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RTÉ investigating 'plagiarised' Charlie monologue

A speech from the second episode was allegedly lifted from an article by a US journalist.

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Jan 19th 2015, 11:58 AM

What was that weird bird-eating thing in last night's 'Charlie' all about?

The delicacy IS real – although you might have some difficulty finding it today.

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Jan 12th 2015, 11:05 AM

One from the satire archive: The 85 Billion Euro Man

Still reeling from the Anglo Tapes? We recall a clairvoyant extract from satirical novel, The Eighty-Five Billion Dollar Man.

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Jul 6th 2013, 10:30 AM