Frustrated, Jackson, who decommissions oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico, sought help from a higher authority.

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Although it is worth remembering too that none of the mainstream parties in Dublin would be likely to enter coalition talks with Sinn Fein until the IRA decommissions its weapons - a strange reflection of the problem the party faces North of the Irish border.

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