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...matching attire and bouncy dance moves than for their singing talent.) Analysts also feel the timing of the museum opening is unfortunate. "This would have been envisaged right at the nexus of our self-belief," says Tony Tracy, a leprechaun expert and a film lecturer at the University of Galway. "But it's now arriving just as the country has hit rock bottom, and the Irish are concerned that we're once again living up to the stereotype of the leprechaun." (See pictures of Susan Boyle's road to fame...
...Galway, Ireland. If you want to feel like a luxuriating Lord, try the four-star Ballynahinch Castle Hotel, the former residence of a co-founder of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The 40-room hotel, which is located on a 450-acre estate in Galway, is most famous as a fly fishing destination, with its salmon and sea trout fishery. If you prefer food with feathers, there's woodcock shooting, and for more peace loving folks, there are plenty of walking and riding trails and wildlife to see. Rates start at $320 per night. Connemara, County Galway...
...fans from Edinburgh to Lahore, was launched on iTunes. E-audiences might miss the comedian's crown of thorns and Gitmo-orange jumpsuit, but that's not dire, as the show, he says, is "all ideas." He also has a new show, Eco-Friendly Jihad, premiering this month in Galway, Ireland, about an environmentalist who becomes so frustrated with the West's inability to cut carbon emissions that she joins al-Qaeda...
Judging by Leeson's experience, Société Générale's rogue trader might some day land another career. Leeson is now manager of the Galway United soccer team in Ireland, and was portrayed by Ewan McGregor in the 1999 movie Rogue Trader, the film version of his autobiography. He has written a further book entitled Back from the Brink: Coping with Stress. That sounds like perfect bedtime reading this week for Société Générale executives...
...believe that Douglas Kennedy doesn't have a publisher in the U.S. It's incomprehensible. I've read all his thrillers, each one more absorbing than the last. My idea of heaven is settling down with a scalding hot cup of tea and a Douglas Kennedy book. Sara Kennelly, Galway, Ireland...