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Sat 09 Sep 2010Poet's siblings welcome removal of 'offensive statement'
SIBLINGS OF Galway poet Rita Ann Higgins have responded to confirmation this week that the first print run of her new book had to be shredded, due to objections by one of her brothers.
A response signed by eight members of the Higgins family and issued yesterday said they were “pleased to learn that an offensive statement concerning our mother and untrue statements concerning other family members, have been removed from Rita Ann’s new book”.
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