Episode 17: The Lawmakers and the Lawbreakers
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“The Irish Question” has become the Brexit of its day and as the business of setting up the new administration progresses, there are many in Westminster glad to see what they think will be an end to it being discussed. Meanwhile the IRA has gained expertise in guns and bombs. Tara and Declan visit the police museum to see what IRA weaponry looked like 100 years ago, and see the precursors to the peace walls of today.
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