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GEORGE Lee went the wrong way about entering politics. He should have left his job in RTE two years ago and joined the Fine Gael branch in Cabinteely.
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A sad day for George
GEORGE Lee sailed into Dail Eireann last year on a wave of enthusiasm and optimism. Yesterday the tide went out and he departed, to borrow a few words from Matthew Arnold, to the accompaniment of a "melancholy, long, withdrawing roar".
While the world dithers, Iran is getting closer to a nuclear bomb
THE attempt to talk Iran down from its nuclear ambitions is going badly. Yesterday, Tehran formally told the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN watchdog, that it would move further ahead with its uranium-enrichment programme. This will take it one big step closer to a nuclear-weapons capability.
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Ian O'Doherty: Well, they do call it tough love
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WHILST recently watching 'Tunnel Vision' -- a very good Irish documentary on the Glen of the Downs Nature Reserve tree protest -- it dawned on me that we are now 10 years on from the end of that campaign.
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