Closure of Guantanamo Bay would, in addition, serve to reassure all of America's friends, including Ireland, who recognise the importance of the role of the United States as a global leader in combating terrorism and promoting democracy Foreign Affairs minister Dermot Ahern calling for the closing of Camp X-Ray

We should stand hand in hand to prevent the danger of civil war.

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The Irish people have been very helpful. They have paid for our family's stay in Donegal, they have paid for the flights, the accommodation. It means an awful lot Rasma Rakstina, whose daughter Marita Kerpe was one of five people killed in a crash in Donegal last weekend

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I am declaring a state of emergency because of the clear threat to the nation.

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