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2011-10-30 Europe

Higgins wins Ireland's presidential election: final count

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Posted by Fred 2011-10-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 A poet? Ireland certainly has grand traditions of poetry and whiskey, and I hate to be critical, but just maybe an economist would come in handy about now.

Posted by SteveS 2011-10-30 00:16|| 2011-10-30 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, maybe Paul Krugman's available.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-10-30 00:47|| 2011-10-30 00:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Careful SteveS, in olden times Irish bards been known to kill people with a song.

Posted by gr(o)mgoru 2011-10-30 06:10|| 2011-10-30 06:10|| Front Page Top

#4 This guy is vehemently anti-American and embraces every communist tyrant out there. Fortunately, this is a ceremonial role, and he was probably put into it to keep him out of trouble.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-10-30 09:26|| 2011-10-30 09:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Credit downgrade in 3, 2, 1.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-10-30 11:05|| 2011-10-30 11:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Ireland was next up on my list of desired vacations (after checking off Alaska this past summer) - think I'll defer for now.

Posted by Glenmore 2011-10-30 16:36|| 2011-10-30 16:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Glenmore---Ireland is a good place. I will be your holiday consultant again. I have maps with annotations of points of hysterical historical interest, which include notations of all the pubs I visited from County Kerry to the south to Malin Head in the north. Pay no heed to the nutcases in Dublin.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2011-10-30 16:59|| 2011-10-30 16:59|| Front Page Top

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