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SPECULATION THAT THE new Harry Potter plays will be about the boy wizard’s origins before Hogwarts have been firmly put to bed.
The story of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, devised by JK Rowling and due to begin showing in London in June, revolves around Harry’s third child with his wife Ginny (neé Weasley), Albus Severus.
Since its announcement, fans have speculated that the story would delve into the the past of Harry’s parents, Lily and James.
However, the synopsis released today puts paid to that theory.
It reads:
It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children.
While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.
The story should be considered canon and is split into two parts due to its “epic” nature, Rowling says.
Those who register for priority booking can buy tickets from 28 October and public booking begins on 30 October.
Preview tickets cost £10 and some post-opening tickets £15, which will make them much cheaper than most West-End shows, which regularly charge upwards of £100 a ticket.
250 tickets for every show will cost less than £20. There will be matinees on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday and the same ticket will secure a seat for parts one and two on the same day.
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So Dublin city which has at least twice the population of Cork has more births . Jesbus what a scoop !!!!!!!!!!!
Only just, by about 20%. Probably due to CUMH serving a much bigger area than Cork alone
I am sure the CSO use the parents address rather than the hospital address when counting births by county.
They’re using the individual county/city council local authority areas, not regions.
Pops:
Dublin City : 527,612
(Dublin all local authorities: 1,273,069)
Cork County: 399,802
(Cork City and County : 519,032)
this rubbish is not news
All we want to know are the birth rates and are they rising and falling and the reasons why. The article was full of padding and doesn’t quite tell the reader what they want.
Also, Dublin city probably doesn’t include, Fingal and Dun Laoghaire and those other county areas, but who knows.
I take that back, there is a graph with the rates.
Most idiotic headline ever.
At least you can comment on it unlike the Hickey ones?
Must be really a quiet news day?
It’s not actually.
But as usual the Journal locks down comments on the important stories.
Even when they’re happening outside this jurisdiction.
Pathetic editorial stance.
Realistic looking Irish family in the photo … Not
You man must be brushing his teeth with Weathershield to get them that white.
Tbf, have you seen the women in Cork?
I know it’s hard to get a girl into bed when she’s not strung out on heroin!
Sums fail Beachmaster.
If Dublin has more than double the population of Cork, and Cork is only 25% behind in births…. It seems the amount of procreation going on per head is a lot higher in Cork.
They are all stunners in Havanas at 3am after a few Captains and Coke and a Heino chaser
Old peoples homes are not brothels Beachmaster ;)
Battle of the babies. How do you chaps come up with this shit.
Just double the amount of skangers going around the place so!
HON DUBLIN BABIES
Can people stop saying hon?
Cork has a higher HIV problem than Dublin as well?
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