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Yet again, Alfee found more pictures of Shane and Gillian attending the Mayor Person of the Year event.

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Source: Newscom / Splash News

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Alfee found more pictures of Shane and Gillian attending the Person of the Year event.

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Source: Keystone Press

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Shane & Gillian attending "Louis Walsh is awarded Mayor Person of the Year 2009."

click here to see the pictures

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Hi everyone

We’re aware that there are quite a few people out there pretending to be us on sites like Bebo, Myspace and Facebook. Please, please, please remember that we do NOT have personal profiles on any of these sites, so don’t start chatting to these people and definitely don’t give them any personal details. You can get to our official band pages using the links below.

If you come across any fake profiles please send a link to Lou, the admin on the forum. And if you’re ever worried about info you’ve given out to people online or want some advice then there’s a really useful website that we’d recommend called www.thinkuknow.co.uk , so check it out.

Love
Nicky, Shane, Kian & Mark xx

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Source: Westlife.com

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Shane, Gillian & Nicky Byrne attended the Shay Given charity event last December and Yay for Gay (oops forgot your name!) found a video of them dancing to all sort of songs, including Blame It On The Boogie and Britney's Womanizer.



Download it here

Source / Credits: Jordy Cernik for posting it on Youtube / Yay for Gay for finding.

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Westlife have been shortlisted in the prestigious Best Irish Pop Act category at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards.

The boys will be battling it out against the likes of Boyzone and The Script for the prize, which they've won every time for the past seven years!

With their amazing Croke Park gig, the 10 Years of Westlife DVD and international tour since the last awards, the lads are strong contenders for the title - but only YOU can help them clinch it for the eighth consecutive time.

To cast your vote, head to www.meteor.ie. Not only will you be supporting the band, but you'll also have the chance to win one of 100 pairs of tickets to the show on 17th March in Dublin. Spread the word!

Source: Westlife.com

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Hi everyone,

I just wanted to say hello and fill you in on everything that’s been going on over the last few weeks as it’s been a while since you heard from us.

Christmas was really lovely. It was actually a bit of a weird one in a way because Gillian’s granny died the day before Christmas Eve. She was 95 and had lived a great life and seen four generations of the family. It actually brought us all closer together and Christmas Day was really special as we had all the family around us – we had 17 of us here for Christmas dinner. Gillian did the cooking, as she also did on New Year’s Day, when there were 34 of us, including 17 grandchildren!

It was probably the nicest Christmas so far, because I hadn’t been rushing around doing promotion and then hurrying to try and buy presents and stuff, so we could enjoy the build-up properly. I’d been looking forward to it for a long time and it was so nice to be at home with the family. Gillian surprised me with a camera that I’d really wanted for ages on Christmas day, which I was so happy with. I got her some handbags and boots and shoes and stuff. It was also the first year that Nicole really understood Christmas and that was amazing to watch. When you’re growing up Santy Claus and all that stuff really makes Christmas for you, and then you get older and Santy doesn’t come anymore, and then when you have kids the magic starts all over again. She was so excited about seeing Santy – we left out a glass of milk and cookies for him. It was Patrick’s first Christmas, but obviously he didn’t really know what was going on.

I’ve been at home all the time for more or less the last six months, apart from a couple of small trips. It’s been really nice to relax and get to do things like play golf every Sunday with Gillian’s dad. It’s quite weird being at home too though because I’ve been thinking about work loads and I need to keep myself busy. It’s the singing I really miss, and I’m looking forward to getting back on the road. I’ve been chatting to the boys and we all agree that the thing we’re most excited about is performing on stage again.

We miss you all and we’re really excited about starting work on the new album. It’s going to be back-to-basics, with all new songs and no covers, like the first few albums. We’ve heard a few of the songs so far and will be hearing the rest over the next few months. I think it’s shaping up to be really good – as it’s the first album of our second decade we want it to be the best so far!

Take care

Love Shane x

Source: Westlife.com

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We've got a very special Valentine's competition for you - the chance to win a gorgeous bouquet of flowers from the Westlife boys delivered to your home or work!

You'll be the envy of your colleagues or family when the flowers arrive with a personalised message from the lads printed on the card. Imagine the excitement!

To enter, we want you to get creative. Come up with your best Valentine's poem for the boys and post it in the special thread on the forum. It has to start with the phrase ‘Roses are red' and must be no longer than 8 lines long.

We'll pick 5 of our favourites to be published right here on the site, with the very best winning this great prize.

The competition closes at 5pm on Friday 6th February. Terms & conditions.

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By Paddy Clancy
Monday January 12 2009



YOUNG Ryan Egan realised the dream of a lifetime when he met rally driver Shaun Gallagher and hometown idol Shane Filan at the same time.

For much of his short life, Ryan (5) has been battling cancer. He has also, in between hospital visits and treatment for his leukaemia, developed a huge interest in rally-driving.

The youngster was an avid spectator as Gallagher, 2007 World Rally Championship Rookie of the Year, put his Citroen car through its paces in Sligo in preparation for this year's contest.

So, too, was fellow local Shane Filan, who popped along to help promote this year's opening event in the world championship in Ireland's north west.

"Come here, buddy", said the singer, as he invited Ryan and mum Suzanne to join him for a photograph.

Ryan, from Maugheraboy, Sligo, was just a week from his third birthday when he was diagnosed with leukaemia. He completes a three-year treatment course at the end of this year.

His proud dad Declan said: "He is doing really well. We're very hopeful that he will make a full recovery. He's been through a lot but he has done it with amazing courage."

He said that Ryan started showing an interest in cars almost as soon as he could talk.

"He has collected small cars from the age of two and always had a keen interest in knowing how they worked. When other children his age were into Power Rangers and what have you, Ryan was taking the wheels off his dinky cars and looking under the bonnet."

Ryan will get a chance to see some real action during Rally Ireland 2009, between January 29 and February 1, when there will be 18 stages through counties Sligo, Donegal, Roscommon, Cavan, Leitrim, Fermanagh and Tyrone.

Other youngsters have been getting involved in preparations for the rally. Local schoolchildren have been preparing St Brigid's Crosses to hand to the drivers. Children from Boyle Parochial National School, Roscommon, weaved the traditional crosses by hand.

The event will mark the start of the 2009 World Rally Championship, with 12 rounds across the world. It is the first time in almost 30 years that the beginning of the series has been held outside of Monte Carlo.

Failte Ireland, one of the sponsors, said that in 2007 the event attracted 250,000 spectators, generated €48m in economic benefit to the region and was viewed in over 180 countries by in excess of 62 million people. It was acclaimed by the WRC as the second-best round of the World Rally Championship that year.

Source: Irish Independent

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I'm so excited to tell you, that after trying all sorts of tricks and trucs to get my gallery back up, I finally finished all of that tonight! Meaning: the gallery is BACK! Only downside, as my database seemed corrupt or something I had to start all over again, meaning I lost all the members and information. So guys, please do sign up again. I'm sorry for the inconvience, but there just was no other way to it.

And with the gallery being back up I could finally add the X-Factor pictures from December, so I added 5 of Shane & Gillian leaving the studios after the final.

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