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PATRICK Martin’s excellent letter (August 17) proves how things have changed since that sunny Sunday morning 50 years ago when I heard a former member of the Defence Forces being referred to as an “Irish Black and Tan”.

Thu, 19 Aug, 2010 - 01:00

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His crime? He was on his to way to Béal na mBláth.

Does Senator Liam Twomey really think we as a nation should return to those days?

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