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Sat 07 Jul 2009I want my future back and EU is crucial to that hope
OPINION:I’m 16 and Europe matters to me. Here’s why, writes MAEVE JONES-O'CONNOR
TÁ DÚIL m’anama agam in Éirinn. Is breá liom a bheith Éireannach. Is breá liom Gaeilge, fiú. Mise féin, I believe that Éire holds a special place in our hearts. Personally, I always believe in Ireland. If Ireland had taken part in the Space Race, I would have believed we would have won. I have a kind of indignant, stubborn pride in my country. The kind of pride and belief that comes naturally with loving something or someone. It doesn’t leave you, no matter how aware you are of the outside world. I am not naive; I am aware.
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