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Barack Obama ‘should receive no welcome in Ireland’: freedom of Dublin debate reopens
Plus: a job opening at Druid; Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran wades in; and Declan Ganley’s solar plan impresses an AI chatbot
Land of the free? Not everyone is in favour of handing the Obamas the freedom of Dublin. Photograph: Eric Luke
Steven Carroll
Sun Aug 03 2025 - 06:00
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