Aug 13th, 2012 at 10:00AM: Ireland's president has been a poet, a factory worker, a statesman and a traveler. At 71, he's still very much the crusading liberal interested in social justice issues in Latin America, the Middle East and around the world. He grew up poor in Limerick and followed a meandering career path that eventually led him to politics.
These days, he's an Ambassador and champion of Ireland who wants ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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A Conversation With Michael D. Higgins, The President Of Ireland
Aug 13th, 2012 at 10:00AM: Ireland's president has been a poet, a factory worker, a statesman and a traveler. At 71, he's still very much the crusading liberal interested in social justice issues in Latin America, the Middle East and around the world. He grew up poor in Limerick and followed a meandering career path that eventually led him to politics.
These days, he's an Ambassador and champion of Ireland who wants ...Photo of the Day - 51 Irish coffees for St. Patrick's Day
Mar 17th, 2011 at 5:00PM:
Happy St. Patrick's Day! If you're celebrating today in America, you're probably planning to drink green beer or a nice pint of Guinness, but why not warm up with an Irish coffee, spiked with whiskey (Irish, of course)? In today's Photo of the Day, Flickr user jrodmanjr snapped these 51 coffees in action at San Francisco's Buena Vista Cafe, which claims to have brought the drink to the United ...Smoke if you got 'em: Washington DC to OK hotel smoking
Mar 7th, 2010 at 10:00AM: Non-smokers probably won't be too excited by the news, but cigar smokers will rejoice. The Washington DC City Council passed a measure last week that eases smoking restrictions on hotels in our nation's capital. The Special Event Exemption Emergency Act of 2010 carries an amendment that offers a way for hotels to be exempted from the city's smoking ban. If you prefer your hotels sans puffing, ...St. Pat's Day starts early in East Hampton
Feb 12th, 2010 at 2:00PM: It's time to get your green on.
The Montauk Yacht Club in East Hampton New York has had it with the snow and is prepping for summer weather by opening the resort a few weeks early. The Long Island resort has decided to open its doors on St. Patrick's Day, a few weeks before its normal opening season and just over a month from now.
If you've always wanted to party like P-Diddy in the ...What Are the Best Irish Drinking Songs?
Mar 15th, 2007 at 10:15AM: St. Patrick's day is right around the corner. On Saturday morning I'll be heading to Kansas City for the big party in Westport, where I'll imbibe on some tasty green beers at Kelly's, no doubt. I'm not Irish, but that won't stop me from pickling my liver like the best of them. In order to not look like a fool when the songs are sung and jigs are danced, I found this Ask Metafilter question looking ...
