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THE SOCIAL NETWORK: The new copresenter of RTÉ’s The Big Money Game, Sinead Kennedy, was having a winning streak at the National…

THE SOCIAL NETWORK:The new copresenter of RTÉ's The Big Money Game, Sinead Kennedy, was having a winning streak at the National Lottery's lunch at the Greenhouse, on Dawson Street in Dublin, on Wednesday. She won two tickets to Leonard Cohen's concert at the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham in September.

Kennedy will join Brian Ormond for the new series, which starts next Saturday. The weather presenter Nuala Carey was excited about attending Thursday evening’s Garden Party at the Bloom festival in Phoenix Park. Claire Byrne was looking forward to spending this long weekend in Killarney.

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