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EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know as you head home for the day.
1. #EIGHTH AMENDMENT: Fine Gael’s Paschal Donohoe has said that the issue of the Eighth Amendment should be dealt with by the current Oireachtas.
2. #POOLBEG: The controversial Poolbeg incinerator in Ringsend has taken its first delivery of waste.
3. #LONDON: The Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation after Irishman Joseph Kelly died following a row with teenagers in Wood Green, north London.
4. #IRISH RAIL: Is having teething problems with its new online booking service, with some commuters unable to book their trains.
5. #COURTS: A woman who stabbed her former partner to death and hid his body in a back garden has been jailed for six years.
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Incredibly funny writer. The Adrien Mole series goes well beyond his teenage years. I’d recommend them to anyone.
Always loved the line about Adrian Mole’s dad jumping out of bed upon hearing of the falkland’s invasion thinking they were islands off the coast of Scotland.
…and when he finds out where they are he gets back into bed again.
A brilliant writer. RIP
And when they can’t find the Falklands on a map because they are under some crumbs…
10th April 2014
- Cleaned teeth
- Switched on laptop for one final Internet browse
- Said Goodbye to terrific Author (RIP Sue Townsend)
Nice.
As someone whose teenage years began in the 1980s, it’s so hard to describe the effect the Adrian Mole books had on me. I loved the books then and I love them just as much now. Sue was an exceptionally gifted writer who came up with some of the wittiest and downright funniest writing ever.
Adrian, Pandora, George and Pauline, Bert Baxter, Barry Kent, the dog…I could go on all night. So many people owe her a massive debt of gratitude. RIP Sue.
Those names bring me back, had forgotten all about them
His parents arguing over who DOESN’T get custody of Adrian!! Classic.
God rest a very funny woman.
I just checked the journal just before I put my head down for the night and can’t believe this absolutely dreadful news. This woman’s writings were unsurpassed and insightful beyond belief – meant so much to me so long ago and still now. Won’t sleep tonight and am cracking open a bottle of Teachers to drown my very deep sorrows. Sleep easy Sue.
I loved those books. They were so funny… May she rest in peace..
So sad to hear this. Her books always made me laugh.
Loved reading about Adrian Mole from age 13 3/4 to 39 1/4, gutted there will be more. RIP Sue, thanks for the good books.
A very talented writer. Adrian Mole’s diary was very funny. Thanks Sue.
Will be missed by me ..and Pandora.
Perhaps we all saw a little of ourselves reflected in Adrian’s teenage angst , a most original writer lots tried to copy her style no one could equal it.
Great books. RIP
A sharp and entertaining writer. Funny and always interesting.
Oh no- such sad news! Loved Sues writing and especially Adrian’s diaries. Can believe she won’t be able to write another. RIP Sue ( and Adrian)
*no more … Oops
Gonna be incredibly selfish, but I really hope the last book was completed. If that series ends on the prostate years it’ll be terrible.
RIP Sue, you’re part of my life forever.
Fantastic author and brilliant books wish I could read them again for the first time.
The 100% positive comments speaks volumes
I bought the 1st four Adrian Mole books in a compendium and read them until the pages started to come out of the book.
RIP
As her eyesight became worse, she dictated her books to her son.
That would be an amazing job. Apart from anything, attempting to not laugh while typing would be a challenge. RIP Sue. x
Great writer,loved the books when I was a teen,thanks for the memory’s sue
Sue really helped me to enjoy reading, as I am dyslexic and find reading very hard sometimes. Thank you and RIP
Great books funny out
RIP Sue. Adrian has left us all with fond memories of our youth as we all laughed and identified with so much of what was in each book. It was like finding ourselves.
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