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Article: Sinn Fein aims to expand role in DublinParty pursues goal of a united Ireland
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- International Herald Tribune
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- May 24, 2007
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Eamon Quinn
International Herald Tribune
05-24-2007
Weeks after its return to Northern Ireland's power-sharing government, Sinn Fein, the political affiliate of the Irish Republican Army, is bidding to extend its influence south of the border in the Irish Republic, pursuing its goal of a united Ireland.In elections Thursday, the party, led by Gerry Adams, is campaigning to expand its presence in the 166-seat legislature, where it currently has 5 members - a far less influential position than its showing in Northern Ireland.''We want to be in government'' in Dublin, Adams said as he wound up his election campaign Tuesday, saying that, apart from other more local reforms, Sinn Fein wanted to ...
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