}); let upgrade_bundles = []; vars.article.wallVisible = ! }; He is famously reluctant to discuss his late ex-wife Dolours Price, who was given a life sentence for her involvement in the IRA bombing of the Old Bailey in 1973. : [selectedPrice] const isShopFront = false; if (addToCartFiredAfterRegistration === false) { const subscribeButton = node.querySelector('[data-price_id="'+priceId+'"]'); } } }); } return 'premium-plus'; if (Object.keys(window.dataLayer[0]).indexOf('article') > -1) { premium_content_redirect_url = 'https://member.independent.ie/'; const plans = node.querySelectorAll('.c-box1'); const badgeMap = {}; event: 'ee-productClick', } else if (window.location.href.indexOf("#monthly") > -1) { She was released after seven years on humanitarian grounds and, shortly after, married Rea.There was never any suggestion that her people would have rejected him because of his Protestant background, he says - \u0026amp;quot;they liked me\u0026amp;quot;. } } brand: 'INM', if (mutation.type === 'childList' && element.id === 'flip-pay') { }; Belfast-born actor Stephen Rea explores the real impact of Brexit and the uncertainty of the future of the Irish border in a short film written by Clare Dwyer Hogg. return bundle._id === id; var badges = Object.keys(selectedPrice.badges); let flipPayConfig = { There should be an all-Ireland deal with that, so that everyone feels protected on both sides of the border. var timeLeftOnExpire = (Date.parse(prices[key]['active_to']) - nowTimeStamp); }, 500); } return { const grantedBy = Object.keys(purchase).filter(function (key) { Welcome! }); callback: function (user) { Written and directed by Enda Walsh, and with a cast comprising Cillian Murphy, Stephen Rea and Mikel Murfi, it is the hottest ticket at this year's Galway international arts festival. flipPayConfig = Object.assign(flipPayConfig, { Gareth Hunt, Stephen Rea, Joanna Lumley, Alyssa Milano, Patrick Macnee: Language: English: Runtime: 1320 minutes: Playback Region 2 : This will not play on most DVD players sold in Australia and New Zealand. }); } template_summary_coupon_code_applied: "", premium_content_redirect_url: premium_content_redirect_url, 'shopfront_header_subscribe' : 'shopfront_subscribe'; granted_by_purchase: purchase } else if (accessObject.access === false) { listenForGigyaEvents(); 'true' : 'false', }, 500) \u0026amp;quot;I heard the Taoiseach saying [last month] that he was fed up of people saying \u0026#039;Brits out\u0026#039;, but I haven\u0026#039;t heard that in a long time. meteredAccess: purchase.metered_paywall, document.body.addEventListener('fp_gigya_ready', function () { if (! }; position: 0, He has worked steadily ever since, in Ireland and London, in. }; } if (userHasLoggedIn === true) { tab.parentNode.classList.remove('is-active'); '&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src=
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