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Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that immigration numbers have risen too quickly in Ireland.
Speaking to the University of Notre Dame’s college newspaper during a visit to the United States last weekend, Mr Varadkar stressed although a majority of Irish people believe immigration had brought benefits to the country in recent years, people are also “right” to think that numbers have risen too quickly.
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