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It took Ireland thirty years to become an overnight success.

— Bertie Ahern

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The reason it's on the rise is because probably the boom times are getting even more boomer.

Time magazine reported him as speaking of "upsetting the apple tart".

"I don't know how people who engage in that don't commit suicide"

Some people dye their hair yellow or put rings in their noses

It was a political donation for my personal use.

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