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Losing touch with the common punter? Say it ain’t so, Joe

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Losing touch with the common punter? Say it ain’t so, Joe

Sat, 31 Mar, 2007 - 01:00

Take Joe Walsh, the longtime Agriculture Minister.

Some thought the man from Cork south west lost the common touch and became the political equivalent of pampered singer Jennifer Lopez.

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