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Tue 12 Dec 2008Ireland is on rebound from consumerism, says President
IRELAND IS trying to find its way back to a more balanced approach to materialism after becoming “consumed by consumerism”, President Mary McAleese said yesterday during a visit to Phoenix, Arizona.
Speaking to reporters after a presentation at Arizona State University about a joint entrepreneurial project with Dublin City University, Mrs McAleese said Irish people were paying a big price for a radical shift in values.
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