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Horse Race On The Highway
This is a serious problem in Ireland, apparently. These Travelers have a habit of getting drunk and racing down the highway every year. The Police intervened and only managed to arrest one racer.
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Elephant On The Loose
You don't see this every day. An elephant named Baby escaped from his keepers and went for a run through a parking lot in Ireland.
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Two Guys From Ireland Do Commentary Track For The Irish Jersey Shore
TV Buzz Along with Britain, Ireland has also picked up on the MTV trend and has created their own version called “Tallafornia” documenting the lives of their versions of guidos and guidettes in Tallaght, Dublin. At least these two commentators turn this train wreck into a comedy.
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Video: A Drugstore Cowboy Tribute
Apparently, Matt Dillon is big in Ireland. His career from the '80s, anyway.
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Image: Evidence Of Medieval Irish Zombies?
Two medieval skeletons were discovered in Ireland with large stones stuffed into their mouths. Archeologists say it was because the folks doing the burying feared that the dead would rise from their graves like zombies. I would have guessed that they were Vampires. That's why I got a D+ in Archeology. (via laughterkey.tumblr.com)
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Image: The Most Adorable Little Zombie Ever
From the Dublin zombie walk. I love the dead Barbie she’s dragging behind her!
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Image: Historical Maps Of 19th-Century Northern Ireland
Ever wondered how geographical maps were done up in the 1800s? Check out these surprisingly colorful and detailed maps of Northern Ireland from the Victorian Era. (Full set with larger images here.)
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President Obama Visits Pub In Ireland, Has A Guinness
Celebrity Buzz Our first Irish-African-American president. As part of their trip to Ireland, President and Mrs. Obama visited the tiny village of Moneygall, hometown of the President's great-great-great grandfather. While in Moneygall, they popped into the Ollie Hayes pub and knocked back a pint of Guinness. Despite reports to the contrary, our President slammed it with gusto.
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Video: The History Of Saint Patrick
Let's all drink to the patron saint of Stockholm Syndrome! Seriously Patrick, you escape from slavery and then returned to pay your former master for your freedom over a decade later? Where is the Sassy Gay Friend when you need him?
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Leprechaun Dogs
Culture Buzz It's St. Patrick's Day. Let's get drunk and dress up a bunch of dogs like leprechauns. Erin go bark. Woof.
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Video: Giant Alcoholic Puppet Terrorizes Ireland
This is Arthur, a ten foot puppet with a drinking problem. I want to see a drunken brawl between Arthur and Big Bird.
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Video: Wanking Bankers
An epic Irishman has a few thoughts about the financial crisis and Michael Flatley. The language is quite salty, so NSFW ahoy.
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Little Becky's Pranks
Culture Buzz Becky from Dublin may only be eight years old but she is already quite the negotiator. Can you imagine how much her parents must spoil her? This is a girl who probably makes twenty bucks a tooth from the “tooth fairy”.
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Link: In Ireland, a Picture of the Cost of Austerity
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/business/global/29auste...
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In Ireland, which adopted austerity measures two years ago that other European countries are now looking to pursue, the economic downturn has only grown worse.
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Link: Op-Ed Guest Columnist: In Ireland, Tuesday’s Grace
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/opinion/20bono.html?par...
With the release of the “Bloody Sunday” report, a deep national wound can begin to heal.
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Link: Ireland to Israel: Get Our People Out Of There
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0601/br...
The effects of Israel's raid on the aid floatilla bound for Gaza is causing tension between Israel and Ireland. Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin called on Israel to allow Irish humanitarian ship, the MV Rachel Corrie , pass through its military blockade of Gaza. The cargo vessel is ploughing ahead with its attempt to deliver aid to Gaza despite yesterday’s deadly attack by the Israeli navy on a Gaza-bound flotilla.
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Image: Awkward Office St. Patrick’s Day Bingo
It's a big day! A day filled with potentially uncomfortable social situations at the workplace! You should easily be able to bingo on this because the people you work with always say such commonplace things. So keep track of your progress today and share the results below!
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Image: The Drunkest Nation
A map showing world drinking habits. Via Andrew Sullivan: “No Irishmen were punched in the face in the compiling of this survey.”
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Image: The Guinness Bug
This unpleasant creature - called a Hop Bug (humanus lupalus) - has just been discovered, along with its brethren, amid the hop farms of Ireland, which means that Guinness may have to shift all production to Nigeria. If this crisis continues, the entire hop crop could be destroyed. If you've noticed that your Guinness is a little bit less creamy lately, you could be drinking bug stout.
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