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Martyn Turner

Friday September 20th, 2019

Fri Sept 20 2019 - 05:00

Bridge of Sighs – Frank McNally on the contrasting role of two Dubliners in an infamous battle of the second World War

Communism’s anti-democratic spectre is threatening Europe

Checkpoint Derry – An Irishwoman’s Diary on growing up amid the watchtowers

Pat Leahy: Fine Gael pivoting back to Brexit and Border realities

British politics this week like the mad scenes in King Lear

There she blows – An Irishman’s Diary on whales, Moby Dick and Youghal

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