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THE people of Ireland will return to the polls for a second time this year on Friday, June 7.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has confirmed the date for the local and European elections and for another referendum.
Voters in Limerick will have an extra ballot paper for the first ever directly-elected mayor vote in Ireland, bringing their total to four ballot papers in one day.
The referendum, on joining the EU's Unified Patent Court, will be the third referendum of 2024, after the referenda on Family and Care that took place on March 8.
The court will rule on infringement and validity proceedings covering so-called Unitary Patents, which are recognised across the EU, and classic European patents, and is currently is currently in force in 17 member states.
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