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What do MEPs do once elected to European Parliament?

The country goes to the polls this Friday for the local and European elections.   On today's...

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17.51 20 May 2014

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What do MEPs do once elected to European Parliament?

Newstalk

17.51 20 May 2014

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The country goes to the polls this Friday for the local and European elections.

On today's Newstalk Lunchtime we asked Suzanne Lynch Irish Times European Correspondent how much power the eleven politicians elected to the European Parliament this weekend will actually have.

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