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Dec 2019
48m 16s

Bye Bye 'Get Brexit Done', Hello 'Unite ...

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It's all over. Brexit proved decisive in what became a personality contest-type election. RTÉ's London Correspondent Seán Whelan, Europe Editor Tony Connelly and Deputy Foreign Editor Colm Ó Mongáin look at what happens next in the UK, Ireland and Brussels.  
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