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O'Neill

[oh-neel]

noun

  1. Eugene (Gladstone), 1888–1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel Prize 1936.

  2. Thomas P(hilip) Tip, 1912–1994, U.S. politician: congressman 1953–87; speaker of the House 1977–87.



O'Neill

/ əʊˈԾː /

noun

  1. Eugene ( Gladstone ). 1888–1953, US dramatist. His works, which are notable for their emotional power and psychological analysis, include Desire under the Elms (1924), Strange Interlude (1928), Mourning becomes Elektra (1931), Long Day's Journey into Night (1941), and The Iceman Cometh (1946): Nobel prize for literature 1936

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He said the court hoped to make an interim appointment of a new principal to replace Prof O'Neill in the next few days.

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She added that she and First Minister Michelle O'Neill were committed to making the appointments "as soon as possible".

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Northern Ireland's First Minister Michelle O'Neill has accused a Stormont minister of "inflaming tensions" over recent trouble and urged him to resign.

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First Minister Michelle O'Neill said what was happening in Ballymena was "pure racism, there's no other way to dress it up".

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They include First Minister Michelle O'Neill, as the "essential criteria" for some jobs in her constituency office suggested applicants should hold certain political beliefs.

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