had to be tough in the song until the _ mccoll had to be tough in the song until the guy, mccoll hadour lies, — good guy but i'm sick and tired of your lies, sick and tired of your drinking — your lies, sick and tired of your drinking and betting on horses and that's— drinking and betting on horses and that's what she needed because the person— that's what she needed because the person who did it originally was great _ person who did it originally was great but — person who did it originally was great but it's a bit softer, it was the bassist— great but it's a bit softer, it was the bassist from the pogues, cait o'riordan — o'riordan. # - o'riordan. # and the bells were ringing o-rrordan. — # and the bells were ringing out for christmas day. i think that's probably how a lot of people sing that song, coing la la la when they do know the words. meiji la when they do know the words. well at this point — la when they do know the words. -tt at this point there is not really anything to sing, you just have to sing the instrument. i made a mistake, it was number two when it originally came

produced by steve lillywhite who brought kirsty mccoll his own wife into play on fairy tale in york.0s, the last 30 years, shane's addictions to take over, they really did. there wasn't much coming in terms of creativity. dave, stay with us. if you are watching in the united kingdom, you will leave us. but a reminder you can continue to watch this coverage from dublin on the bbc iplayer. you watching bbc news. and you can watch live streaming of the event on the bbc news website and also on the iplayer. now, let's turn our attention to the cop28 climate summit in dubai. the cop president has urged nations to step up and get the job done. sultan aljaber pressed countries to come together to reach a potentially historic deal. the summit is in its last few days, and many parties at the conference have shared their concerns over an agreement for nations to drastically cut their fossil fuel use. it comes as scientists say that 2023 is certain to be the warmest year to date — mainly because of record carbon dioxide emissions and the rising impact of the el nino weather phenomenon. in the l

. >> kirsty mccoll. kirsty mccoll, thank you very much indeed. >> thank goodness.ang it with him, was the arranger of the song as well because was all over the because he was all over the place. i mean, he got the residents though, today residents though, still today with people to make it with younger people to make it go number one. yeah everybody loves it. >> christmas time cause we're going but we do. it's going to return. but we do. it's almost the top of the hour we are bring you so much are going to bring you so much more chat the latest more chat and the latest evidence from the covid inquiry. >> a brighter outlook with boxing , the sponsors of whether boxing, the sponsors of whether on . gb news alex deakin here on. gb news alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news the cold spell continues. >> for many a sparkling day of winter sunshine. but there are a few showers around, a mixture of rain, sleet and snow, low pressure is drifting away to the south, but the air is still coming down from the north. hence why it is sti

i mean, kirsty mccoll shane briley . kirsty mccoll and shane briley. thought was going be thought it was going be christmas number one, didn't you? given the >> especially given the fact that had his that he's recently had his funeral, the big funeral, etc. the big celebration of life that took place . place. >> great. absolutely. you >> great. absolutely. but you said bells as yeah, said jingle bells as well. yeah, well, you you well, i can tell you that you are absolutely wrong . so i'm are absolutely wrong. so i'm going to give a point to him and i'll tell you why you're wrong. it's christmas song. what it's not a christmas song. what jingle a christmas jingle bells is not a christmas song. who wrote song. do you know who wrote it? >> to santa it in >> santa to santa wrote it in his spare time. >> and he was santa anneliese, born in patara, who was born in a what we call modern turkey . is a what we call modern turkey. is santa really interesting? no, it's no, it's a it's actually no, it's a wonderful. i've got picture wonderful. i've got a picture