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Irish singer/songwriter CMAT says she was not informed ahead of time that BBC Radio One edited the Irish language out of the first broadcast of her new single ‘Euro-Country.’ The opening of the track, which features over 40 seconds of Irish, was cut during its debut play on Tuesday evening. “I don’t know who edited that out but it was crazy... not my decision, but they’re fixing it!” CMAT said on Instagram. The lyrics at the start of the song are: “Cad is gá dom a dhéanamh mura bhfuil mé ag bualadh leat? / Tá ceann folamh agam, agus pearsantacht nua / Eirím níos dofheicthe, is tú imithe, ó mo shoal / Níl aon rud fágtha sa scátháin / An mbeidh mé álainn mhaol?” This translates in English to: “What am I to do if I’m not meeting you? / I have an empty head, and a new personality / I become more invisible, you’re gone from my life / There’s nothing left in the mirror / Will I be beautiful bald?” The track, which also references the 2008 financial crisis and criticises former Taoiseach ...

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