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Miriam O’Callaghan looks at the lives of those who were affected by the Northern Ireland border in Border Lives on RTÉ One

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Border Lives

Monday, June 21, 9.35pm RTÉ One

There’s a lot of talk about partition these days because of the state opening of the Northern Ireland parliament 100 years ago next Tuesday. Partition took a little longer to work out. Here Miriam O’Callaghan looks at the lives of those who were affected by the Border and the effects it had on society today. EK

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