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For the record... @BillyKelleherEU phoned a short time ago to offer a gracious apology and to insist that his Tweet last night was not directed at me personally but was a result of sadness over Brexit coming to pass...
...and frustration that his consituents feel the EU is not properly explained and explored by the Irish media (in other words, as he would see it, in the absence of healthy and fair coverage of the EU the eurosceptics will always win).
I have fully and gratefully accepted Billy's apology and explanation and am happy to draw a line under the episode
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