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Feeling Irish Republic must shelter no undesirable (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

bete noire

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'undesirable' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'feeling irish republic must shelter no' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'feeling' could be 'ire' (ire is a kind of feeling) and 'ire' is present in the answer.
'no' could be 'o' (resembles 0 - 'no' can mean 'zero') and 'o' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for bete noire that I've seen before include "One particularly disliked" , "One's particular bugbear" , "Intensely disliked thing" , "Particular dislike" , "Object of aversion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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