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Charlie Bird thanks strangers for helping him during 'crying moment' in Dunnes Stores

Charlie Bird has thanked the two kind strangers who confronted him during an "awful crying moment" he experienced while shopping at Dunnes Stores.

The former RTE broadcaster was in Dunnes Stores in Cornelscourt on Wednesday afternoon when the incident took place as a result of his motor neurone disease. Charlie took to Twitter to thank the two women who came to his aid during the experience.

"This is a difficult tweet for me to send," he wrote. "But I want to thank the two ladies who comforted me in Dunnes Stores in Cornelscourt this afternoon.

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