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What do these five politicians want for Christmas?

We asked a cross-party group of deputies what they want from Santa…

EVEN POLITICIANS GET a visit from Santa Claus and with that in mind we asked five TDs, including a government minister, what they wanted for Christmas.

Over the past three weeks here’s what Micheál Martin, Leo Varadkar, Shane Ross, Eoghan Murphy and John Lyons told us they wanted:

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Happy Christmas!

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