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Wed 01 Jan 2009Fianna Fáil biding its time before going over the top
Taoiseach Brian Cowen may be floundering on the economics but he hasn’t lost his political instinct
IT’S EASTER 1970 and rioting has broken out in the Ballymurphy estate in Belfast. Catholics are furious that Orange marches have been allowed into the area and begin throwing stones, then rocks and finally petrol bombs at the British army troops who have sided with the Orangemen.
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