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Wednesday 1 May 2024 Dublin: 9°C
The Daily Poll
Poll: Will you take part in No Mow May?
Workers removing tents on Mount Street this morning

Wednesday 1 May

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Dublin

Mount Street: Several asylum seekers without beds after makeshift encampment is dismantled

Marchers during Sunday's protest.
the morning lead

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Grainne Teggart, Amnesty International UK's Northern Ireland Deputy Director with victims families and supporters in Belfast in February
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