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Thu 11 Nov 2002Bruton warns of 'isolation' from EUThe former Taoiseach, Mr John Bruton, has accused the Government of endangering Ireland's national interest by undermining the Convention on the Future of Europe.He revealed the Government has not once asked him to raise any issue in his role as a member of the Convention's powerful Praesidium and has never asked for a briefing about its activities.