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How Irish is Andy Burnham? Arguably more Irish than Joe Biden
Plus: Patrick O’Donovan’s famine-memorial socks, TDs ignored by everyone and a marksman for the birds
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What happenedPlus: Patrick O’Donovan’s famine-memorial socks, TDs ignored by everyone and a marksman for the birds.
The headline splitOne side frames it as "How Irish is Andy Burnham? Arguably more Irish than Joe Biden". The other frames it as "Andy Burnham is starting as underdog - but I have witnessed how he can use his secret wea...".
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CenterHow Irish is Andy Burnham? Arguably more Irish than Joe Biden
Irish Times · Center · News report
Right / center-rightAndy Burnham is starting as underdog - but I have witnessed how he can use his secret weapon to beat Farage
DAN HODGES: Andy Burnham is starting as underdog - but I have witnessed how he can use his secret weapon to beat Farage
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