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Thu 03 Mar 2010President tells Turks an anecdote of myth not fact
PRESIDENT MARY McAleese and her officials were left red-faced last night after it was learned that remarks she made on Tuesday night in Turkey linking that country with Drogheda were based on local myth and not fact.
The comments were made during a state dinner in the capital, Ankara, as part of a four-day official visit.
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