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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ireland's Role in the Future of the European Union: Discussion (28 Feb 2013): Eric Byrne: ...quite sure how to take her contribution, and whether it was deliberately provocative and challenging or she believes she has been vindicated and we should have stayed out of Europe 40 years ago. However, we are where we are and as parliamentarians we must address what is a very complex issue. On the question of Britain, its proposed in-or-out referendum is not cast in stone in the sense...

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