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HARDtalk: Dick Roche, Irish Minister for European Affairs

23/02/2011

Dick Roche, Irish Minister for European Affairs

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Noel Thompson talks to Dick Roche, Ireland's Minister for European Affairs since 2002.

Dick Roche has been Ireland's Minister for European Affairs since 2002. Noel Thompson asks him if Fianna Fail is about to spend years in the political wilderness?

The Fianna Fail party in Ireland has dominated Irish politics for the past 80 years but is staring at a heavy defeat in the national election. Some recent opinion polls give it just 10 percent support. Many voters blame Fianna Fail for leading the country from economic boom times to its current period of financial crisis. 

Dick Roche has been Ireland's Minister for European Affairs since 2002. HARDtalk's Noel Thompson asks him if Fianna Fail is about to spend years in the political wilderness?

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