An American in Ireland
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An American in Ireland for January 2013
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Friday, January 25, 2013 at 08:17 AM
by Robert Burns.}
New York Times paints a picture of a mythical 'green' Ireland
The Ireland I live in is not the one Rosenthal wrote about. The one I live in is still bankrupt, still hemorrhaging young people, still awaiting further tax hikes, still governed by people sensible enough to know that the average Irish person is still unconcerned by 'climate change.' The Ireland she described is a mythical green land experiencing an environmental-policy-led economic turn-around. You can probably find the 'Little People' running Rosenthal's Ireland.
to Hollywood.' What a fairytale!
