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"A
#SharedIsland
means challenging ourselves to go beyond our own comfort zones, and what we are prepared to give up to make things better for others and ourselves..."
🗣️Comedian
@PatricKielty
's brilliant address to yesterday's
#SharedIsland
Forum🗨️👇
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Ireland is a great place to live, visit, work, study and invest. Check out
#ThisIsIreland
#StPatricksDay
#L
áFhéilePádraig 🇮🇪 🌍
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Postmen and women will now not just deliver the post, they will ring the bell to check in on older and vulnerable people living our communities, being a practical & TRUSTED point of connection with our most vulnerable people.
@Postvox
#Covid19Ireland
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From the 18th of May the Government of Ireland plans to begin the re-opening of the country on a carefully managed, phased basis.
Here is a simple overview of what will happen in each phase. For full details please go to
#InThisTogether
#Covid19Ireland
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The Irish flag has been lowered to half mast at Government Buildings this evening to mark the death of HM Queen Elizabeth.
Statement from Taoiseach
@MichealMartinTD
➡️
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The Minister for Education and Skills has announced that Leaving Certificate 2020 is postponed and students are being offered a system of Calculated Grades, with State certification.
For full details please go to
#LeavingCert2020
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Ireland is moving to Phase 2 Reopening.
Here are the main things you need to know about
#Phase2
of the reopening of Ireland, beginning on 8th June.
Full details of what is to happen on phase 2 are at
#StayLocal
#InThisTogether
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Ireland is campaigning for a seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2021-22 term.
All 193 countries of the UN will cast their vote on June 17th
This short video👇🏻outlines what a vote for Ireland will bring to the Council 🇮🇪🇺🇳
#IrelandUNSC
#GlobalIreland
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Ireland has now moved into a more intensive phase in our response to Covid-19 to help limit the spread of the virus.
We are now asking everyone to STAY AT HOME
Find out about everything related to Ireland’s COVID-19 crisis response at
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A National 5-Level Framework is now in place to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. Download or view the new Framework at
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From the 18th of May the Government of Ireland plans to begin the re-opening of the country on a carefully managed, phased basis.
Here is a simple overview of what will happen in each phase. For full details please go to
#InThisTogether
#Covid19Ireland
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Project
#Ireland2040
is the Government’s overarching plan to make Ireland a better country for all, one that reflects the best of who we are and what we aspire to be. Find out what Project Ireland means for you at 🇮🇪
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More than 1,200 people are being conferred with Irish citizenship today at two ceremonies in the National Concert Hall, Dublin. 🇮🇪
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Full Level 5 restrictions apply nationally until 31st January.
For more information see
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Phase 1 of the reopening of Ireland will begin from the 18th of May on a carefully managed, planned basis.
Click here for details of what will happen in this phase
#IrelandPhase1
#InThisTogether
#Covid19Ireland
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Ireland is a great place to live, visit, work, study and invest. Check out
#ThisIsIreland
#StPatricksDay
#L
áFéilePádraig 🇮🇪 🌍
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The Government has decided today that from midnight tonight, the entire county and city of Dublin will be placed on Level 3 of the Framework for Restrictive Measures. Dublin will remain at Level 3 for a period of 3 weeks, until Friday 9 October.
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Ireland moves to Phase 1 Reopening.
Here are the 5 main things you need to know about phase 1 of the reopening of Ireland, beginning on 18th May.
Full details of what is to happen on phase 1 are at
#IrelandPhase1
#InThisTogether
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From midnight, 21 October, Level 5 restrictions apply in Ireland. See the measures that will come into place here:
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Level 3 (with some variations) applies from Tuesday 1st December into January. There will be additional special measures for Christmas.
For full details of Level 3 and special arrangements for Christmas, go to
#SafeChristmas
#Level3
#LivingWithCovid
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Ireland is at Level 5 of the Plan for Living with COVID-19. We must reduce the rate of transmission.
#StayHome
#ProtectEachOther
For more information see
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ICYMI | "A
#SharedIsland
means challenging ourselves to go beyond our own comfort zones, and what we are prepared to give up to make things better for others and ourselves..."
🗣️Comedian
@PatricKielty
's brilliant address to the
#SharedIsland
Forum🗨️ earlier this month👇
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From midnight on 24th December, Level 5 restrictions, with some adjustments, will apply nationally.
See more at:
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Ireland is moving to Phase 2 Reopening.
Here are the main things you need to know about
#Phase2
of the reopening of Ireland, beginning on 8th June.
Full details of what is to happen on phase 2 are at
#StayLocal
#InThisTogether
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Covid-19 has had an enormous impact on Ireland, and thanks to the solidarity of the Irish people we have limited the impact of the disease
But the virus is still with us & there has been an increase in cases, so we are now pausing Phase 4
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From the 18th of May the Government of Ireland plans to begin the reopening of the country on a carefully managed, phased basis.
Click here for an overview of what will happen in each phase. For details go to
#InThisTogether
#Covid19Ireland
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#RWC2023
bid
#Ireland2023
partnership of Communities, Diaspora & Govt. Ireland at its best.
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Project
#Ireland2040
is the Government’s overarching plan to make Ireland a better country for all, one that reflects the best of who we are and what we aspire to be. Find out what Project Ireland means for you at 🇮🇪
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National and Local Government, with State Agencies and representatives of employers & employees, are all collaborating together to help Ireland’s businesses get
#SafelyBackToWork
Detailed info at
These are 4 four things for every business to consider:
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A
#StPatricksDay
message from Taoiseach
@campaignforleo
- "Reaching out to our diaspora, the 70 million people who call Ireland home, is really important, especially on Ireland’s National Day. Lá Fhéile Pádraig faoi mhaise do gach duine ar fud an domhain."
#GlobalIreland
🇮🇪🌎
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Taoiseach
@LeoVaradkar
is attending the coronation of King Charles III in Westminster Abbey in London today.
He also attended a reception at Buckingham Palace on Friday evening.
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Had a warm phonecall with Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya to express Ireland’s solidarity with the people of Belarus in pursuit of democracy and human rights.
@MichealMartinTD
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Ireland's campaign for a seat on the United Nations Council was launched
@UN
in New York, by
@campaignforleo
@simoncoveney
, Mary Robinson, & Bono from
@U2
find out more at
#IrelandUNSC
#UNSC
#GlobalIreland
🇮🇪
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Ireland will double its funding to help educate children in some of the worlds poorest countries.
@ciarancannon
has just announced a major funding increase to
@GPforEducation
. It’s part of
#globalIreland
, a major initiative to double our footprint & impact around the world 🇮🇪🌍
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All remaining counties to join Donegal and Dublin on Level 3 under Ireland’s Plan for Living with COVID-19 -
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"President Biden, you are the most Irish of all American presidents, not because of what is written on your family tree, but because of what is enshrined in your soul."
- Taoiseach
@LeoVaradkar
yesterday at St. Muredach’s Cathedral
#BidenInIreland
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The Department of Education and Skills recently launched an online resource with information for anyone thinking of becoming a teacher or returning to work as a teacher in Ireland, visit to find out more.
#TeachingTransforms
#ShapeTheFuture
@Education_Ire
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Let’s all do our best to
#KeepWell
and
#StayConnected
.
A little can help a lot - think about how you and your family can take small steps to
#KeepWell
in these 5 simple ways.
For more information see
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June 24th marks the 25th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in
#Ireland
. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar
@campaignforleo
will acknowledge all those who brought about this change at a special event in
#DublinCastle
#Pride25
🇮🇪🌈
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COVID-19 is still having a major impact, but we have made enough progress to reopen Ireland in 4 phases rather than 5.
By working together we have saved lives & limited the impact of the disease. Thank you.
Here are the main things you should know.
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A national initiative
#ShineYourLight
is announced for Easter Saturday, where everyone is invited to shine a light for frontline staff, healthcare workers & people affected everywhere. Public buildings, Embassies & Peacekeeping posts around the world will be lit up in solidarity.
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The Government’s Healthy Ireland 2018 campaign encourages you to make healthy changes this year – the simple, small changes all add up – for more tips and info on how to eat well, think well and be well, visit
#healthyireland
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The EU's commitment to human rights and dignity can have no exceptions. Given the critical situation in Rafah, Ireland and Spain have just requested the
@EU_Commission
to urgently review whether Israel is complying with its obligations to respect human rights in Gaza.
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Ireland has made enough progress to move to phase 3 reopening
As we reopen, please be responsible, be safe, & look out for each other & our communities
Our future is in our hands.
We are still
#InThisTogether
.
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On behalf of the Government, Taoiseach
@LeoVaradkar
looks forward to the official visit of
@POTUS
Joe Biden to Ireland.
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste Simon Coveney today launched “Global Ireland: Ireland’s Global Footprint to 2025”, the most ambitious renewal and expansion of Ireland’s international presence ever undertaken
#GlobalIreland
🇮🇪 🌍
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Address by An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, 17th March : This is a
#SaintPatricksDay
like no other. A day that none of us will ever forget.
...
In years to come, let them say of us, when things were at their worst, we were at our best.
@LeoVaradkar
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Taoiseach
@LeoVaradkar
welcomed President Biden to Dublin Castle for a dinner in his honour.
#BidenInIreland
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The Easter 1916 Commemoration Ceremony at the GPO.
An Taoiseach
@LeoVaradkar
, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, the Ceann Comhairle,
@defenceforces
Chief of Staff and Aide de Camp to An Taoiseach were present.
@PresidentIRL
rang the Peace Bell and laid a wreath at Áras an Uachtaráin.
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The safe return of in-school education and childcare services will begin on a cautious and phased basis during March and April. Current public health restrictions to continue until 5th April.
For more information see
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We must stop the spread of Covid-19. Additional public health measures now apply under Level 5 of the Plan for Living with COVID.
For more information see
#StayHome
#FlattenTheCurve
#ProtectEachOther
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We are now in the early stages of recovery from the pandemic.
A cautious and gradual reopening of society and the economy will start on May 4th. Find out what changes are happening here ⤵️and on
#ThePathAhead
#ThinkOutdoors
#StaySafe
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As we continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, new advice and rules for international travel, will come into effect in Ireland on 19 July ✈️
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Taoiseach
@LeoVaradkar
joined revellers at the Hindu festival of colour Holi in Adamstown Dublin
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Marking the Hindu festival of Holi, Taoiseach
@LeoVaradkar
joined colour-throwing revellers at Adamstown Community Centre earlier today.
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"France and Ireland are the oldest and best of friends."
- Taoiseach
@MichealMartinTD
during the visit of President Macron
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On March 7th 2018 Dáil Éireann ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
@FinianMcGrathTD
“This is a key moment, not only for people living with a disability, but also for their families, friends and support networks”
#uncrpd
@UN_Enable
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An Taoiseach
@LeoVaradkar
meeting with the First Minister of Scotland,
@NicolaSturgeon
where they will have bilateral discussions ahead of the British Irish Council (BIC) Summit at Farmleigh House.
#BICDublin
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Newly elected Taoiseach
@SimonHarrisTD
was presented with his warrant of appointment and seal of office by
@PresidentIRL
Michael D Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin today.
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An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar welcomed Sir John Major to Government Buildings this evening where the two had a short meeting.
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Earlier today a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the 1916 Rising took place at the GPO, O'Connell Street, Dublin. The ceremony was led by President Michael D.Higgins, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste and the Minister for Defence Micheál Martin.
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On Saturday December 9th 2017
@luascrosscity
gets moving. Connecting passengers between
#greenline
&
#redline
with 13 new stops north of
#StStephensGreen
including 8 in
#Dublin
#CityCentre
. A huge
#Thankyou
to everyone who helped make this happen
@tfiupdates
@luas
@Dubcitycouncil
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Min.
@SimonHarrisTD
,
@roinnslainte
- Patients with this virus will be treated for free and will be treated as part of a single national hospital service. I received Govt approval that the state will take control of all private hospital facilities & manage all of the resources.
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Comdt. Caroline Burke appointed as Aide de Camp to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar
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As Ireland reopens safely, new supports are now available to:
Help businesses protect & create jobs
Support people without jobs
Help prepare for the future
We are still
#InThisTogether
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Ireland has made enough progress to move to phase 3 reopening
As we reopen, please be responsible, be safe, & look out for each other & our communities
Our future is in our hands.
We are still
#InThisTogether
.
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Taoiseach - As we approach the centenary of the first Dáil I believe we are fortunate to have someone with the values of
@michaeldhiggins
as president.
@PresidentIRL
@campaignforleo
#inauguration
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To mark the
#StPatricksDay
visit to Washington, President Joe Biden (
@POTUS
) was presented with one of
@AdamKingIRL
's virtual hug pins. 🇺🇸🇮🇪
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An Taoiseach
@LeoVaradkar
took part in the annual Remembrance Day ceremonies in Enniskillen today. The Taoiseach laid a wreath at the Cenotaph in Enniskillen before attending a Remembrance Service in Saint Macartin's Cathedral. Photos by Ronan McGrade.
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As Ireland reopens safely, new supports are now available to:
Help businesses protect & create jobs
Support people without jobs
Help prepare for the future
We are still
#InThisTogether
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COVID-19 is still having a major impact, but we have made enough progress to reopen Ireland in 4 phases rather than 5.
By working together we have saved lives & limited the impact of the disease. Thank you.
Here are the main things you should know about the weeks ahead:
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R.S.V.P. before meeting up with others to assess your risk
➡️💻Go to to ask the right questions about 𝐑isk, 𝐒ymptoms, 𝐕enue and 𝐏eople and help us all to
#BeRiskAware
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar today launches the Rural & Regional strand of Project
#Ireland2040
. The plan recognises rural Ireland's vast potential. A key commitment is the provision of €1 billion through the Rural Regeneration & Development Fund 🚜🇮🇪
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"Mr President, your life story reminds us that although tragedy may shape us, it never solely defines us. Love of country, of family, and of each other moves us forward, providing new hope and inspiring others along the way."
- Taoiseach
@LeoVaradkar
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Today the Irish Government ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Taoiseach
@campaignforleo
and
@FinianMcGrathTD
talk about its significance.
#UNCRPD
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The Government has today allocated €56 million from the Shared Island Fund for significant cross-border investments including a substantial investment at Ulster University’s campus in Derry to expand higher education in the North West
#SharedIsland
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Taoiseach
@LeoVaradkar
presents
@POTUS
Joe Biden with the traditional bowl of shamrock at the
@WhiteHouse
#StPatricksDay
ceremony ☘️
🇮🇪🤝🇺🇸
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While vaccinations are happening let's do everything we can to stop the spread of Covid-19. Brighter days are ahead.
For more information visit
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Learn more on when and how to use an antigen test on
If you have symptoms self-isolate and get a PCR test
⬇️
Get vaccinated and boosted
Wear a mask
Keep distance
Open windows
Clean hands often
Use antigen tests appropriately
#LayerUp
#WhenToAntigen
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On the 24th of June, the Government marked the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Ireland. To coincide with Dublin Pride 2018, Government Buildings will be illuminated in the Pride colours on Friday and Saturday evening.
#Pride2018
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Minister
@SimonHarrisTD
- I want to sincerely thank the thousands of people who worked flat out in our health service over the weekend. Our sincere thanks to each of them. They are making massive sacrifices to keep us well.
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The first meeting of the cabinet took place this evening follow the election and appointment of
@SimonHarrisTD
as Taoiseach this afternoon.
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Brighter days are ahead, Ireland’s Covid-19 vaccination programme is now fully up and running. As we vaccinate, Government will have more options in terms of easing restrictions.
#StayLocalForApril
#StaySafe
#HoldFirm
For more information see:
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Self-employed people who pay PRSI are now entitled to dental scale/polish and free glasses as treatment benefit scheme expanded
@welfare_ie
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The phased easing of some restrictions has started:
From 12th April
✅Schools are fully reopen
✅You can travel within your county
✅2 households can meet outside, not in either's garden
✅Construction of housing & childcare facilities can resume
See
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We’ve come this far, let’s
#ProtectOurProgress
➡️Wear a mask, even if vaccinated
➡️Wash and sanitise hands regularly
➡️Avoid crowds if possible
➡️Keep a distance of 2 metres from others
For more information see:
#ForUsAll
#ProtectOurProgress
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