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Proof: London is a city where Irishness gets shouted out, rather than smoothed over

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-07T05:10:16Z","headline":"London is a city where Irishness gets shouted out, rather than smoothed over","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"irishtimes","url":"https://www.irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/08/31/london-is-a-city-where-irishness-gets-shouted-out-rather-than-smoothed-over/","v":1}

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d428558d5e78a9d1cf9280ca64b627f94a41d43a0213f4e12a730a54d4be5121

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970297, mined 2026-10-07 05:41 UTC.

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-d428558d5e78.json prints d428558d5e78a9d1cf9280ca64b627f94a41d43a0213f4e12a730a54d4be5121. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
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