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Thousands belt out Bowie classics at impromptu London street party

Fans shared beers as his songs rang out through the winter air.

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FROM HIS BIRTHPLACE in London to his adopted home in New York, to Dublin city centre, David Bowie fans around the world gathered yesterday to mourn a star who many said had shaped their lives.

A crowd of more than 2,000 people spent the evening in the south London district of Brixton where he was born – some clutching beers, others wearing Bowie t-shirts – to lay flowers beneath a giant mural of his face.

“I don’t think there is another musician in the world that can bring this crowd with so many generations at the same time,” said Dan Hunt, 28, his voice wavering with emotion.

This is the sort of thing that happens only once in any of our lives. It would have been stupid to miss it.

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Lines of Bowie’s hit song Space Oddity rang through the chill winter air as fans played guitar and others sang along, several wearing the lightening bolt face makeup or shocking red mullet of Aladdin Sane, one of Bowie’s many stage personas.

From a building nearby a speaker blasted Let’s Dance, while Brixton bars dedicated their playlists to the artist. 

“RIP David, a starman gone to heaven, love his old friend,” read one bouquet at the mural, a portrait of Bowie’s 1973 Aladdin Sane incarnation.

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New York and LA 

In New York, mourners gathered in tears outside Bowie’s building in Soho.

“I feel devastated,” said Penelope Bagieu, a 33-year-old French cartoonist in New York, crying as she left a bunch of flowers outside Bowie’s former home.

Michelle Lynn, who stopped off on her way to work carrying photographs of the pop icon, in her handbag, said she had been “a fan forever”.

Others placed flowers and candles on Bowie’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.

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Berlin

Berliners left pictures and candles outside the building where Bowie lived during the 1970s as he was trying to kick drink and drug addictions in Cold War-era West Berlin -one of his most creative periods.

The city’s Hansa Studios, where Bowie recorded songs, including the hit Heroes, said it would hold a memorial for Bowie on Friday, possibly with a public party for city residents featuring live music.

“I think he would have liked that,” organiser Thilo Schmied said.

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Dublin

In Dublin, some 200 fans gathered at the Grand Social venue next to the Ha’penny Bridge, which hosted a David Bowie festival at the weekend.

A tribute band played acoustic version of Bowie’s songs and concert videos were shown.

A book of condolences was also opened, which organisers of the event said would be sent to the singer’s management company.

AFP with reporting from Daragh Brophy.

Read: David Bowie has died of cancer at the age of 69

Read: “Look up here, I’m in heaven”: Lyrics to Bowie’s last single show mortality was on star’s mind

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    Apr 1st 2022, 12:33 PM

    Imagine a private company has to call the DAA to account. This government couldn’t careless about the Irish public, shown time and time again.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 1:09 PM

    @Dave.: not to worry. Mary will sort it all out. With her magic bag of money.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 1:25 PM

    @Dave Connolly: FG/FF and the Greens have access to the magic bag of money and STILL can’t run the country correctly. Mad isn’t it!?

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    Apr 1st 2022, 4:02 PM

    @Dave Connolly: Even the most ardent anti SF posters have been slow to use the magic money tree argument recently for reasons that should be obvious to most. Do you need it spelled out for you why ?

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    Apr 1st 2022, 6:27 PM

    @Dave Connolly: Path-etic. Is it beyond you to even attempt an intelligent response.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 10:29 PM

    @Dave Connolly: Its the same magic money that the current government are using Dave, but you simply do not get it…Or refuse to do so..

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    Apr 2nd 2022, 9:17 AM

    @Dave.: Imagine thinking that the govt knows anything about the day to day running of the DAA!!! What has the govt got to do with it in reality? Its a semi state company but do you really think MM or LV have any input into it bar if theres a major crisis? Even at that its that lemming eamon ryans dept. Shows how little you know and just want to govt bash. Covid causes staff shortages. Unless youre going to staff at 200% normal levels you’re going to run into trouble when theres a covid surge…… Blame the govt for likes though. Fair play!

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    Apr 1st 2022, 1:19 PM

    Did an extra 30% of passengers just turn up unannounced. Surely they have info on how many tickets are sold everyday.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 1:50 PM

    @PositiveMe: nah they’d have no way of knowing this. Like when they don’t have more than two booths open to check passports in arrivals. Get caught totally unaware when the plane lands, no way of knowing.

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    Apr 2nd 2022, 4:22 PM

    @PositiveMe: yes they do know….they can’t get staff…

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    Apr 1st 2022, 12:25 PM

    Aldi/lidl paying more money to their workers than what dap pay

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    Apr 1st 2022, 7:45 PM

    @Peter Gilgunn: Any terrorist who wants to blow up a plane will look at Dublin and say this is the easiest entry point because it is run like a circus.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 7:54 PM

    @John Fagan: to be honest a circus is being run better than dublin airport.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 10:29 PM

    @Peter Gilgunn: What has Aldi and Lidl pay got to do with it?

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    Apr 1st 2022, 12:27 PM

    12 euro an hour starting wage, if only there was a solution

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    Apr 1st 2022, 12:42 PM

    @Frankie Cappuccino: €12? Jesus christ. So these days, what work exactly does give you the right to a decent standard of living?

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    Apr 1st 2022, 1:27 PM

    @Liam Edward Harris: Running the calculations, I reckon one would need to be taking home €800 per week in this country Liam.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 3:10 PM

    @Frankie Cappuccino: yep, and the hospitality industry too whinging about no staff. Is it any surprise? Who can afford to live in Dublin on those wages?

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    Apr 1st 2022, 8:01 PM

    @Frankie Cappuccino: 20 hour week guaranteed, then they are surprised they can’t attract staff

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    Apr 1st 2022, 10:17 PM

    @Frankie Cappuccino: it’s €14.14 starting actually, if they opened an expression of interest to staff that left a year and a half ago they might be surprised by the uptake, just saying….

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    Apr 1st 2022, 10:23 PM

    @Malachi Shanks: Staff that left what about the 1100 let go?

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    Apr 1st 2022, 10:25 PM

    @Dave Byrne: they took voluntary redundancies not let go

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    Apr 1st 2022, 10:51 PM

    @Malachi Shanks: And bring them back on less pay plus T&C

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    Apr 1st 2022, 2:25 PM

    Dalton Phillips should be sacked, not making excuses. This is the result of management sitting on its hands.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 2:29 PM

    @Stephen Gill: he was brought in to sack everyone.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 12:22 PM

    Maybe they should draft in defense forces to help out temporarily? Cant continue like this.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 1:07 PM

    @Stephen Murphy: usually it’s a good idea to research a comment before posting. Also comparing refugees fleeing a war zone with nothing to their names to having to queue a bit longer is a bit silly.

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    Apr 2nd 2022, 3:30 PM

    @CSR: “Defence forces” are for DEFENCE. And are equally underpaid and undermined.
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    Apr 1st 2022, 12:29 PM

    See Dublin Airport app has stopped showing waiting times at security

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    Apr 1st 2022, 3:13 PM

    DAAis a semi state company. That means they are part owned by the state and part owned by investors. When they do well, the investors make profits. When they do bad tax payers have to pay for it. Same setup with the banks. They get to keep their profits while tax payers cover any losses. FFG policies in action.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 9:46 PM

    @Wade Wilson: that’s not actually what a semi state is…a semi state is one wholly owned by the government but run as a commercial entity, ie they receive no money from the state. So the government do not pay a penny to run the airport. The airport stands on it’s own two feet…and not very well so far this year unfortunately

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    Apr 1st 2022, 3:18 PM

    Being stuck in a cue last weekend for 2 hours was terrible . It can’t be rocket science to improve the situation. DAA management should genuinely look at their pay and take a 50% cut…it was a horrible situation to be in.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 1:13 PM

    Maybe most some more flights out to Cork and Shannon. Take away some of the bottleneck.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 2:24 PM

    @Mike Hogan: People don’t want to fly out of cork or Shannon, if they did the airlines would provide more flights. Sadly as has happened time and time again, the local communities of both fail to support their airport when new routes are launched and then get all bitter when the routes are pulled.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 2:33 PM

    @Tony Stanley: I live 20 minutes from Shannon and love flying out of there. Easy and stress free. The choice of flights is extremely limited tho

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    Apr 1st 2022, 2:37 PM

    @Mike Hogan: any self respecting swan or goose wouldn’t land in Cork

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    Apr 1st 2022, 2:49 PM

    @Tony Stanley: Total BS

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    Apr 1st 2022, 8:52 PM

    @Tony Doyle: 55 minutes from Cork to Heathrow, from where you can fly to anywhere in the world, why would anyone outside the pale want to go through that cesspit that is Dublin Airport?

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    Apr 1st 2022, 11:27 PM

    @Mike Hogan: I’m in Waterford and always choose Shannon or Cork, parking is 1/2 the Dublin price.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 1:41 PM

    Why are the majority of daily departures scheduled between 6 and 9am? Place is dead for the rest of the day once the morning rush is gone.
    Last week while in the queue I counted 46 flights on the board due to take off before 8am.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 1:55 PM

    @Glen Marsden: because people are travelling for work?

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    Apr 1st 2022, 2:42 PM

    @Glen Marsden: it’s called RUSH HOUR in most places

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    Apr 1st 2022, 5:10 PM

    @Thomas Harrington: I get that people are travelling for work but why do they lump all the Balearic type flights in at the same time. There are flights landing in these places at 10am and they can’t check into accommodation until 3pm.
    Should these not be midday flights?

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    Apr 1st 2022, 5:22 PM

    @Glen Marsden: need to return with passengers within flying time frame and not have layovers

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    Apr 1st 2022, 8:06 PM

    @Glen Marsden: they do more than 1 flight a day, typically 4, a mid haul return ie spain and back and a short haul uk and back

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    Apr 1st 2022, 9:48 PM

    @Glen Marsden: it’s all about using the aircraft as much as they can. Maximise their return on investment. So leave surely and return late. Those aircraft that stay overnight all leave around the same time each morning. This has nothing to do with the airport. It’s driven by airlines.

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    Apr 2nd 2022, 8:38 AM

    @Glen Marsden: because that’s also when flights are cheaper. Airlines are the ones wholly responsible for busy times as their cheaper fares are at the same time.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 8:51 PM

    DAA are the people who want to charge motorists for entering our airport. Dublin airport was built with our money! Hard necks are alive and well.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 9:49 PM

    @Brendan Shanahan: it wasn’t built with your money. Read about how Dublin airport is funded.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 6:24 PM

    It might help if they weren’t doing additional checks on every 3rd bag and asking people to remove their shoes

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    Apr 1st 2022, 9:02 PM

    DAA have a notice on their website advising “Connecting Ireland to the World”. This needs to be changed immediately to “Disconnecting Ireland from the World”.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 3:27 PM

    One hour to get through security this morning at Dublin Airport, One hour to get through passport control and covid clearance at Palma Airport, long day but feck it, everyone’s trying their best.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 8:13 PM

    Anyone in the West of Ireland.
    Relax and fly from Shannon.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 2:59 PM

    Perhaps this is an oversimplification… Are DAA not just effectively holding Ryanair to ransom because they pushed the airport fees down?

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    Apr 1st 2022, 9:44 PM

    Use Shannon instead

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    Apr 1st 2022, 3:48 PM

    To Ryanair, i have a solution: Schedule less flights

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    Apr 1st 2022, 11:20 PM

    Use terminal 2 ffs ? Somehow there is no issue there ? Aer lingus being prioritised maybe ?

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    Apr 1st 2022, 9:00 PM

    Dublin Airport have a notice on their website advising “Connecting Ireland to the World.” This needs to be changed immediately to “Disconnecting Ireland from the World”.

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    Apr 2nd 2022, 6:51 AM

    Surly if x amount of planes are flying out of Dublin they can calculate the number of people that might be on them or is that too complicated

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    Apr 1st 2022, 11:36 PM

    3 hour delay on Manchester – Dublin flight today due to shortage of baggage handlers in Manchester airport.

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    Apr 1st 2022, 10:14 PM

    Does anyone know the waiting times in similar sized airports around Europe?
    Are these airports having the same issues?

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    Apr 1st 2022, 10:55 PM

    The fact that the hourly rate is so low and I believe it is a flat rate regardless if you work nights days early shifts or weekends, On a 20hr contract.
    After 911 happened the commission set up to find the faults in how security was breached was that the staff was on crap wages T&C and mostly private security contracts.

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    Apr 2nd 2022, 12:33 PM

    It was operating efficiently. However the airport is now showing signs of serious reglect. Toilets are dirty, layout of T1 is out of date and not fit for purpose and the security check is a poor reflection of the airport in general. The State invested over€1 billion to upgrade it but passengers are only experiencing grief when they pass through.

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    Apr 2nd 2022, 1:19 PM

    Imagine flying from Dublin to Manchester right now. Exactly the same problem – sacked staff, no nobody wants to work for those wages https://twitter.com/bbcnews/status/1509951337458544643?s=21&t=AKMRkoYFPwfmx0GprNTEuQ

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    Apr 1st 2022, 11:21 PM

    What did Cork do differently to avoid this issue?

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    Apr 2nd 2022, 7:28 AM

    Could airports revisit the security rules? Is there a need to remove electronics, liquid limits etc from the bag. I am a frequent flyer and normally need 3 trays to get my stuff sorted.

    A quicker win maybe, promote a be prepared campaign. Have your stuff ready prior to security, belts off liquids and electronics ready etc. The amount of people stressed to the gills, skipping queues then when they get to security, they empty their suitcase to find their perfume.

    I don’t fly aer lingus as they are shite, so I am not sure what terminal 2 is like, but if there is an overload between 1 and 2 could they balance the security and ask those not in such a rush to use terminal 2.

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    Apr 2nd 2022, 9:11 AM

    Last Saturday morning I got through Dublin Airport security in T1 in 20 minutes. It was busy but efficient, and I travel a lot. So I’m finding all these reports a bit baffling.

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