This week Stephen King announced the sequel - based on the story of Danny, the young boy who survived the horrific events at the Overlook Hotel - would be published next year.

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The Al-Sweady inquiry named after Hamid is examining claims that detainees were mistreated and killed in 2004 after the so-called Battle of Danny Boy.

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Although regarded widely as an Irish anthem, Danny Boy's West Country origins are little-known and something of a mystery.

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Ten years later, just as Anna is about to marry a good-natured man (Danny Huston) who has patiently wooed her for years, a ten-year-old boy shows up and announces that he is Sean reborn.

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