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We must move from regarding State as enemy and oppressor

Last week The Irish Times published the late Peter Mair’s excellent speech at MacGill this year (about 30 minutes in). Mair argued that the problem in Ireland is that we don’t respect our State. We have never respected our State. We have never had a sense of belonging for our State. If anything we have…

August 24, 2011 in Dail Reform, Electoral Reform, Government reform, Local Government.

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