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Emerald Extracts for May 2011

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 12:48 PM

Obama’s visit and Twitter inspires artistic vision in Wicklow businessman

Obama’s visit to Ireland, and more importantly his famous visit to Ollie Hayes’s pub in Moneygall to enjoy a pint of Guinness, along with the thousands of people who tweeted about the President’s visit inspired a Wicklow businessman to create this piece of art.

Alan O’Flaherty who owns Fluffy Button, a personalizing and printing company in Wicklow, created a one off image of Obama made from approximately 1,000 Twitter avatars of users who tweeted on May 23rd.

O’Flaherty explained how he created the poster entitled “Is Féidir Linn” (“Yes We Can”). He said “It's made up of 1,000 photographs of people who tweeted about the visit on the day. I got the idea of making the image after seeing something similar done when Obama was first elected president.”

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Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 05:33 AM

The Taste of Ireland? - KFC now cooked with Baileys in China - VIDEO

What would the Colonel say to Bailey’s fried chicken on the rocks?

Who doesn't like a glass of Bailey's Irish Cream on the rocks? Or even a shot over a scoop of ice cream as a treat. ButHow about slathered over a serving of Kentucky Fried Chicken?

Yuck.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 10:42 AM

Snap shot of people in Ireland - 50 people on the streets of Galway asked one difficult question - VIDEO

This brilliant student film "One Town, 50 different People, One very difficult Quesiton" presents a brilliant snapshot of the people in Galway City on a winters day in November 2010.

The movie is directed by Kamil Krolak, who based his filmed on fiftypeopleonequestion.com. Krolak nabbed 50 people, passing him and his camera crew on Shop Street, in Galway City, and asked them a very difficult question.

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Monday, May 16, 2011 at 10:51 AM

Californian's impression of Ireland: cold, red hair, drunk and full of leprechauns - VIDEO

Comedian Kassem G went to the beach to see what the public's opinion of Ireland was. The responses he received were both hilarious and terrifying.

Although there were the regular stereotypes like redheads and drunks there were also some very strange observations about leprechauns. One lady speaking about what they referred to as the Leprechaun Union in Ireland spoke about how leprechauns are "dusty as f*** and drive big green Cadillacs".

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Friday, May 13, 2011 at 01:07 PM

Spectacular time-lapse footage shows Dublin City at its most beautiful - VIDEO