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Michael O'Reilly is a lawyer and political consultant. He was an advisor to former Irish Prime Minister John Bruton and has been a regular visitor to Kosovo in recent years as a consultant for the Washington DC based National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. The views expressed in this article are his own.
