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"They're as good as anything anyone's ever written": My 10 favourite Thin Lizzy songs, by Brian Downey

Drummer Brian Downey, who co-founded Thin Lizzy with Phil Lynott, picks his 10 favourite Lizzy tracks

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"I sat down on the stairs of my basement and just cried. It killed me that he wasn’t going to be there any more": The final struggle for the life of Phil Lynott

The final year of Phil Lynott's life saw him try to get his career back on track. Instead, it was 365 days of missed opportunities, lost passports and crazy deals

Louder

"Phil picked up my second guitar and went up to the microphone and just started singing all these silly songs" – Eric Bell on the unlikely success story of Thin Lizzy's version of Whisky In The Jar

"As the taxi driver's talking to me, I suddenly made a riff in my imagination"

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Phil Lynott Convention will honour late Dublin legend on 73rd birthday

Brian Downey is set to perform a two-hour class of the best of Lizzy

Dublin Live

Balbriggan pensioner Christy Hall died from stab wounds and blunt force trauma

His body was found by a female relative

Dublin Live

Pensioner killed in his Dublin home died from stab wounds and blunt force trauma, inquest hears

Christopher Hall's body was found by a female relative who became concerned when he had not returned her phone calls

Irish Mirror

Phil Lynott Convention comes to Dublin in celebration of music legend's birthday

The event will celebrate his music and his life

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Major concerns raised about gardai's capacity to deal with domestic abuse cases

Divisional Protective Services Units 'are not delivering that service because we don’t have capacity'

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