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Graham Linehan thanks Free Speech Union after police apology over arrest
Graham Linehan
The 57-year-old Irish comedy writer was arrested by the Met Police at Heathrow Airport, after flying in from Arizona in September, on suspicion of inciting violence over three posts he had made on X
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RTE's Eurovision filler plans are anti-Semitic harassment? Right Ted
Eurovision Song Contest
The only ethnic and religious grouping that Graham Linehan's Father Ted is capable of harassing is Irish Catholics
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Down with that sort of thing! What's better, Eurovision or Father Ted? Let the nation decide...
Eurovision Song Contest
RTE's Eurovision boycott has taken an unexpected twist that's the stuff of Fr Ted plots
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Graham Linehan says RTE's using Father Ted as ‘tool of antisemitic harassment’ amid Eurovision boycott
Father Ted
RTE will show the sitcom’s Eurovision-themed episode A Song For Europe instead of the Eurovision itself
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Graham Linehan's conviction for criminal damage against transgender activist overturned
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The hearing on Thursday was shown footage filmed on Ms Brooks’ phone in the moments leading up to the criminal damage incident
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Trans activist wanted to 'shame Graham Linehan into an apology', court told
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Linehan, 57, was involved in a confrontation with Sophia Brooks outside the Battle Of Ideas conference in Westminster on October 19 2024
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Graham Linehan 'proud' of damaging trans activist's phone, court hears
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A court heart TV writer Graham Linehan was 'proud' after grabbing and damaging a trans activist's phone during a dispute outside a London conference.
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Graham Linehan set for appeal against criminal damage conviction
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Linehan is due to appear at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday for an appeal against his conviction
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‘I hear you’re an anti-Semite now, Father’ - The assault on Irish football, and on voices calling for a boycott of the Israel games, is only beginning
Republic of Ireland national football team
Fr Ted writer Graham Linehan served up a taste of what’s to come, with an attack on a community that must remain strong and united
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Graham Linehan trans row explained as Father Ted writer cleared of harassment
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Graham Linehan denied harassing Sophia Brooks on social media and a charge of criminal damage of their mobile phone on October outside the Battle of Ideas conference in London
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Graham Linehan was trying to get trans activist to 'stop pushing camera in his face', court hears
Graham Linehan
The 57-year-old Irish comedy writer is on trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, accused of harassing trans woman Sophia Brooks and damaging the phone outside a conference in Westminster on October 19 last year
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Graham Linehan will face 'no further action' after airport arrest on suspicion of inciting violence
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The Father Ted creator announced that the probe has been dropped
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Graham Linehan told police he grabbed transgender activist’s phone in 'reflex response' to 'taunting'
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A video played to the court appeared to show Linehan grabbing the complainant’s phone
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Graham Linehan called trans activist a ‘deeply disturbed sociopath’, court hears
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The transgender activist told the court that Linehan had called her a “sissy porn-watching scumbag”, a “groomer” and a “disgusting incel”
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Father Ted creator Graham Linehan’s trans activist posts were 'oppressive', court told
Graham Linehan
The 57-year-old Irish comedy writer appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday where he faces trial accused of harassing transgender activist Sophia Brooks
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In pictures: Graham Linehan arrives at court for trial over alleged harassment of transgender woman
Graham Linehan
Linehan posed with a sign which said on one side “There’s no such thing as a ‘transgender child’”, and on the other it said “Keep men out of women’s sports”, before entering court
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Police 'between a rock and hard place' amid debate over Graham Linehan arrest
Graham Linehan
The head of the police force that arrested Father Ted creator Graham Linehan said his officers are in "an impossible position"
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Father Ted writer Graham Linehan's arrest could result in change to UK legislation
Graham Linehan
Mr Linehan, 57, said he had been detained by five armed officers at Heathrow Airport after flying in from the US, and was told he was under arrest over three posts on X
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Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan arrested in airport over 'joke' tweets
Graham Linehan
Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan says he was arrested at Heathrow Airport and questioned over 'joke' tweets about trans people, claiming the stress left him in hospital.
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Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan charged with harassment and criminal damage
Graham Linehan
In a post on X on Saturday, Linehan claimed that the charge related to a complaint from a trans activist.
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Father Ted writer Graham Linehan 'subjected to discrimination in Belfast pub', court told
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Counsel for a group of women’s rights campaigners, including Father Ted writer Graham Linehan, claimed they were unlawfully refused service during a “hostile and febrile” encounter at Robinson’s Bar
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Anti-trans activist Graham Linehan posts Barry Humphries email in response to comedy festival tribute
In the News
Linehan was responding to a tribute posted by Melbourne International Comedy Festival for the entertainer who passed away over the weekend
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Father Ted creator loses TV career and marriage and on anxiety medication over tweets
Graham Linehan
Graham Linehan, who created sitcoms Father Ted, IT Crowd and Black Books, has revealed how his divisive tweets against transgender rights which saw him suspended from Twitter, before his profile was reinstated
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Motherland mums 'hate hanging out with kids and avoided scenes with them'
BBC
EXCLUSIVE: Show's stars Diane Morgan and Anna Maxwell Martin tried to swerve scenes with children while playing stressed out mums in hit BBC show, which has won critical praise
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