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The Government is ramping up its Brexit backstop campaign as it faces increasing pressure to clarify where new checks and inspections on goods will take place if the UK crashes out of the EU.

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Large sections of the country have no early intervention teams for children with serious disabilities, potentially hindering their development, as recently reported in the Irish Examiner by Fiachra O’Cionnaith.

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