 6. New Life 7. The Substance 8. Stopmotion 9. The Devil’s Bath 10. A Quiet Place: Day OneElsewhere the likes of Alien: Romulus came in at 17 while the Nicolas Cage starring Arcadian came in at 20 followed by Beetlejuice Beetlejuice at 21.Earlier this year, Late Night With The Devil made an apt figure of $666,666 (£507,266) in just one day over its opening weekend.While it drew acclaim from critics, it has also sparked controversy over the use of AI in creating a few images used in the film, with many sharing criticism on social media.The Cairnes brothers responded to the backlash in a statement via Variety at the time, saying: “In conjunction with our amazing graphics and production design
Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth. Geopolitically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. In 2011, the population of Ireland was about 6.6 million, ranking it the second-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain. As of 2016, 4.8 million live in the Republic of Ireland, and 1.8 million live in Northern Ireland.
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