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Mon 01 Jan 1999Flynn unlikely to get another EU term - FFThe EU Commissioner, Mr Padraig Flynn, is unlikely to be renominated by the Government for a third term on the Commission, according to senior Fianna Fail sources.Mr Flynn is "extremely doubtful" to be put forward by the Government this year, when Ireland is required to nominate its representative for the new commission which meets for the first time in January 2000, the sources said. "He has had his run," one added.