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Onwards: Micheál Martin led the process of building up the party. Photo: Brian Lawless

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John Downing Opinion Martin avoided the feared fate of becoming the first Fianna Fáil leader never to have been Taoiseach. Now he is at serious risk of becoming the last ever Fianna Fáil Taoiseach

Seán Lemass wanted to call the new organisation simply the "Republican Party" - but Eamon de Valera successfully argued that his baby be called "Fianna Fáil". The wily Lemass, who did so much to get the organisation a presence in every half-parish in the nation, got his suggestion into the second line.
Irish interests: Boris Johnson hopes to seal a rapid US-UK trade deal, but there are significant political obstacles in his path. Photo: PA

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John Downing Opinion Irish-America still 'packs a punch' despite British hop​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​es to the contrary

Dominic Raab appears to have got out and about a lot more since he horrified many people in November 2018 by admitting he "had not quite understood the full extent to which the UK relied upon the Dover-Calais" freight link.

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