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        Jan 3rd 2015, 8:56 AM

        That Italian ship should be towed back to Syria, before there’s another dozen on the horizon. Europe has too many Jihadists already and this lot will only create more.

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        Jan 3rd 2015, 9:48 AM

        Sometimes I wonder about this freedom of speech malarkey

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        Jan 3rd 2015, 1:27 PM

        But are you not a foreign person living in Ireland.

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