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    Jul 18th 2011, 9:38 AM

    Mary Robinson is an amazing woman…and she’s there because of the influential people and countries that ‘do’ listen to her and….
    That is why she does what others find excuses not to do!

    Mary helps the less fortunate..we could do with her extraordinary positive intelligence right about now

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    Jul 18th 2011, 9:41 AM

    I hope she can bring help to the situation. Its scary to think that a number greater than the population of Ireland is under the malnutrition line…

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    Jul 18th 2011, 9:21 AM

    Waste of time and money!
    Dont they realize the international community is really not that interested.

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    Jul 18th 2011, 12:17 PM

    Shut up, idiot.

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    Jul 18th 2011, 2:12 PM

    Gud ol Mary glory hunting as usual, she was stuck in d middle of d queens visit tho it was the president that organised it n now she’s glory hunting again. Worst president we Ever had.

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    Jul 18th 2011, 3:24 PM

    I tend to agree with u, Randy. I always got the impression that she was self serving. She’s a “champagne socialist”. Didn’t she & her father object to a site that was to be devoted to travellers in Mayo years ago. The site happened to be near her Dad’s home. Eamon Dunphy was right about her all along – “official Ireland”. A real Not In My Back Yard. The problems in the Horn Of Africa are dreadful & it is wrong to see people suffer. Let’s hope international aid will come to help them. However – I feel the world doesn’t need a self serving person like her to make us all aware. She got extremely well paid when President & is in receipt of a very handsome pension. She hasn’t taken a cut voluntarily to help out our own country. So, Randy – u are right. The worst president – ever.

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