O'Dowd too much of an Irish-American for the Áras

Wed, Jun 15, 2011, 01:00

WALTER ELLIS

OPINION:His views on Britain, Gerry Adams and ‘brand’ Ireland give rise to questions, writes a fellow Irish New Yorker

NIALL O’DOWD, founder and publisher of the Irish Voiceand IrishCentral.com in the United States, must be the first aspirant to Áras an Uachtaráin who sees Ireland and the Irish as a brand, not a nation.

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