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Ireland was in the grip of the Big Freeze. The councils had run out of salt. And the RTÉ Six One News that evening – January 8, 2010 – carried a very important bulletin.
Saturday 23 November, 2024
Saturday 23 November, 2024
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Today is exactly five years since the Six One News' greatest ever moment
TODAY IS JANUARY 8, 2015.
Cast your mind back five years exactly.
Ireland was in the grip of the Big Freeze. The councils had run out of salt. And the RTÉ Six One News that evening – January 8, 2010 – carried a very important bulletin.
Never forget.
Let’s also remember this poignant documentary about what happened to him afterwards:
h/t BreakingNews.ie via IMC Cinemas
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