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LIVE: Paddy Ashdown addresses the Oireachtas EU Affairs committee

Lord Ashdown briefs the committees on EU and Foreign Affairs on issues facing the Western Balkan region.

LORD PADDY ASHDOWN, the former leader of the UK’s Liberal Democrats and the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, is this morning briefing a joint sitting of two Oireachtas committees.

Ashdown is giving a briefing on the issues facing the Western Balkans region.

An iPhone version can be accessed here. Streams provided by HEAnet, Ireland’s National Education and Research network.

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