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Originally Posted by ChrisF202
I highly doubt that the PM of Ireland was walking down the street without any security. Even the town supervisor of my township (similar to a mayor in a city or village) has a police escort (granted that my township's population is about 325,000 - more then some major cities in Europe). Im willing to bet that there were a few plainclothes Garda officers hidden about
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You'd be surprised - Whether or not he had plainclothes security or not I couldn't say (the Luas was about half full, so it's fully plausible), but there was absolutely no problem going over and talking to him, a rarity in itself I'd imagine.
He's actually a really nice guy, resigned a few days ago over a banking scandal, I'm sad to see him go
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Originally Posted by ChrisF202
You have to remember that the US is much bigger country with many more people ... and people here for the most part dont really care for politics. There are 3 times as many people in New York State alone then in all of Ireland.
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Of course I realise that, and I'm not trying to compare or say one side is better, which seems to be what yee Yanks think I'm insinuating - Merely remarking on my own experiences in this country, and how they
differ 
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