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Tue 06 Jun 2009Late surge of reality for Libertas as truth dawns
Declan Ganley had grabbed the last warm, golden rays as the sun set on his grandiose pan-European project, writes KATHY SHERIDAN.
AT ABOUT 7.30pm, he arrived without the lovely Delia, smiling, buffered by a media-wary crowd of about 30 deep-dyed Libertas activists. He did a few mischievous moves that left the media standing in the wrong place, then somewhat to our surprise announced that Declan Ganley could take no for an answer. Yes, that was the end of his political career, he conceded. He would not be involved in the Lisbon campaign.
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