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WB Yeats: arguably the arch sage. Photograph: Getty 8:20 David McWilliams: Educated elite have become more left wing
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar admitted Fine Gael engaged in ‘similar’ practices to Sinn Féin on door-to-door polling. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times 5:53 Jennifer O’Connell: Public right to be cynical about Irish politics

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