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Councillor: ‘Foreigners will collapse social welfare system’
Published:Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:09:34 -0800 An outspoken Monaghan county councillor has blasted foreign nationals who claim social welfare benefits, saying they will make the system collapse....
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