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Ciara Kelly & Shane Coleman bring your news, analysis & opinion from 7-9am on @NewstalkFM . Got a story or comment? breakfast @newstalk .com #100daysofwalking

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@NTBreakfast
Newstalk Breakfast
2 years
Should facemasks be mandatory in retail settings and on public transport due to the current Covid wave? #ntbk
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4 years
Do you agree with @ciarakellydoc ? Let us know in the comments below #NTBK
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4 years
"We're getting it wrong," @ciarakellydoc has her say on Level 5, but what do you think? @NTBreakfast
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1 year
"Parents want their input taken into account." Politicians are ‘completely out of step with parents’ on transgender education - Ciara Kelly. #BKNT
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8 years
We locked these two eejits in a room together for 4,500 hrs over the last 6-years. Tomorrow is their last show.
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4 years
“By living their normal lives and socializing, younger people are actually helping protect the elderly because it means we will reach herd immunity sooner” Harvard Professor @MartinKulldorff told @BreakfastNT lockdowns do more harm than good #ListenBack
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3 years
Health Minister @DonnellyStephen says the vaccine rollout programme is not a race to the '31st of June'. #NTBK
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2 years
WATCH: 'We're afraid of our lives of everything’ Ciara Kelly says people have gotten too used to to 'framing life through the prism of risk'
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4 years
#Podcast Scott Duggan has been projecting classic movies to the side of a house on his Cork road to help cocooning neighbours combat the isolation blues. Scott joins us as does 80-year-old Anne who happily watched with a tipple to hand #BKNT
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2 years
#Poll #BKNT NPHET is to consider mandatory vaccination with a new paper being prepared by the Department of Health on the legal and ethical implications of such a measure. Would you support mandatory vaccinations?
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Newstalk Breakfast
3 years
"I refer to this place as Ireland, all of it. This is our homeland, our island. The state is called Ireland" @MaryLouMcDonald answers Shane Coleman's question as to whether she will refer to the country as the Republic of Ireland should she become leader at the next election
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2 years
Happy Christmas to everyone for listening and talking to us throughout the year
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3 years
COMING UP: France and Canada are rewarding immigrants working on their covid frontlines with citizenship and permanent residency. With migrants making up 26% of essential workers here in Ireland, is it time we do the same? @ivanabacik
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3 years
"This was the head of Government - had a civil servant acted this way they would have been sacked" @MaryLouMcDonald calling for Leo Varadkar to resign over GP contract leak on @NTBreakfast this morning #BKNT #TuneIn
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6 years
Huge Irish contingent making themselves heard here in Copenhagen #COYBIG #bknt
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2 years
Nearly half of the Irish public does not trust the Government to be honest or to tell the truth, according to a new study carried out by UCD. What's your opinion on that?
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5 years
#Announcement @kierancuddihy has been appointed co-presenter of Newstalk Breakfast.
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5 years
College Green goes traffic free this Sunday @dubcitycouncil What do you think? Are you in favour of College Green becoming pedestrianised? #BKNT
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3 years
🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️100 Days of Walking returns! Will you be joining Ciara Kelly and thousands around Ireland to get a half hour walk in daily for 100 days?
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2 years
"This is going to be transformative for Dublin." The removal of two lanes of College Green traffic from next year is a ‘step in the right direction.’ @JanetPHorner #BKNT
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2 years
POLL: Is it time to remove masks from schools? #BKNT
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6 years
. @fiannafailparty leader @MichealMartinTD says Leo Varadkar's comments on doctors and nurses working at Christmas are an 'outrageous cynical ploy.' He spoke to Shane this morning
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3 years
Shane storms out of studio, has Ciara gone too far? @NewstalkFM
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1 year
On tomorrow show we will be talking Ireland's best beaches! What we want to know is what do YOU think is Ireland's best beach? Comment below ⬇️ #NTBK
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3 years
#LIVE "How could people in their 40s be fully vaccinated and people who are 69 with an underlying illness -NOT ne vaccinated?" @alankellylabour asks @NTBreakfast on @NewstalkFM #BKNT
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3 years
🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ #100DaysofWalking returns! Will you be joining Ciara Kelly and thousands around Ireland to get a half hour walk in daily for 100 days?
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Newstalk Breakfast
2 years
According to a new poll, support for Sinn Fein has hit a record high. Would you like to see Sinn Fein in government?
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5 years
🎬: #COLIVING : "It's like staying in a trendy boutique hotel," Minister for Housing @MurphyEoghan describes co-living to @KieranCuddihy . Full interview here: @FineGael @RebuildingIRL
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3 years
Is lockdown fatigue leading to a rise in cases? Would a clearer plan to reopen help? Ciara and Shane discuss on @NewstalkFM
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1 year
Happy Christmas from all the Newstalk Breakfast team! #NTBK
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10 years
Every dog has his day. RazlDazl @NewstalkFM wins.... http://t.co/OF3jv4Dlj1
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5 years
The Anti #Brexit protest that marched on Downing St. was led by @paulmasonnews . Hear him on #BKNT from 7am tomorrow
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7 years
How would you vote in a United Ireland poll? @sinnfeinireland have called for a border poll within 5 years #BKNT
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5 years
COMING UP: A referendum on Irish unity is a very real prospect within the next short number of years’ and ‘A United Ireland is within our grasp’. That’s according to Michelle O’Neill, Deputy Leader of @sinnfeinireland who joins us next @moneillsf #BKNT
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3 years
'It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever,' The Department of Health says that restaurant toilets are riskier than hotel toilets but Ciara Kelly and Vincent Wall disagree - what do you think? @NewstalkFM
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1 year
"There's just nowhere for the dogs to go." Overcrowding in Ireland’s dog pounds and shelters is the “worst we’ve seen in a decade” - Senator @LNBDublin . #BKNT #BreakfastBriefing
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@NTBreakfast
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5 years
Hello Limerick! We want to hear from you! Have you had a unique & amazing shopping/eating experience in Limerick? Could be a market or a pop up shop/restaurant! We want to hear from you! Comment below with you suggestions What does Limerick have to offer? #BuyLocal #BKNT
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4 years
Coming up @BreakfastNT - @drboylan on why @HSELive shouldn't have replaced “woman” with “anyone with a cervix” on its national cervical screening advice #BKNT
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3 years
Ciara Kelly got her vaccine! 👏🎉💉 @NewstalkFM
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4 years
Big day for us @BreakfastNT tomorrow. A new school year and a new presenting team! We are delighted to welcome @ciarakellydoc on board as she takes the reigns next to Shane. Be sure to tune in tomorrow and every weekday morning from 7 on @NewstalkFM ! #bknt
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5 years
#Poll Members of the LGBTQI+ community and their allies will stage a kissing protest at the Dáil today in demand of hate crime legislation. @KeithMillsD7 doesn't think we need it, while @Fiona_Kildare is in favour. What do you think - does Ireland need hate crime laws?
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5 years
A massive thank you to all our new (and old!) listeners who have tuned in to help @breakfastnt reach a record high audience! We now have 128k listeners every day, up 7k in the last 3 month according to the #jnlr listenership figures 📻 #chooseradio
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1 year
Happy New Year from all the Newstalk Breakfast team - Thanks for listening all year! #NTBK
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3 years
#OnAirNow Minister for Foreign Affairs @simoncoveney says Ireland has agreed to waive visas for 45 citizens escaping Afghanistan. The country has already agreed to take another 100-150 - prioritising human rights workers, media workers and women and girls #TuneIn for more
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#POLL The Oireachtas Good Friday agreement committee are meeting today to discuss whether citizens in the North should have voting rights in our Presidential elections. What do you think? Should we allow Irish citizens in the north vote in our Presidential elections? #BKNT
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4 years
#ICYMI Dublin’s College Green looks set to be pedestrianised with car restrictions throughout parts of the city for up to 18 months @BreakfastNT spoke to Louise Williams, Vice Chair of @dublincycling for more details #BKNT
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4 years
📻On Air🏦 "Our Hospitals are not the first line of defense - they are the last line...it is more effective if we stop this in our community. Our curve is still rising, we need to flatten the curve" - @ProfPayEquality #BKNT
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4 years
#POLL Earlier @BreakfastNT spoke to @GramsdB Director of 'Help not Harm' who believes a future Citizens Assembly on drugs should examine safely regulating drugs (like cannabis) including potential taxation of them to help pay for public services. Should we legalize cannabis?
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6 years
'The DUP are on the wrong side of this...this isn't a green or orange issue' - @MaryLouMcDonald on the stance taken by @duponline on leaked #Brexit border deal which they have scuppered #BKNT
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3 months
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has claimed Irish unity is now within “touching distance” as she hailed the significance of her party assuming the role of Stormont first minister for the first time. Do you support a 'united Ireland'? (We'll be discussing further after 8am)
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4 years
Live: #NewstalkBreakfast @susankeoghnews is speaking to @SimonHarrisTD to get more detail on last night’s #covid19 announcement, what is considered essential work & will be asking how these new measures will be policed in the coming weeks. #BKNT
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3 years
"Our tourism industry is going to be devastated. We need UK and EU visitors in Dublin because the staycationers are holidaying outside of Dublin" Michael O'Leary of @Ryanair is talking international travel and tourism on @NewstalkFM #TuneIn now for more #BKNT
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9 years
A team of professionals make these two morons sound good. #JNLR shows a record 165K listeners for Ivan & Chris. http://t.co/xeihkljUxY
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2 years
Shane modelling the latest Bohemians jersey inspired by Dublin Bus seat design #BKNT @dublinbusnews @bfcdublin
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4 years
Huge congrats to our own @ciarakellydoc !
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. @CiaraKellyDoc has won gold in the Speech Broadcaster of the Year category #IMRO20
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4 years
We'd love to know your thoughts - is it time to change how we report on Covid-19? Is the current way scaremongering the public or does it help to increase adherence to guidelines? Let us know in the comments. #BKNT
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4 years
Do we need to change how we report Covid-19 cases? @ciarakellydoc has her say on @BreakfastNT #BKNT
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5 years
#TrumpInIreland Speaking now to Tommy Tubridy the owner of Tubridy’s Bar and Restaurant in Doonbeg who had @DonaldJTrumpJr & @EricTrump in his bar last night Who bought the drinks though? #BKNT
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We are thrilled to reach an all time high in listenership! Thank you to everyone who tunes in each morning, we appreciate your company. We're back tomorrow morning at 7am so don't miss out! #BKNT #JNLR
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3 years
#ONAIRNOW "Mandatory Hotel Quarantine is completely useless - we are saying Ireland is closed for business" @Ryanair 's Michael O'Leary is speaking to us on @NewstalkFM #TuneIn now for more
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3 years
Dublin has it's latest new sculpture which stands outside City Hall on Dame Street. Sculptor Alan Phelan is speaking to Ciara now. What do you think? #bknt
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5 years
Newstalk Breakfast is on the road tomorrow morning as Shane Coleman and @kierancuddihy come live from the @LimerickStrand here in Limerick. Plenty coming up including @Paschald and @LimerickCLG manager John Kiely. Tune in from 7 #bknt
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4 years
"Our small, homely, lovely school was suddenly at the centre of the biggest news story of the year." Our Shane Coleman has been out of the office for over a week cause his family has been in self-isolation. #coronavirus #bknt | @NewstalkFM
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3 years
#podcast France and Canada are rewarding immigrants working on their covid frontlines with citizenship and permanent residency. With migrants making up 26% of essential workers here in Ireland, is it time we do the same? @ivanabacik #BKNT
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9 years
We've had lovely #JNLR news. Our listenership has hit 178k a day, the highest in @NewstalkFM history & 25k more than a year ago. 💃
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2 years
“It’s certainly a step in the right direction.” Ireland’s largest investment in defence since WWII is “not enough,” Independent TD @BerryCathal tells #BKNT
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3 years
Who’s with us for Day 1 of #100DaysOfWalking tomorrow? No need to sign up, just get out there and do it! Join us and Ciara Kelly and let us know how you’re getting on. Let’s do this 💪
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2 years
'it all ends up in the river or in the sea.' The ‘throwaway plastic tat’ many Irish households are buying to celebrate Halloween is destroying the environment. @Think_Or_Swim #BKNT
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3 years
Michael O'Leary of @Ryanair says that Taoiseach Micheál Martin should announce on Friday that UK visitors are welcome from next Monday and EU visitors from 1st of July He's #ONAIR with @NTBreakfast NOW #TuneIn to @NewstalkFM for more #BKNT
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5 years
Coming up, we'll be paying homage and remembering Brendan Grace. We'll be speaking to his manager Tom Kelly and friend and entertainer Paddy Cole.
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7 years
Our presenters have become such good friends they dress alike! We're ready to go with plenty before 9 #BKNT #FashionFauxPas
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10 years
These two host the most listened to program in @NewstalkFM history! 147K daily listeners. Thank you! #JNLR http://t.co/PO2bfLSGh6
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7 years
Ireland have done it! What a result!! #WALvROI
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6 years
Sinn Féin TD @Toibin1 : "I am for the rights of life for every single human being" #bknt
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4 years
Coming up - restaurants want to see the evidence behind banning indoor dining in Dublin - @adriancummins from the @RAI_ie joins @BreakfastNT #TuneIn @NewstalkFM #BKNT
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6 years
Status RED warning has been issued by Met Eireann for counties Dublin, Kildare, Louth, Wicklow, and Meath valid from 5am this morning until noon tomorrow #BKNT
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6 years
STATEMENT: Paul Williams has announced that he is to step down from his role as co presenter of Newstalk Breakfast
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7 years
Paul is off tomorrow so @ciarakellydoc will make her @BreakfastNT debut alongside Shane. Topics include, bins, first time buyers & more
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5 years
How @kierancuddihy chooses to relax after show... showing off his diverse skill set #BKNT
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2 years
Dublin is failing Northern Ireland when it comes to political representation. That’s according to @EmmandJDeSouza who will be joining us after 8am. Would you be in favour of reserving three seats in the Seanad for nominated representatives from Northern Ireland?
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5 years
Hello Galway! We want to hear from you! Had a unique & amazing shopping/eating experience in Galway? Could be a market or a pop up shop/restaurant! We want to hear from you! Comment below with you suggestions What does Galway have to offer? #BuyLocal #BKNT
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4 years
#Watch Donegal schoolboy (and @ManUtd fan) Daragh Curley wrote a letter to Jürgen Klopp asking him to stop winning - and the @LFC Manager responded! @BreakfastNT #BKNT
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6 years
. @MaryLouMcDonald reacting to Shane's question speculation over the future of Gerry Adams leadership: "Why don't you come along for yourself Shane and find out first hand" #bknt
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5 years
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6 years
ICYMI: Our most listened to podcast this week saw former Taoiseach John Bruton say we should be "proud" of the 8th amendment and retain it #BKNT
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3 years
Is It Time To Reduce The Speed Limit On Rural Roads?
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#OnAirNow Housing Minister @DarraghOBrienTD tells @NTBreakfast that he believes antigen testing has a key role to play in reopening society #BKNT
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7 years
Welcome to the 3,000 new listeners we've added since April to bring us to 119k! To the original 116k, sound for sticking with us! #JNLR 📻
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3 years
🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ #100DaysofWalking returns! Will you be joining Ciara Kelly and thousands around Ireland to get a half hour walk in daily for 100 days?
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2 years
Sandycove resident Cathy McGovern commissioned this piece of art on her home but the local council have ordered her to remove it. What do you make of the decision? #ntbk
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8 years
A disappointing 2-1 loss but Ireland have been superb in this tournament and deserved huge credit #coybig
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4 years
🔊 #ICYMI "Overwhelmed, extremely proud and delighted" That was Ireland's first female Navy Commander Roberta O'Brien talking to @susankeoghnews about her new appointment Listen HERE #BKNT
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