30th Dáil dissolves in a legacy of despair

THE elegant state rooms of Leinster House will be forever haunted by the echoes of their last goodbyes.

30th Dáil dissolves in a legacy of despair
Wed, 02 Feb, 2011 - 00:00
Shaun Connolly, Political Correspondent

The 30th Dáil seared its way into the national consciousness as no other has since the first revolutionary gathering of 1919, and its immediate successor.

Those two Dáils met amidst the rubble of bloody war, yet forged the spirit of nationhood.

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