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Jim Gavin, speaking to media after a debate on The Week in Politics at RTE's studios in Donnybrook, Dublin. Photograph: Conor O'Mearain/PA Wire
Jim Gavin, speaking to media after a debate on The Week in Politics at RTE's studios in Donnybrook, Dublin. Photograph: Conor O'Mearain/PA Wire