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What do you think the long-term policy for Northern Ireland should be? (NILT, 2015 &amp; 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Standard Eurobarometer Data 1973–2018, 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21st January 1987.
At the request of An Taoiseach,Dr Garret Fitzgerald, President Patrick Hillery signed the Instrument of Dissolution to dissolve the Dáil and thus set in motion the general election.

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