When I think of Ireland, I think of poets, writers, actors, the chiselled features of Cillian Murphy or the dark romance of Yeats, of breathtaking landscapes and a silver-tongued people of passionate appetites.
One thinks of the Troubles, too, of course – but one of the amazing things about the Irish people is how the vast majority somehow manage to get on with their lives despite the hateful behaviour of a psychotic minority.
Perhaps more than any other nation, the Irish have always displayed extraordinary resilience in the face of adversity. Some of the toughest cookies I know are Irish, and in
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