Olaf Tyaransen (born 10 February 1971 in

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) is an Irish journalist and a contributing editor with Dublin's ''

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'' magazine. Tyaransen was born in Dublin on 10 February 1971." His family moved to Galway in 1977,Lendennie, Jessie. "Salmon: a journey in poetry, 1981-2007". Salmon Publishing, 2006. 458. where he attended Coláiste Éinde on Threadneedle Road. He contributed film reviews to the local free ''Galway Advertiser'' in 1988, and edited another local freesheet called ''The Word''. He began writing for Dublin's ''Hot Press'' magazine in 1991. His first book, the poetry collection ''The Consequences of Slaughtering Butterflies'', was published by Salmon Poetry in 1992. In 2000, he released ''The Story Of O'' (which he described as "an accidental autobiography"), which was published by Hot Press magazine and books. In October 2001, Tyaransen visited

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to report on the phenomenon of internet bridal agencies. The resulting report was published in ''Sex Lines'' (2002), published by Hot Press. Tyaransen is a campaigner for the legalisation of drugs, and regularly writes on this subject and engages in radio, television and university debates. In 1997 he formed the Cannabis Legalisation Party with

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law lecturer Tim Murphy, and stood in the Irish general election as a candidate for the Dublin constituency of

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. He polled just 348

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, but said his intention was to make a point.Tyaransen, Olaf.
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. ''Irish Herald'', 18 May 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2011. The Cannabis Legalisation Party has since disbanded and he is not affiliated with any other political party.

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