The Irish Mail on Sunday

Thanks for the Fairytale, Shane

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HAVING viewed RTÉ’s programme about the making of the song Fairytale Of New York this week, it saddened me to see Shane MacGowan of The Pogues – the virtuoso of many musical songs and compositio­ns – now a virtual cripple through years of alcohol and drug abuse.

If ever there was a good reason never to become addicted to such vices in life, Shane MacGowan is an excellent example of why these curses should be avoided at all costs.

Thanks for the bitterswee­t memories, Shane. Vincent O’Connell, New Ross, Co. Wexford.

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