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Comments by Leo about FF's "surreal" focus on water have kicked off a row

Day 62. Still no government.

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Apr 28th 2016, 7:00 PM

This endless talk of water charges is tiring. Here are 10 things we should focus on instead

Of all the things urgently, dangerously and unfairly wrong with this country, Irish Water isn’t even in the top 10, writes Donal O’Keeffe.

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Apr 27th 2016, 3:49 PM

The farcical delay in forming a government has eroded my faith in politics

The fallout from the 2016 general election has been largely incomprehensible to most citizens, and even to many devoted political watchers.

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Apr 20th 2016, 7:54 PM