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An overhaul of this indefensible system must be included in the programme for the next government
Bryan MacMahon
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The centrepiece of the State’s asylum policy rested on assumptions that were wrong from day one
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The UN refugee agency has urged the Government to cut a growing backlog of applications
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All-Ireland preview: hurling fever grips the Banner county in a way not seen in almost two decades
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Kennedy’s visit lifted us out of our suspicion of those who had been away. He seemed to drive away images of lonely figures leaving with a single suitcase
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