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...Iraq, but I want to thank him for putting Northern Ireland at the top of his agenda. I have always felt that he didn't do so to earn political capital but that he felt obliged to change a situation that was totally unacceptable. Trevor Mullins, Dublin...
...Iraq, but I want to thank him for putting Northern Ireland at the top of his agenda. I have always felt that he didn't do so to earn political capital but that he felt obliged to change a situation that was totally unacceptable. Trevor Mullins, DUBLIN...
Choosing a government in Ireland is a serious business - almost as serious as horse-racing. Dublin bookie Paddy Power says he covered 30,000 bets totaling $1.5 million during the three-week campaign that concluded when ballots were cast yesterday. Other bookmakers reported similar takings. That's much higher than last time Ireland went to the polls, in 2002, when Power says he took wagers worth only about $100,000. "It bears no comparison with the last election," he told TIME.com. "The Irish people have been putting down money like never before...
...notion that the genre exists so the mommy quadrant can drag the daddy quadrant out on date night. Opening over the next few weeks is Once, a scrappy, Irish guy-meets-girl yarn made for less than $200,000 and featuring Glen Hansard, the lead singer of the Dublin rock band The Frames as a busker/vacuum repairman trying to launch a recording career singing on street corners. In July comes Hairspray, with newcomer Nikki Blonsky, 18, and old-comers John Travolta and Michelle Pfeiffer (shout-out to Grease 2 fans!) in a cinematic take on the Tony-winning Broadway musical...
...escape to the weekend, hand outstretched. Eggs and curses: that's the welcome most such leaders could expect. But this feels different. There's a ripple of excitement by the dairy goods, a frisson by the freezers, as word spreads: Bertie is here. The people of Navan, northwest of Dublin, respond to their Taoiseach - the official title of Ireland's Prime Minister - not with fatigue or ill temper, but with an awe and affection usually reserved for rock stars. As Bertie Ahern kicks off his campaign for elections expected within weeks, he remains startlingly popular for a man seeking...