Dear Sir... Readers' Views (18/06/16)

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Sat, 18 Jun, 2016 - 01:00

Remembering our dead Republicans

I was flicking through the stations the other night and one politician appeared on the RTÉ Archives that brought an immediate sense of nostalgia to the screen.

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