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Patrick Murphy: Why do we think Dublin would be any better than London in running the north?

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar meeting British Prime Minister Theresa May last month in London

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07 October, 2017 01:00

If talks about an Irish language act are not completed soon, the British secretary of state will legislate for a budget in Stormont's absence. That will effectively mean the introduction of a form[...]

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