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  • noun Ireland envy

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  • 'That a billion euro property plan and a gaudy wedding celebration should be held up as cautionary exemplars of Ireland’s pursuit of money angers Mr. Dunne. In his view, it speaks to what some call the Irish disease.

    “Jealousy and begrudgery are still alive and well in Ireland, and whoever eradicates them should be prime minister for life,�? he says as he tucks into a heaping plate of gravy-drenched turkey and mashed potatoes in the restaurant of one of the two hotels he owns — and is hoping to raze. “It’s part of the Irish psyche and it is the result of 800 years of being controlled by other people, of watching everything the master or landlord is doing�?.'

    New York Times, Sunday January 4th, 2009

    January 6, 2009