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Sat 07 Jul 2010Campaigner Sean Loftus dies
Long-time environmental campaigner and former TD Sean Loftus has died in hospital today after an illness.
One of Dublin's most colourful politicians, Mr Loftus, who at one stage changed his name to Sean Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus, spent much of his political career fighting against an oil refinery in Dublin Bay. He also argued that Ireland should claim the oil reserves off Rockall.
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