Dublin: the whole deal and nothing but…

The Irish Times reports that Bertie Ahern is sticking with plan A:

The Taoiseach insisted that all obstacles raised by unionists had been or are being dealt with. “We have seen the end of the IRA campaign, we have seen the end of the arms issue, we are dealing with the criminality issue, you saw the big raids at the Border last week. The politicians have to get back to the work they were elected to and they have to do it this year.”


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