Of Irish Interest

1. New York Times editorial page tribute to John Hume, upon his imminent retirement. Warning: article describes David Trimble as "enlightened."

2. BBC website article about Dublin's Temple Bar, the city's answer to the Left Bank (in which case, we don't know what the question was). Summarised by the headline "Ibiza with coats." Somewhere there's a message in the need to describe Temple Bar in Continental terms.