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It's a statement that people want a different type of government.

Shinfain's historic breakthrough in Ireland,

but can they shed their IRA legacy?

Say Nothing, author Patrick Radon-Keefe joins me.

Then, it was funny to come to New York and they said,

oh, Birken like the bag.

I said, yes, now the bag is going to sing.

Sixty's It girl Jane Birkin on that bag, that song and being Serge Gansbours

muse. Plus since 1980, late 70s early 80s we've been an economy that's been

growing apart where a rising tide no longer looks all boats.

Should the US have to choose between equality and prosperity?

We hear from one of Washington's most influential economic voices, Heather Boucher. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christiane

I'm Christiane.

In London. Shinfane for years was known as the political wing of the IRA, but after decades on the fringes

is their historical baggage suddenly becoming lighter.

In a momentous surge into the political mainstream,

the recent election in the Republic of Ireland,

Sinn Féin garnered a quarter of the vote,

and the second highest number of seats in Ireland's parliament.

Though the party platform calls for a united island,

their appeal to voters lay in populist pocketbook policies,

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