The sun is shining on the good people of Derry and the TDG's are remembering sunbed sessions and suntans past and present. Did nude sunbathing ever take off in Donegal and what exactly did Pauline witness on a Northern Irish beach this week?

Marie Louise has been mixing with the glitteratti once again while winning yet another award at the Royal Television Society NI awards in Belfast. Derry Girls and Derry Girl, Jamie Lee O Donnell also brought home the top prizes. 

Meanwhile Jeanie has discovered that there are at least two and a half thousand reasons why being born in Ireland makes living to 100 cause for celebration. 

Summer's here, someone pass the tanning mitt. 

NOTES: 

RTS NI Award - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0b8kqqt (not available to watch on BBC at the moment) 

https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/whats-on/be/gallery/rts-ni-awards-take-place-27039768

Louise Gallagher - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5644255/

The Real Derry - https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-real-derry-jamie-lee-odonnell

The Fake - fake tan story

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/may/14/irish-times-apologises-for-hoax-ai-article-about-womens-use-of-fake-tan

Benone Stand - https://www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk/see-do/beaches/benone-strand

https://www.visitcausewaycoastandglens.com/

Visit Derry https://www.visitderry.com/

Blue Lights https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14466018/ (now available in Australia)

Diona Doherty https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/diona-doherty-tv-star-on-motherhood-ivf-and-why-nothing-is-out-of-bounds/41809430.html

Your 100th birthday in Ireland 

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social-welfare/social-welfare-payments/older-and-retired-people/centenarians-bounty/

Celtic Media Awards - https://www.celticmediafestival.co.uk/

BBC Dead Hand with Paul Mallon - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0015vls

TDGs episodes referred to - https://podfollow.com/1518036400

Episode 36 - Series 3 Episode 1 (The Night before)

Episode 1 - Dear Diary

Episode 11 - Ballgowns and Let downs 

Episode 70 - Work Experience TDGs Style 

Episode 4 - It’s all a load of Walls (which has the first scene 29th May 2017 

Episode 18 - Ask yer Ma with Tara Lynne O’Neill