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Northern Ireland health minister sues Van Morrison over public COVID chant

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Van Morrison has been sued by the health minister for Northern Ireland over comments relating to COVID-19 that the singer made earlier this year.During a pre-show dinner event in Belfast in June 11, Morrison branded minister Robin Swann “very dangerous” in an anti-lockdown rant, in a response to Swann criticising him for his anti-lockdown stance in 2020, in which he said Morrison’s words “will give great comfort to the conspiracy theorists”.As reported by the BBC, Swann’s lawyer Paul Tweed said legal proceedings are “at an advanced stage” and that it expects the case to go to court in early 2022.In response, representatives for Morrison said the singer “regrets that Mr Swann considered it necessary to issue proceedings”.The lawyers added.

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