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Keir Starmer: Has Ireland lost a friend with the departure of Starmer from No 10?

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One source said there is a “cigarette paper” in the differences between Starmer and Burnham and warned that the “shine” may come off Burnham “very quickly”.

Burnham has met Taoiseach Micheál Martin both on visits to Government buildings in Dublin and also in Manchester, in Burnham’s capacity as Manchester mayor.

But Burnham and his team are viewed to already be close to Ireland.

Louise Haigh, who was a key part of Burnham’s campaign in the Makersfield by-election, was shadow NI secretary towards the end of Brexit and “knows a lot of Irish politicians”, said one Fianna Fail minister.

She previously served as transport secretary and is tipped to get a senior job in Burnham’s cabinet.

Burnham also has Irish roots – his great grandfather Edmund “Ned” Burke came from Drogheda in County Louth and emigrated with his family to Liverpool in the late 1800s.


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