The temptation to grab the spotlight … is strong … But it is held in check by the fear that the Irish … will be written off as troublemakers & ultimately lose the little lustre that we still have … poised between the pleasure of poking authority in the eye … & seeming like ungrateful sods
Fintan O’Toole 11 June 2008
OK, that is a heavily edited quote
But in one week we have:
The vote in Westminster on 42 days
The Irish referendum on the Lisbon treaty
