Irish incomprehension at Famine comedy plan
Irish incomprehension at Famine comedy plan

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There has been a furious response to news that a British broadcaster has commissioned a ‘comedy’ television series based on the Irish famine when an estimated one million people died of starvation and disease as a result of British colonial policy in Ireland.

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