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Alex Kane: I'm a pessimist who would loved to be proved wrong on a Stormont deal

Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill: No cause for optimism in terms of a deal between their parties

Alex Kane

13 October, 2017 01:00

Whenever I sink to new depths of pessimism I usually receive a couple of letters—kindly forwarded on by the Irish News—telling me to cheer up: “Honestly, Alex, the vast majority of p[...]

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