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Andy Burnham and the Irish Taoiseach Michael Martin visit the oldest Irish club in Britain in Burnham’s Makerfield constituency, where they pay tribute to the relationship between the two countries. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:13It's a special occasion, isn't it?
00:28It's a really incredible thing, the oldest Irish club in the United Kingdom, that's something, isn't it?
00:34I'm so proud that it's right here in my constituency, and I visited during the by-election, you might remember,
00:43and you gave me such a welcome here.
00:45It was a Monday morning, but I may have had a pint of Guinness, I think, because it made me
00:50good, yeah, the media now and all that, which...
00:54Only one, thank you.
00:55Thanks for the rest of the week.
00:58Yeah, exactly.
01:00It was so warm, and everything you've just said, Tom, was so true, you know, the spirit of welcome and
01:06the friendliness.
01:06I just said to the Taoiseach, it is like a piece of Ireland, isn't it, right here in Ashton, and
01:12that comes through.
01:14The Prime Minister and I are working together to continue to cement and strengthen the relationship between Britain and Ireland,
01:22and also, you know, when we're close neighbours, it's very important that we develop that enduring friendship in a world,
01:29which is very, very uncertain.
01:31And when many people are doing many bad things, I think we have to play to our strength here.
01:35And a club like this, the oldest Irish club in Britain, the Brown Brew Club, great name, of course, but
01:42also, you are always a home from home.
01:45So I asked the Queen and I asked them, thank you very well.
01:45OK, I'm going to get to something called the George and I Dohtang.
01:45Auf Dawn is the moment.
01:45So do a few of bits on the show above.
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